Nonprofits should focus on incremental gains for AI success
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For nonprofits with thin tech budgets, incremental AI adoption is not conservatism — it’s survival. Treat AI like any other restricted-funding tool: start with one or two high-volume workflows, measure hard outcomes, and only then expand to avoid grant money disappearing into experiments.
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