Between funders, volunteers, and members, you write a lot and you are short on hands. AI helps you put together a grant application, write the activity report, prepare the general meeting, and get the word out about your work. The numbers and the commitments stay yours.
AI helps nonprofit managers with tasks such as “Put together a grant application,” “Spot open calls for proposals,” and “Build the projected budget for a program.” Start with a single task, in Claude: allow 20 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Claude · “Projects”
TodayEvery funder asks the same questions in different words, and the application gets written on Sunday night before the deadline.
With ClaudeThe criteria checklist, the answers written section by section, and the list of documents to attach.
Perplexity · “Research”
TodayCalls for proposals from foundations and local governments come out all year, and you find out about them the day before they close.
With PerplexityA table of funding leads, each with its official link and its deadline to check.
Claude · Excel file, in the conversation
TodayThe funder wants a balanced budget, line by line, with the share of volunteer time, and your spreadsheet never adds up.
With ClaudeA balanced projected budget in Excel, with its formulas and each funder’s share.
Also
Claude · Attached files, in the conversation
A structured activity report in Word, with the passages to complete flagged.
Gamma · “Paste”
A short slide deck, exported to PowerPoint or PDF, to show on the day of the meeting.
Noota · Meeting notes, with a template
Draft minutes item by item, to complete with the attendees and the votes you noted.
Tally · “Create with AI”
An online membership form whose responses file themselves in a spreadsheet.
Brevo · “Write with AI,” in an email campaign
A short newsletter, reviewed and scheduled to go out on the right date.
Canva · “Canva AI”
A poster ready to print, and its square version for social media.
A role description and three listings of different lengths, ready to post.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
An application commits the organization: no attendance figure and no result you cannot back up. Remove the names of beneficiaries and named salaries from the documents you upload. The budget is recalculated by hand.
Put together a grant applicationClaude · “Projects”The prompt to copy
Using the project documents, help me respond to the call for proposals from [the funder] for our program [name and two-line description]. First read the rules and list the eligibility and selection criteria, with the page, saying for each one whether our program meets it according to our documents. Then write the answers to the sections of the form: [presentation of the organization, description of the program, target audience, goals, resources, timeline, evaluation], in [1,500] characters at most per section. Rely only on our documents: where a figure or a fact is missing, write [to be completed] instead of making it up. End with the list of documents to attach.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite the annual activity report
In your jobPut together a grant application
In your jobPrepare the general meeting presentation
In your jobSpot open calls for proposals
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
It reads your documents and returns a real file: the answers to a call for proposals, the activity report in Word, the projected budget in Excel.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
To spot open calls for proposals and the foundations that fund your field, with a link to each official page.
Recommended planFree: 3 “Pro” searches per day and 1 “Research” report per month. Then: Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
The bingo night poster, the post for the fundraising drive, the fall brochure: polished visuals in your organization’s colors, with no designer.
Recommended planCanva Free, €0: up to 20 AI uses. Then: Canva Pro, €110 per year, for one person.
The membership form and online registrations, with no retyping: responses land in a spreadsheet. Belgian vendor, data stored in Europe.
Recommended planFree, $0. To remove the Tally branding: Pro, $24 per month.
The newsletter to your members, with the Aura assistant to find the subject line and write the text. A French vendor.
Recommended planFree, €0 per month: 300 emails per day, with the Brevo logo. Starter, from €7 per month, to remove it.
It records the general meeting or the board meeting and prepares the text of the discussion, French included. Data is hosted in Europe.
Recommended planFree, €0: 300 minutes per month, meetings kept for one month. Then: Pro, €19 per user per month, billed yearly (€29 billed monthly).
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Perplexity, Canva, Tally, Brevo, and Noota. All of them can be used for free to get started.
It reads your documents and returns a real file: the answers to a call for proposals, the activity report in Word, the projected budget in Excel. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
With “Put together a grant application,” in Claude (“Projects”). Allow 20 minutes the first time. The criteria checklist, the answers written section by section, and the list of documents to attach.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.