New book · June 2026
By Dale Nirvani Pfeifer
How to use AI to raise more money, ethically and effectively. A practical playbook for fundraisers and nonprofit leaders who carry both responsibility and care.
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By the author
Dale Nirvani Pfeifer is the CEO of Giving Compass, a philanthropic intelligence platform. She co-founded Goodworld, the technology behind the #donate hashtag, and writes on AI and philanthropy with leaders including Jeff Raikes, former CEO of the Gates Foundation.
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The thesis
AI did not change fundraising because it made tasks faster. It changed fundraising because it changed where judgment lives.
Inside the book
Each chapter pairs a working framework with a named organization that tested it. No stock vendors, no vague gains. A few examples drawn straight from the book.
Save the Children Australia
3×
upgrade conversion vs. control
Predictive modeling on the existing donor base ranked supporters by upgrade readiness. Targeted outreach to the highest-propensity segments converted at three times the rate of the control group, with no increase in appeal volume.
Chapter 7. With Dataro.
oneMESSAGE.tv
+56%
fundraising revenue, year one
A small team unified donor management on Keela and turned on Smart Ask. Within twelve months: 56% revenue growth, 108% more donors acquired, 260% more recurring donors, and a 39% email open rate against a 17% benchmark.
Chapter 15. With Keela.
Center for Victims of Torture
150+
grants centralized in one system
CVT moved 150-plus annual grants out of spreadsheets and into Instrumentl. Grant work shifted from reactive deadline management to a visible pipeline, and the team secured general operating funds for a new regional program.
Chapter 8. With Instrumentl.
Plus eight more, including Make-A-Wish’s 2025 Wish Ball, ethical AI translation in humanitarian response, and a one-person nonprofit that reactivated more than fifty lapsed donors in two weeks.
From the foreword
Can AI help us stay human in the work that matters most? This book answers that question with a resounding yes.
Meena Das
Founder & CEO, Namaste Data. Foreword author.
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Chapter 1, Why Judgment Is Becoming the Differentiator, sets up the book’s central argument and the three workflow shifts redefining fundraising. Drop your email and we’ll send you a printable PDF, no marketing attached.
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