Dale Nirvani Pfeifer

Speaker · Author · Advisor

AI is changing how nonprofits raise money. I help you get ahead of it.

Dale Nirvani Pfeifer speaks to nonprofit audiences on AI and the future of giving, and helps fundraising teams put it to work with confidence. Author of Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofit Fundraising.

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Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofit Fundraising, by Dale Nirvani Pfeifer

As seen on stage & in print

  • TEDx
  • United Nations
  • SXSW
  • Money 20/20
  • Forbes

The thesis

AI did not change fundraising because it made tasks faster. It changed fundraising because it changed where judgment lives.
From the book’s conclusion. Chapter 1 opens the argument: Why Judgment Is Becoming the Differentiator.

The evidence

Twelve documented case studies. In depth.

12Named case studies

Every chapter pairs a working framework with a named organization that tested it. Real teams, specific results, and the vendor stack they actually used.

  • Save the Children Australia

    +18%

    response rate vs. traditional segmentation

    Predictive modeling ranked existing donors by upgrade readiness. Targeted outreach beat the traditional RFV segmentation with more gifts from fewer mail pieces sent.

    Chapter 7 With Dataro

  • Make-A-Wish Arizona

    $3.3M

    raised at the 2025 Wish Ball, 122% of goal

    The team consolidated the full event lifecycle on OneCause. $2M paddle raise, $526K auctions, $80K pre-event bidding, and check-in for nearly a thousand guests reduced by 30 minutes.

    Chapter 11 With OneCause

  • 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; the team secured new general operating funds.

    Chapter 8 With Instrumentl

Plus nine more, including ethical AI translation for 609,000-plus refugees, a $1M Bloomerang Penny match at Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields, and SBP’s GoFundMe Pro predictive-ask lift of 66% on average one-time gifts. See all twelve.

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Read the argument the book is built on.

Chapter 1 opens with Why Judgment Is Becoming the Differentiator — the shift from adoption to allocation and what it means for fundraising work in 2026. Drop your email and Dale sends the PDF.

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