Anthropic launches Claude for Nonprofits with 75% discounts and free AI training to boost capacity

New Claude for Nonprofits offers free training and reduced costs

Claude for Nonprofits hopes to facilitate AI adoption across a hesitant sector. Credit: Gabby Jones / Bloomberg via Getty Images AI developer Anthropic is honoring this Giving Tuesday with new trainings and features for its popular chatbot, Claude, that are specifically designed for the needs of nonprofits. The Claude for Nonprofits package provides nonprofit organizations with discounted Claude access (up to 75 percent off); integrations with nonprofit tools like Blackbaud, Candid, and Benevity; as well as free use case guides and an AI Fluency for Nonprofits training course for AI beginners. The company explains that its upgraded Claude Sonnet 4.5, and advanced coding model, is also trained for grant writing and program analysis. It's safety-forward Haiku 4.5, meanwhile, speeds up processing at reduced costs. Both are available to Claude for Nonprofits users. Claude can also connect to Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Asana, Slack, and Box. AI adoption across the nonprofit sector has been scattered, due in part to continued skepticism about the safety, privacy, and reliability of generative AI -- and of the very nature of the sector's work. Many organizations are hard pressed to devote resources and time to the kind of training and infrastructure needed to ethically integrate the technology amid threatened funding streams, while others see its use as antithetical to their mission. Still, recent data shows widespread interest, but preparedness is low and adoption is slow. Of the AI developers and tech funders that have tried, few have been able to fully fill those gaps. Claude for Nonprofits is thus built to support a nonprofit's tech infrastructure needs. "Nonprofits tackle some of society's most difficult problems, often with limited resources," wrote Anthropic. "From our partners, we know AI helps most when it fits into existing workflows, upholds the privacy their communities expect, and is affordable." The developer has also partnered with nonprofit consulting organizations to provide tailored support to organizations. According to Anthropic, Claude is already used by organizations like the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the YMCA, and the Epilepsy Foundation -- the IRC also recently announced its own, in-house chatbot designed specifically to provide emergency assistance and support to refugee populations in the U.S. Claude for Nonprofits will be piloted among a cohort of 60 organizations who receive grants from funders like the Constellation Fund, Robin Hood, and Tipping Point Community.

At Anthropic, we believe that AI can increase nonprofit capacity. And we've worked with over 100 organizations so far on getting it right | Fortune

AI will be one of the most transformative technologies of our time -- but only if its benefits reach beyond the organizations with the biggest budgets and the most technical expertise. That's what drew me to Anthropic, a public benefit corporation whose mission is the responsible development of AI for the long-term benefit of humanity. That belief is now being put to the test. AI is accelerating research, reshaping industries, and creating enormous value. But for the organizations working on some of society's hardest problems -- nonprofits fighting hunger, expanding access to healthcare, tutoring underserved students -- the technology remains largely out of reach. This isn't because they don't want it. In our conversations with nonprofits, we've heard a consistent story: small teams know AI could help, but learning to use it sits at the bottom of an endless to-do list. And when they do consider adoption, the stakes feel high -- these organizations serve vulnerable populations and handle sensitive data. They can't afford to get it wrong. On Giving Tuesday -- a day dedicated to global generosity -- it's worth asking what it would mean to give these nonprofits their capacity back. The potential is significant. AI can draft proposal narratives, synthesize program data into impact statements, and adapt language to funder priorities -- compressing 100 hours of work into 20. Development teams can automate donor segmentation, generate personalized letters, and identify major gift prospects. Organizations can match clients with programs faster and free staff to spend more time on human connection and less on administrative burden. Over the past year, we've worked with almost 100 organizations to build a new AI program for nonprofits. Today, the Epilepsy Foundation is providing 24/7 support through Claude to 3.4 million Americans living with epilepsy. The International Rescue Committee is using Claude to communicate more effectively with local partners in time-sensitive humanitarian settings. Robin Hood is using Claude for coding and administrative work that would otherwise require significantly more resources. Our work with these organizations has shaped what we think helpful AI actually looks like. Staff need courses they can complete in 15-minute increments, with examples drawn from their actual work and ongoing support -- not a manual. AI needs to integrate with the tools and processes organizations already use. These insights shaped how we built AI Fluency for Nonprofits, a free course on Anthropic Academy designed for sector-specific workflows and constraints. They also informed our decision to help create three new connectors to nonprofit tools. Making AI trustworthy and accessible requires more than just ensuring it's available. It requires understanding mission-driven organizations from within and adapting our tools to their reality. That begins with listening before building. For Anthropic, this work is central to our mission as a public benefit corporation. But it also serves our broader work in AI development. The lessons we learn deploying AI to organizations serving vulnerable populations -- lessons about privacy, trust, and responsible use -- inform how we approach deployment everywhere. This is a critical moment to ensure these organizations aren't left behind -- and to learn from their example as we shape how AI serves the public good.

Anthropic offers nonprofits discounts for Giving Tuesday

The Claude by Anthropic app on a smartphone.Gabby Jones / Bloomberg via Getty Images Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a suite of new offerings for nonprofit organizations Tuesday morning, joining Google and OpenAI in offering AI products to the nonprofit sector. Nonprofit organizations will have access to discounted pricing for Anthropic's flagship Claude AI models in addition to tools geared toward nonprofit use. The announcement was made on Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, when many nonprofit groups and charities encourage donations and giving back. Elizabeth Kelly, head of beneficial deployments at Anthropic, said the new offerings will allow nonprofit groups to seize on the benefits of the company's advanced AI systems. "We view this as a really important step in harnessing the power of AI for social impact and continuing to work towards world-changing applications of AI," Kelly told NBC News. Anthropic will offer nonprofit organizations discounts of 70% to 75% on its Claude tools for businesses, depending on the exact product, along with specific technical tools optimized for nonprofit groups' operational needs. Google offers similar discounts of 70% to 75% off its business and enterprise products, which feature expanded access to its Gemini AI models and general AI integrations within software like Google Docs and Sheets, while OpenAI offers discounts of 20% to 25%. Kelly emphasized that Anthropic worked closely with nonprofit organizations like poverty-fighting Robin Hood and Tipping Point to better understand how AI could help increase their impact. "We spent months in the pilot phase, working side by side with grantmakers and nonprofits, to really shape the features for nonprofits' exact needs," she said. As OpenAI has highlighted, nonprofit groups can use AI tools to draft grant applications, analyze complex data or create summaries of activities key to enticing future donors. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the early beneficiaries of Anthropic's new scheme. The humanitarian organization works in over three dozen countries, providing health, education and economic support in conflict and disaster settings. Jeannie Annan, chief research and innovation officer for the IRC, said AI tools like Anthropic's Claude are already making a positive impact within the organization. As an example, Annan said that IRC staff members had used Claude to design training guides, health care provider assessments and role-play scenarios for health worker trainings on a sensitive health topic, with Claude "dramatically reducing development time while maintaining quality." "We have an organization of 12,000 staff in 40 different countries speaking many, many different languages," Annan told NBC News. "Claude has allowed teams to move a lot more quickly with a range of different knowledge." "I think AI is one of the few tailwinds that we have in the humanitarian sector. Right now, we have a lot of headwinds, so we're trying to use AI as much as possible," Annan added, citing diminishing funding for humanitarian aid. Anthropic will also launch an educational program to help nonprofit groups learn how AI can augment and streamline their work. Kelly said that in designing this educational course, "we wanted to speak to the issues that nonprofits are dealing with day in and day out. For example, how do you analyze fundraising performance or build a fundraising campaign? How do you develop a program toolkit? How to use AI for a volunteer management system?" As part of Tuesday's launch, Anthropic also debuted technical mechanisms to make its Claude systems easier to use with software tools and services popular in the nonprofit sector. "All of the really important work that goes into powering nonprofits, Claude can help automate so they can focus on human connection and maximize their impact," Kelly said. She cited "strategic and finance operations, financial reporting, account reconciliations, audit, summarization" as examples of where Claude could provide helpful assistance.

Anthropic rolls out Claude for Nonprofits with up to 75% discounts - The Economic Times

This initiative has been rolled out in partnership with the global movement, GivingTuesday. It provides access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 for tasks, including grant writing, programme analysis, and frontier performance.Anthropic has introduced Claude for Nonprofits to offer artificial intelligence (AI)-powered workflows, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. As part of the initiative, and in partnership with the global movement, GivingTuesday, Anthropic is offering discounted access of up to 75% on Team and Enterprise plans. This provides access to Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5 for a range of tasks, including grant writing, programme analysis, and frontier performance. Claude Opus 4.5 is available on a request basis. Also Read | ETtech Explainer: Anthropic's new Claude 'hybrid model' moves global AI goalposts Apart from the discounts, Anthropic has released three open source connectors to link artificial intelligence (AI) with existing platforms, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Asana, Slack, and Box. The connectors are as follows: Moreover, the AI firm has developed a course called AI Fluency for Nonprofits, which serves as a guide for staff to use AI in everyday tasks. It is accessible via Anthropic Academy. Earlier this month, Microsoft and Nvidia announced plans to invest in Anthropic through a new partnership that includes a $30 billion commitment from the Claude maker to use Microsoft's cloud services, marking the latest major deal linking key players in the AI sector. Anthropic, founded in 2021 by former employees of OpenAI, was nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in a new round of funding, valuing the startup at $170 billion, per a report by Bloomberg in August. It had raised $13 billion at a $183 billion post-money valuation led by investment firm Iconiq in September. Also Read: Anthropic to expand India operations, invest behind Indic language AI models