Streamline grants management with AI

This course equips grants management professionals with a practical, ethical, and values-aligned approach to using artificial intelligence in their day-to-day work. Through clear explanations, real-world examples, and guided reflection, learners will understand what AI can and cannot do, and how to remain firmly in the driver’s seat as this technology evolves.

Participants will explore the entire grant lifecycle through the lens of AI-enabled workflows, examining where language models can support strategy, design, due diligence, evaluation, and compliance. The course emphasizes responsible adoption, risk awareness, and equity-centered practices, ensuring learners can experiment with confidence while protecting stakeholders and sensitive data.

Using four detailed case examples, participants will learn how to build strong prompts, evaluate outputs, surface insights, and apply AI in ways that enhance human judgment, relationships, and mission-driven decision making.

Learning objectives

Reliable output generation

Learn the persona → context → deliverable → format method for generating reliable, high-quality outputs with large language models

AI-enabled grant lifecycle

Examine each phase of the grant lifecycle and understand how AI can support tasks such as budgeting, application design, review processes, due diligence, evaluation, and compliance management.

Risk management

Learn how to assess risks—including bias, privacy, hallucinations, climate impact, and transparency—and adopt approaches that prioritize consent, equity, and organizational values.

Curriculum outline

Understanding What AI Is and Is Not
The Evolving Role of Grants Managers in an AI-Powered Workplace
The Grant Lifecycle: Opportunities for AI Support
Prompt-Building Essentials
Case Studies for Practical Application
Responsible AI Adoption

Anticipated time to complete

NTEN courses typically require about 60 minutes of video content to complete, while optional content varies by course.

You must have or create a free NTEN account to enroll.

Course details

Members $60

Non-members $120

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Meet the presenter

Rachel Kimber

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Managing Director

Full Circle Impact Solutions

Rachel M. Kimber, MPA, MS, is a speaker, technology futurist, and nonprofit executive. As Managing Director and Co-Founder of Full Circle Impact Solutions, she champions human-centered, data-informed, and technology-supported grantmaking. Rachel advances nonprofit practices promoting equity, access, inclusion, and innovation. She has served on local nonprofit boards and within international NGOs, global philanthropies, and family foundations. Collaborating with organizations like NTEN, PEAK Grantmaking, TAG, GEO, Northern California Grantmakers, and Philanthropy New York, Rachel builds knowledge-sharing ecosystems. Her work spans conservation, global health, social justice, performing arts, and humanities grantmaking, always seeking creative stakeholder engagement.

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