Steal This Idea: Real-world AI Strategies for Grantmakers (Part 2)
Thursday, November 19 at 1:00pm ET
AI presents a huge opportunity for grantmakers. The big question is how to fold it into your work responsibly and strategically. Right now, one of the best ways to realize that potential is by learning from grantmakers who are already doing it.
This three-part series steps through every level of the adoption process—from experimentation all the way through governance and organizational infrastructure.
Each live episode features a case study of a grantmaker already using AI in their work.
Part 2: Turn AI Experimentation Into Practice
What happens when AI experimentation starts spreading? This session examines how organizations can learn from early adopters and turn scattered AI use into intentional practice without shutting experimentation down.
This live episode explores:
- Learning from existing staff experimentation and AI champions
- Identifying governance gaps and decision rights
- Diagnosing needs before adding new governance structures
Rachel M. Kimber, MPA, MS is the Founder of Full Circle Impact Solutions, where she helps foundations and nonprofits move from AI experimentation toward intentional, responsible organizational practice. A former philanthropic executive who led global grantmaking portfolios spanning more than 70 countries, Rachel brings an operator’s understanding of what happens when new technology meets organizational work. She advises foundations and nonprofits on AI governance, with particular attention to human judgment, decision-making, data, risk, and the relationships that underpin social impact work. A Tech4Good educator, strategist, and writer, Rachel teaches and speaks internationally on AI, technology, and grantmaking. She is the author of Stuck to Strategic.
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Charly Schwartz serves as Vice President, People, Culture, and Operations at Latinos for Education. In this role, Charly leads the organization’s talent strategy, culture, and operational infrastructure, ensuring Latinos for Education has the people systems, organizational design, ways of working, and culture needed to advance its mission and grow sustainably. With over 20 years of experience in strategic operations and people leadership across the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, Charly’s career history centers around scaling organizations, building people-first systems, and embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion into organizational culture.
Rafael Reyes Orona is Latinos for Education’s Director of Operations and Technology, guiding the strategic direction and management of the organization’s operational and technological functions. His work includes executing IT initiatives, ensuring compliance with IT policies that emphasize cybersecurity, and overseeing key platforms, including AI tools, to advance the organization’s strategic objectives. He also creates the operational policies, systems, and processes that keep L4E consistent, collaborating across teams to solve challenges and implement scalable solutions.