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From Overwhelmed to Empowered: How Nonprofits Can Use AI to Save Time,

Fundraise More and Deepen Impact

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Masterclass – From Overwhelmed to Empowered:

How Nonprofits Can Use AI to Save Time, Fundraise More and Deepen Impact

Discover how to harness the power of AI to streamline operations, personalize outreach and amplify fundraising efforts – al tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of the nonprofit world.
In today’s fast-paced nonprofit landscape, time is a luxury and capacity is limited. That’s why this BizHack Masterclass was such a game-changer.
Led by Ana Mantica, director of marketing and communications at the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida, this session gave nonprofit professionals a hands-on playbook for using AI to lighten the workload, amplify their message and raise more funds. Al without needing a tech team or marketing degree.
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🎤 Meet Your Instructor: Ana Mantica

Director of Marketing & Communications, Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida | BizHack Certified Instructor

Ana Mantica is a nonprofit marketing strategist and communications coach who helps mission-driven organizations tell compelling stories, engage donors and boost impact with limited resources. With nearly 20 years of experience in journalism, marketing and nonprofit leadership, she’s known for her authentic voice and practical, people-centered approach.
Currently the director of marketing and communications at Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida, Ana empowers nonprofits to embrace AI, streamline their efforts and connect with their communities more meaningfully. A BizHack certified coach, she brings deep empathy, real-world insight and a passion for purpose to everything she does.
Ana Mantica brings nearly 20 years of experience in journalism, marketing and mission-driven communications. In this Masterclass, she showed how nonprofits can harness the power of AI to save time, deepen engagement and amplify their impact. This proves that even small teams can create big change with the right tools.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE MASTERCLASS

💡 AI Isn’t Here to Replace You. It’s Here to Help You.

AI isn’t here to replace you; it’s here to empower you. This Masterclass helped participants understand what AI can and can’t do, clearing up myths and showing how to use it as a smart assistant to boost creativity, save time and drive impact, without losing the human touch.
🧠 “AI is like a copilot; it drafts, summarizes and brainstorms so you can focus on what only a human can do: bring the heart and the mission.” – Ana Mantica
Ana reminded us that AI isn’t a threat; it’s a partner. In a world where nonprofit teams are stretched thin and juggling countless responsibilities, AI becomes the silent teammate that helps you do more with less. From drafting grant proposals to personalizing donor outreach, it takes the weight off your shoulders so you can focus on what matters most: your mission.

How to Use AI to Amplify Impact:

Don’t think of AI as a replacement. Think of it as a support system. Start by identifying the repetitive tasks that drain your time. Then, use AI to automate them, freeing up your energy for connection, storytelling and strategic growth. Because in the nonprofit world, every hour saved is an opportunity to deepen your impact.

🎯 5 High-Impact Ways Nonprofits Can Use AI Today

You don’t need a big budget or a large team to make a big impact. You need the right strategies and the right support. In this Masterclass, Ana shared five powerful ways nonprofits can use AI to save time, streamline operations and maximize mission-driven results:
  • 1. Content Creation & Repurposing: Creating compeling content takes time, but AI speeds up the process. Use tools like ChatGPT to draft thank-you letters, donor emails, blog posts and social media captions in minutes. With the right prompt structure (like POP: Persona, Output, Parameters), you can generate content that sounds human and mission-aligned. And don’t stop at one format. AI can turn a single blog post into five different content pieces, helping you get more out of your message.
You don’t need to be a writer to create great content – just the right prompt. This Masterclass introduced tools like ChatGPT, Jasper and Copy.ai.
  • 2. Visuals & Video: You no longer need a designer on retainer to produce high-quality visuals. With Canva Magic Studio and other AI tools, you can create polished graphics and even short promotional videos that are on-brand and professional. This saves hundreds of dolars and hours while sti l delivering content that inspires action.
In today’s scrol-happy world, visuals speak louder than words. AI-powered tools like Canva Magic, Lumen5 and Piktochart can help nonprofits turn their mission into eye-catching graphics, videos and infographics.
  • 3. Fundraising Campaigns: AI can help you plan your fundraising campaigns from start to finish. Whether it’s a year-end appeal or a Giving Tuesday push, you can use AI to build multichannel strategies, segment donors based on behavior and personalize your messaging at scale. The result? More targeted outreach and deeper donor engagement.
Fundraising success starts with clear messaging. This AI-powered prompt helps nonprofits tailor donor appeals with warmth and urgency so they can engage more supporters and raise more funds, faster.
  • 4. Grant Writing & Reports: Writing grant proposals and donor reports doesn’t have to be overwhelming. AI tools can help you summarize complex documents, polish your proposals, and even automate the thank-you emails and executive summaries that come afterward. Spend less time formatting and more time securing funding.
AI makes reporting faster and smarter. With the right prompt, nonprofits can turn pages of data into powerful summaries that inform funders, boards and teams, saving hours and boosting clarity.
  • 5. Admin & Strategic Support: AI also acts as your behind-the-scenes assistant. From organizing Standard Operating Procedures and meeting notes to turning transcripts into board-ready presentations, you can streamline back-office tasks and free up time for leadership and planning. AI even helps build fundraising calendars, workflows and email sequences in a fraction of the time it used to take.
AI cuts admin time in half. From meeting notes to email drafts and project checklists, these prompts help nonprofits stay organized, efficient and focused on impact.

Real Campaigns, Real Impact

Ana showcased several real-life examples of nonprofits using AI to save time and improve results:
  • Chapman Partnership: Created a multichannel campaign using Canva and ChatGPT, saving dozens of hours.
Chapman Partnerships slashed campaign build time from 30 hours to just 10 using AI. With tools like ChatGPT, Canva and DALL-E, their team shifted focus from production to strategy – and got ready to launch faster than ever.
  • Miami Dade College Freedom Tower: Used AI for sponsor research, deck creation and campaign collateral.
To build a fundraising campaign for Freedom Tower, this nonprofit used AI to rebrand an old deck, rewrite content with MyGPT, and generate visuals with Canva and Sora. It transformed existing materials into a powerful, story-driven pitch.
  • Catalyst Miami: Trained ChatGPT to write grants in the Catalyst Miami brand voice, reducing writing time by 30%.

LIVE DEMO: A Fundraising Campaign Built in Minutes

In our live demo, we explored how to turn prompts into real nonprofit marketing assets, fast. From donor thank-you emails and quote graphics to full fundraising-campaign strategies, AI tools like ChatGPT and Canva helped participants build and share instantly.
One of the highlights of the session was watching Ana Mantica co-create a full year-end fundraising campaign in real time using ChatGPT, proving just how quickly and effectively AI can support nonprofit teams.
Ana partnered with attendee Jolicia St. Louis from Every Mother’s Advocate, a nonprofit that works to keep families together by empowering mothers. Live during the Masterclass and in less than 10 minutes, they built an entire campaign goal, Donor segmentation, crafted the content for the campaign and 30 day plan to retain donors, showcasing how AI can help with grant applications and create marketing strategies.
What They Built Together:
  • Campaign Goal: Used ChatGPT to find ways to reconnect with past donors, activate new supporters and grow recurring gifts before year-end
  • Donor Segmentation: ChatGPT helped map out different messages for new donors, major donors and lapsed donors, each tailored to their giving behavior
  • Messaging Theme: “Give the Gift of Mother Advocacy”; emotionaly resonant and aligned with the organization’s mission, using the power of AI to craft the content but aligned with brand voice
  • Timeline: A ful six-week multichannel calendar, including email, social media, direct mail and SMS suggestions, showcasing how AI can help with a marketing calendar
  • Stewardship Plan: ChatGPT even suggested creative, personalized ways to thank and retain donors, such as with video thank-you notes, handwritten cards and onboarding emails for first-time givers
  • The result? A campaign that would’ve taken hours to brainstorm and plan was structured in minutes, with AI acting as a thought partner, not a replacement. This moment drove home the power of using AI as a time-saving, mission-enhancing teammate for nonprofits.
  • 💡 “This saved me so much time and brainpower. I can’t wait to use this!” – Jolicia St. Louis, Every Mother’s Advocate

TOOLS & FRAMEWORKS DISCUSSED

This Masterclass wasn’t just inspiration; it was a toolkit in action. Ana equipped nonprofit leaders with concrete tools, real-time demos and plug-and-play frameworks they could start using immediately to save time, streamline messaging and raise more funds.
The BizHack POP Framework
Ana introduced the POP Framework, a proven formula to write stronger, more strategic AI prompts.
Persona + Output + Prompt = Actionable strategies
This framework helps nonprofits guide AI tools like ChatGPT to generate content that’s not only relevant but also aligned with donor psychology, mission impact and campaign goals.
“The better the prompt, the better the result. And this framework keeps your messaging on mission”
– Anita Larsen

ChatGPT Walk-Throughs: Strategy in Motion

Ana demonstrated how ChatGPT can be your AI copilot for donor engagement, campaign planning and grant writing.
Here’s how she used AI step by step in the live demo:
  • Donor Segmentation: Ana prompted ChatGPT to craft messaging for first-time donors, major donors and lapsed supporters, tailoring tone and cals to action based on their behavior.
  • Campaign Messaging: With just one prompt, ChatGPT helped create an emotionaly compeling theme: “Give the Gift of Mother Advocacy.” Ana showed how to test variations of the theme until it hit the right emotional chord.
  • Multichannel Plan: AI suggested a six-week communications calendar, including optimized posting days, channel suggestions (email, SMS, social) and donor-engagement touchpoints.
  • Stewardship Touches: Ana guided ChatGPT to generate thoughtful thank-you messages for donors, including handwritten card templates and video script starters. This helps nonprofits turn one-time donors into loyal supporters.

Tool Stack for Nonprofits

In addition to ChatGPT, Ana highlighted essential AI-powered tools that every nonprofit can adopt today. Many of them are free or low-cost:
  • ChatGPT (Free & Pro): for writing, research and brainstorming campaign strategies
  • Canva Magic Studio: for designing social posts, donor graphics and even video thank yous
  • Otter.ai: for transcribing meetings, summarizing events and generating follow-up content
  • AI Prompt Guide: For small-business marketing
Pro Tip: These tools don’t replace your voice; they amplify it. Think of them as your behind-the-scenes assistants, freeing up time so you can focus on what matters: your mission.

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This Masterclass recap captures key insights from BizHack’s From Overwhelmed to Empowered: How Nonprofits Can Use AI to Save Time, Fundraise More and Deepen Impact, part of the AI Marketing Masterclass series sponsored by Miami-Dade County’s Strive 305 initiative.
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Meet the Instructor: Ana Mantica

Director of Marketing & Communications, Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida | BizHack Certified Instructor

Ana is a storyteller, connector, and nonprofit leader with nearly 20 years of experience across journalism, marketing, and community-building. She has led communications for top institutions including Miami Dade College Foundation, The Miami Foundation, and the University of Miami. Today, she helps champion the power of girl ambition through her role with the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida.
Ana blends editorial strategy with a heart for service – and she’s on a mission to help nonprofit communicators like you thrive.

🎙 Hosted by Angie Huffington

Founder, AI MKTG Academy | BizHack Lead Instructor

Angie brings more than 20 years of experience helping founders and marketers thrive with AI. She’s on a mission to make growth strategies more inclusive, accessible, and actionable.

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