IPN Knowledge Resources
AI for Non-Profits Toolkit
Partnerships & CSR Managers
Where AI can help ?
Recommended AI Tools for CSR Managers
Perplexity AI
- Identify similar organizations
- Review partner work and focus
- Summarize sector trends
Fathom
- Highlight decisions from calls
- Create shareable summaries
- Tag insights for later
- Keep transcripts from all meetings
- Review speaker-specific notes
- Use searchable records
Napkin AI
– Capture and organize scattered thoughts
– Connect related ideas with smart links
– Surface insights from past notes automatically
– Brainstorm content, strategies, or frameworks
Explore More Tools for CSR Managers
Category
Tool Name
Description
Key Use Cases
Website
Tutorials
Partner Research & Intelligence
3
Perplexity AI
Real-time research assistant to explore new potential partners and ecosystem trends.
- Identify similar organizations
- Review partner work and focus
- Summarize sector trends
Tutorials
ChatGPT (Partner Mapping Prompts)
Use tailored prompts to map potential partners, draft outreach, and analyze fit.
- Research aligned organizations
- Simulate partnership scenarios
- Draft strategic briefs
Tutorials
Bardeen
Automation assistant to scrape partner websites, gather insights, and track activity.
- Monitor partner news
- Auto-compile updates
- Track grants or projects
Tutorials
Meetings & Communication
5
Fathom
Zoom-integrated assistant that summarizes and bookmarks key call moments.
- Highlight decisions from calls
- Create shareable summaries
- Tag insights for later
Tutorials
Live transcription for meetings, webinars, and interviews with external partners.
- Keep transcripts from all meetings
- Review speaker-specific notes
- Use searchable records
Tutorials
Meeting assistant for managing partner discussions, shared agendas, and follow-ups.
- Create shared meeting agendas
- Record partner commitments
- Auto-summarize outcomes
Tutorials
Supernormal
AI meeting recorder that creates summaries, follow-ups, and action items.
- Record partnership calls
- Auto-generate notes
- Share summaries with teams
Tutorials
Narrative BI
Turns dashboards and updates into plain-language narratives for internal teams.
- Summarize partner reports
- Share updates in stories
- Monitor engagement metrics
Tutorials
Creative & Messaging
9
Napkin AI
AI-powered thinking canvas to capture, connect, and grow ideas into insightful visuals.
– Capture and organize scattered thoughts
– Connect related ideas with smart links
– Surface insights from past notes automatically
– Brainstorm content, strategies, or frameworks
Tutorials
Lavender
Email assistant to optimize cold outreach and follow-ups for tone, clarity, and action.
- Improve partnership outreach emails
- Test different subject lines
- Track engagement suggestions
Tutorials
Generate personalized outreach emails, decks, and proposals to engage potential partners.
- Write partnership intro messages
- Create follow-up content
- Tailor tone to audience
Tutorials
Grammarly Business
Ensure communication is clear, professional, and brand-consistent.
- Polish proposals and updates
- Check tone in MOU drafts
- Avoid communication errors
Tutorials
AI slide tool to craft partnership proposals, co-branded decks, and theory of change slides.
- Draft partnership pitch decks
- Visualize mutual goals
- Present value proposition clearly
Tutorials
Canva Magic Write
Design and AI writing assistant for partnership posters, visuals, and mailers.
- Design event invites
- Create joint campaign materials
- Auto-write visual headlines
Tutorials
AI-powered storytelling platform to build narrative-driven partner proposals and pitches.
- Turn ideas into engaging presentations
- Collaborate on vision decks
- Explain partnership models visually
Tutorials
Lumen5
Video generator to co-create digital stories with partners for campaigns.
- Turn shared work into videos
- Promote joint initiatives
- Auto-generate visuals
Tutorials
Canva for Teams
Shared visual design tool for co-branded assets, impact stories, and events.
- Co-design visuals with partners
- Share branded templates
- Align messaging
Tutorials
Partner Relationship Management
3
Keela
CRM with AI donor and partner engagement scoring and suggestions.
- Track partner interactions
- Automate follow-ups
- Score strategic alignment
Tutorials
Streak (for Gmail)
Lightweight CRM inside Gmail to track partner conversations, pipelines, and tasks.
- Manage pipeline in inbox
- Track email opens
- Assign tasks across team
Tutorials
Affinity
Relationship intelligence CRM used for partnerships and funder networks.
- Visualize relationship maps
- Get warm intros
- Track partner histories
Tutorials
Processes & Documentation
3
Scribe
AI-powered SOP generator to document partnership processes and workflows.
- Create onboarding guides
- Systematize partner engagement
- Build repeatable workflows
Tutorials
Documate
No-code tool to create partner-facing forms, MOUs, and templates with logic and AI.
- Draft partnership agreements
- Collect partner data
- Auto-fill recurring documents
Tutorials
Slite + AI
Team wiki and Q&A AI to store partnership knowledge, docs, and best practices.
- Build a partner FAQ base
- Answer internal questions
- Retain institutional knowledge
Tutorials
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