Confidence at the top. Capability on the ground.
Lansby guides nonprofit leaders to clear AI decisions and equips their teams to build secure, sovereign solutions.
THE CHALLENGEYour AI policy is already being written.
Each time a staff member pastes donor notes into a chatbot or drafts a grant report with a free tool, another line goes in. Every choice makes sense on its own. Together, they become shadow AI: a policy written one browser tab at a time.
Your board wants answers, and your community expects care. Leading well begins with one shared position.
wHY LANSBYAI consultants who know nonprofits from the inside.
We know what's at stake when a mission runs on lean budgets and public trust. Our founders bring sixty years of combined experience in technology and mission-driven work, from fundraising and education to cloud infrastructure and data security.
We advise on AI strategy and security, then build the training and tools that put your decisions to work. Your board chair and your IT lead can bring their questions to the same table.
WHAT WE DOAI services for nonprofits, from first policy to finished tools.
AI Strategy & Governance
A board-ready position on risk, responsibility, and how AI serves your mission.
AI Training for Nonprofit Staff
Practical sessions that turn cautious staff into confident, careful users.
Custom & Sovereign AI Tools
Secure assistants and workflows built on infrastructure you control, so your data stays yours.
Every engagement starts with a conversation and ends with your team leading on its own.
START HEREThe Executive Position
The Executive Position is our flagship AI governance engagement for nonprofit boards and executive teams. It hands the pen to leadership: you reach one shared position on risk and responsibility, with a clear map of your Judgment Gap, the space between what AI can do and what you have decided.
From there, we put that position into practice through staff training and custom tools built for your work.
FREE ASSESSMENTHow ready is your organization for AI?
Our free AI Readiness Assessment takes fifteen minutes. Answer five questions and see where AI already touches your work. You will also receive our monthly newsletter on AI news & musings.
OUR GOALOur best clients graduate.
We teach as we build, so the skills stay with your team. When your staff can evaluate new tools and guide new colleagues on their own, our work is done.
COMMON QUESTIONSAI questions nonprofit leaders ask us.
Only under clear rules. Free AI tools may store what staff type, and some use it to improve their models. A strong policy names the approved tools, sets their privacy controls, and keeps donor and client details out of everything else. We help you write those rules and train your staff to follow them.
Can our staff put donor information into ChatGPT?
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Yes. A private, or sovereign, AI system runs on infrastructure your organization controls, so donor and client data stays in your hands. Lansby designs and builds these systems to fit your budget and needs, from a single secure assistant to custom tools for an entire team.
Can a nonprofit run its own private AI?
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Leadership. Staff can test and suggest tools, while the board and executive director set the direction: what AI may touch, who approves new uses, and who responds when something goes wrong. Clear ownership is the first pillar of our AI Readiness Assessment.
Who should own AI decisions at a nonprofit?
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Start with decisions, then choose tools. A 2026 survey of 346 nonprofits found that 92 percent use AI, yet only 7 percent report major gains, and nearly half have no formal AI policy. Our work starts with decisions: agreeing on goals and guardrails, then building the tools that serve them.
How can a nonprofit get real results from AI?
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LET'S TALKBring your questions. We’ll bring a plan.
Board preparation, staff concerns, or a first draft of guidance: wherever you are, start there.