AI for Good - Central Carolina Community Foundation

Supporting Nonprofits and Funders in Adopting AI

Artificial intelligence is transforming how organizations work, serve their communities, and make decisions. At Central Carolina Community Foundation, we believe AI should be a tool that strengthens mission, expands capacity, and creates more equitable outcomes.

Building on a landmark Google.org investment, we are helping nonprofits and grantmakers across South Carolina embrace artificial intelligence through practical training, peer learning, and strategic partnerships that strengthen their work and prepare them for the future.

Our work focuses on three key areas:

Enable

We help organizations build the knowledge, skills, and infrastructure needed to adopt AI effectively through training, technical assistance, peer learning, and implementation support.

Simplify

We work with funders and nonprofits to reduce administrative burden by rethinking grantmaking, reporting, and operational processes so organizations can spend less time on paperwork and more time advancing their missions.

Prepare

We support responsible AI adoption by helping organizations navigate privacy, governance, ethics, and the broader impacts AI will have on the nonprofit sector and the communities it serves.

Trainings Facilitated by Our Team

Explore training materials developed and facilitated by our team to help colleagues, nonprofits, funders, and community partners use artificial intelligence and technology thoughtfully and effectively in their work.

From Prep to Follow Up 2.0: AI and Tech in Action

May 2026 | Foundation staff

A hands-on training for Foundation staff focused on putting artificial intelligence and technology to work throughout the day. The session explores tools for capturing and summarizing meetings, organizing workflows, supporting follow-up, and creating and collaborating more efficiently.

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AI for Funders and Nonprofits

May 2026 | Funders

Presented for the South Carolina Grantmakers Network, this training explores practical ways funders and nonprofits can adopt artificial intelligence responsibly. Topics include conditions for successful adoption, common tools and use cases, effective prompting, and lessons from the Foundation's statewide artificial intelligence initiative with human service nonprofits.

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Smarter Meetings with ChatGPT

January 2026 | Foundation staff

Designed for staff who facilitate or participate in meetings, this training shows how ChatGPT and other tools can support the full meeting lifecycle. Participants explore practical ways to prepare agendas and materials, capture discussions and decisions, and turn meeting notes into clear summaries, action items, and next steps.

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Lunch and Launch: Introducing ChatGPT Business at Central Carolina Community Foundation

September 2025 | Foundation staff

This introductory training helped Foundation staff get started with ChatGPT Business and understand how to use it responsibly for Foundation work. It covers core features, practical workplace uses, prompting techniques, and the Foundation's expectations for safe and thoughtful use of artificial intelligence.

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Resources

Explore practical resources from our own artificial intelligence journey. These tools share what we are learning and how we are approaching artificial intelligence thoughtfully, with people, relationships, and our values at the center.

Staff Survey of Artificial Intelligence Perception and Use

For organizations exploring artificial intelligence adoption

Use this survey as a starting point to understand how your team currently thinks about and uses artificial intelligence. The questions can help establish a baseline, identify opportunities for learning and support, and inform your organization's approach.

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Our Approach to AI

Last updated August 2025 | For nonprofits, funders, and other organizations

See how we are putting artificial intelligence to work while keeping human judgment, relationships, privacy, and accountability at the center. This currently serves as our AI Acceptable Use Policy, where we use artificial intelligence, where we draw boundaries, and how our approach connects to our values of community, connection, collaboration, and trust.

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