A Framework Toward Responsible and Beneficial AI for Fundraising

The Framework for Responsible and Beneficial AI for Fundraising sets guidelines to maximize AI's benefits for fundraising while minimizing damage to the nonprofit sector's public trust, and will be reviewed and amended biannually or as needed to address technological advances. Coordinated with international AI guidelines and nonprofit best practices, it aims to accelerate the development, adoption, and benefits of responsible AI for entities using AI for charitable fundraising, and should be incorporated into ethical standards, business and hiring practices, and AI ecosystem design. Primary responsibility rests collectively with individuals, institutions and corporate vendors that fund, develop, deploy, utilize, maintain and monitor these systems, and organizations must at minimum establish comprehensive data-security and governance policies covering compliance, consent management, and risk mitigation before use.