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Survey Template · Community Foundations

Community Foundation AI Adoption & Sentiment Survey

A template to survey your nonprofit network about how they feel about AI, where they're using it, what's getting in the way, and how your foundation can help.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to help us understand how AI is showing up in your work. Your responses will guide the support we offer over the next 12 months.

Section 1: The Emotional Pulse

Goal: Validate feelings and gauge organizational readiness before digging into the technical weeds.

  1. 1. When you hear about generative AI (like ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) in the context of your nonprofit's work, which of these words best describes your primary feeling? (Select up to two)

    Select up to 2.

  2. 2. How would you describe your organization's current culture regarding new technology?

Section 2: The Current Reality

Goal: Identify actual behaviors and pinpoint where friction exists in daily operations.

  1. 3. What is your organization's current relationship with generative AI?
  2. 4. If your team is using AI (or considering it), which operational areas feel like the best fit for these tools? (Select all that apply)
  3. 5. What is the single biggest barrier preventing your organization from utilizing AI safely and effectively?

Section 3: The Gap & The Foundation's Role

Goal: Directly ask the network to define the Foundation's mandate for support.

  1. 6. As your community foundation, we want to deploy our resources where they are most helpful. If we could offer support around AI over the next 12 months, what would be most valuable to you? (Rank your top 3)

    Enter 1, 2, 3 next to your top three choices.