AI for Philanthropy: Practical Skills for Foundation Leaders

Join OpenAI Academy and GitLab Foundation for a 3-hour hands-on practicum for philanthropists and foundation leaders.

This practical workshop is for funders with some AI experience who are ready to go further. Through guided exercises with ChatGPT Work, you’ll turn real foundation tasks into repeatable workflows, test and refine the results, and identify where human judgment adds the most value. You’ll leave with a tested workflow and practical next steps for your organization.

Workshop goals include:

1. Strengthen practical AI capability: Equip funders with AI skills to apply to common foundation tasks, such as diligence, proposal review, and grantee learning synthesis.
2. Support better AI-related funding decisions: Help funders assess AI-enabled nonprofits, understand grantee readiness, and ask better questions about responsible AI use.
3. Surface useful examples from the field: Highlight real funder use cases, including what teams tested, how they handled risk, and where human judgment stayed central.
4. Highlight responsible AI adoption in philanthropy: Capture practical stories that show how AI can improve internal workflows, strengthen decision-making, and support nonprofit impact.

If you're a philanthropist or foundation leader who is ready to move beyond basic AI awareness and apply AI to practical foundation workflows, this session is for you. If you are a funder who is making decisions about AI adoption, AI-enabled nonprofits, and grantee readiness, this session is for you.

We hope you'll join us!