- What are Claude’s fundraising and grant skills?
- Who gets the plugin, and does it cost extra?
- What can Claude do for grants, RFPs and grant reports?
- How does Claude help with donor research and stewardship?
- What do the marketing, hiring and board skills do?
- How do you start with Claude’s nonprofit skills responsibly?
- What has Anthropic not confirmed yet?
- Sources and further reading
- Who can help set up the records map and AI policy?
A nonprofit gets the plugin by being verified and on a Team or Enterprise plan, then asks Claude to map where donor data, grant files, finances and policies live. We treat that map and a check against your own AI policy as the two steps to finish before any grant draft or donor email goes out, which is the starting point for AI and automation for nonprofits. As of October 26, 2026, the announcement does not say which connectors the plugin bundles and gives no time savings, and this guide does not guess at either.
This guide is written by Parker Davis, System Architect, who holds the Claude Certified Architect certification. Everything below is documented behavior from Anthropic’s announcement, not a result from our own testing.
Want a second opinion on your records map before your team starts? Fractional CIO support, where we can walk your team through the records map and the AI policy before anyone writes a prompt. Tell us where your donor data and grant files live.
What are Claude’s fundraising and grant skills?
Claude’s fundraising and grant skills are a set of skills and connectors in the plugin Anthropic released on October 26, 2026, built with about 30 nonprofits. Anthropic says the plugin supports fundraising from research through reporting and helps teams set up Claude responsibly with their organization’s context and policies. The program behind the plugin is called Claude for Nonprofits. Our guide there covers eligibility, seat pricing and discounts.
The table groups the documented skills by the job a fundraising or grants lead is trying to do. The announcement does not name individual skills, so the rows name the jobs, not the skills.
| Job | What the skill does, per Anthropic | What a person still checks |
|---|---|---|
| Grants and funders | Researches donors, foundations and companies and surfaces open grants with sources cited. Breaks down an RFP and turns it into a requirements list and a first draft built from your own material. | Eligibility, deadlines and requirements against the funder’s own page. Every figure and outcome against your records. |
| Donors | Prepares a brief before a funder call, then a write-up and thank-you note after, and donor updates in your voice. Returns a stewardship plan when you ask how to re-engage donors. | Relationship judgment, consent to tell a donor’s story, and which donor data is allowed in a prompt. |
| Marketing | Plans a campaign sized to your team’s bandwidth, drafts in your organization’s voice, and gives a second read before content goes out. | Facts, tone and approvals before anything is published. |
| Hiring and people | Builds a job post with an interview guide and scoring rubric, plans a new hire’s first 90 days, and answers staff questions from your own handbook. | Employment law, fairness of the rubric, and whether the handbook is current. |
| Board and leadership | Shows what skills your board is missing, drafts outreach to candidates you have in mind, builds an orientation packet, and plans the deck for your next meeting. | Candidate fit, board approvals and the accuracy of the deck. |
| Responsible setup | Maps where your organization keeps its records, then answers “Can I use Claude for this?” from your own AI policy. | That a policy exists, is current, and matches what admins allow. |
Who gets the plugin, and does it cost extra?
Verified nonprofits on Claude Team and Enterprise plans get the plugin installed automatically at no additional cost, according to Anthropic. Anthropic describes it as built for every verified nonprofit organization. Admins manage who has access and which connectors the organization can use.
Seats are not free, so a plugin price of zero sits on top of a paid plan. Team and Enterprise seats are paid plans with nonprofit discounts, and our Claude pricing and eligibility guide covers the numbers, so this page keeps to the skills.
The limits are plain. The announcement does not say whether Pro or Free users get the plugin, and it does not explain how verification works. Confirm both with Anthropic before you plan a rollout around the plugin.
What can Claude do for grants, RFPs and grant reports?
Claude grant writing in this plugin starts with research. Anthropic says Claude researches donors, foundations and companies and surfaces open grants with sources cited. Forward an RFP and Claude returns a breakdown of eligibility, requirements and what it would take to compete.
From there, Claude turns an RFP into a requirements list and a first draft built from your own material. Grant reports include sources for their figures. Those sources make checking faster, and the checking is still your job.
Nonprofits using Claude for grant writing should treat every draft as a starting point and run it through a short human review:
- Confirm eligibility, deadlines and requirements against the funder’s own page.
- Check every figure and outcome in the draft against your records.
- Read the draft against the material you supplied, and cut anything you cannot trace to it.
For the wider workflow around proposals, see our guide to AI-powered grant writing.
How does Claude help with donor research and stewardship?
Anthropic documents a set of skills for the work around a funder call. Before the call, Claude prepares a brief. Afterward it writes up the call, drafts a thank-you note and drafts donor updates in your voice.
Ask how to re-engage donors and Claude returns a stewardship plan. That makes stewardship a drafting and planning job with a person in charge, and it works when your team owns every relationship.
A person owns three things. Relationship judgment stays with the staff member who knows the donor. Consent for stories stays with you, and your AI policy decides which donor data is allowed in a prompt. Teams working a major gift pipeline can read our walkthrough of major gift fundraising with AI.
What do the marketing, hiring and board skills do?
The marketing, hiring and board skills cover work outside fundraising. For marketing, Claude plans a campaign sized to your team’s bandwidth, learns to draft in your organization’s voice, and gives a second read on your content before it goes out.
The Claude nonprofit hiring skills build a job post with an interview guide and scoring rubric, plan a new hire’s first 90 days, and answer staff questions from your own handbook. Hiring outputs need human review and employment-law review before you use them with candidates or staff.
The Claude board skills show what skills your board is missing and draft outreach to the candidates you have in mind. They also build an orientation packet for new members and plan the deck for your next meeting.
How do you start with Claude’s nonprofit skills responsibly?
Claude’s nonprofit skills start with a records map. Anthropic’s first step is to ask Claude to map where your organization keeps its information. Claude asks where you keep each kind of record, like donor data, grant files, finances and policies. With memory on, it saves that map for each person and offers to connect the tools it cannot reach yet.
Every other skill in the plugin reads the map first. Then comes the policy check. Staff can ask “Can I use Claude for this?” and get an answer based on the organization’s own AI policy.
That Claude AI policy check only works if a policy exists. If your organization does not have one, write a short one before your team starts. Admins manage access and connectors, and Anthropic says it does not train its models on your data by default.
Scottship’s checklist is four plain steps:
- Map your records: list where donor data, grant files, finances and policies live, and who can reach each one.
- Confirm the policy: check that your AI policy says which records are allowed into a prompt.
- Start with one workflow: pick a single job, such as one RFP breakdown, before adding more.
- Keep a human review step: name the person who signs off on every draft before it leaves the building.
What has Anthropic not confirmed yet?
Anthropic’s announcement leaves several questions open as of October 26, 2026. We list them so you can ask before you commit, and we do not fill any gap with an estimate. The announcement does not state:
- Which connectors the plugin bundles.
- The names of the individual skills.
- Whether Pro or Free plans can get the plugin.
- How verification works.
- Any quantified time savings.
The announcement also describes a planned partnership with Taproot for pro bono consultants. Planned means not live.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the plugin free?
The plugin carries no additional cost on Team and Enterprise plans, according to Anthropic’s announcement. The seats themselves are paid plans with nonprofit discounts, and our Claude pricing and eligibility guide has the current numbers.
Which Claude plans include the nonprofit plugin?
Anthropic’s announcement says the plugin is installed automatically for nonprofits on Team and Enterprise plans. It does not say whether Pro or Free users get it. Check with Anthropic before you assume access on those plans.
Who qualifies for the plugin?
Anthropic says it built the plugin for every verified nonprofit organization. The announcement does not explain how verification works, so we do not describe the steps here. Team and Enterprise seats are paid plans with nonprofit discounts, and our Claude pricing and eligibility guide covers the rules.
Can Claude help with nonprofit fundraising and grant writing?
Yes, within documented limits. Anthropic lists grant research with sources cited, RFP breakdowns, requirements lists and first drafts, funder briefs, thank-you notes and stewardship plans. Scottship’s advice is to keep a person on every output: confirm funder requirements on the funder’s own page and check every figure against your records.
Is Claude safe for donor data?
Anthropic says it does not train its models on your data by default, and admins control access and connectors. Scottship’s view is that safety depends on your AI policy and which records you allow in, so map your records and check the policy first. No setting replaces your own data rules, and nothing on this page is a compliance guarantee.
Sources and further reading
Who can help set up the records map and AI policy?
If you want help setting up the records map and AI policy before your team starts, we can walk you through it. We work through your records, your policy and one first workflow with you.
Scottship’s fractional CIO support for AI decisions gives a small to midsize nonprofit a technology lead without a full-time hire. Tell us which policies your team already has.
Written by
Parker Davis
System Architect at Scottship Solutions
Parker works hands-on with nonprofit and small business leaders on IT strategy, cybersecurity, AI implementation, and cloud architecture. He leads the work at Scottship Solutions that helps mission-driven organizations build reliable, secure technology infrastructure.
Certifications
IBM AI Product Manager • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt • TOGAF Standard • Claude Certified Architect
Industries Served
Human Services, Healthcare & Community Health, Arts & Culture, Education & Youth Development, Faith-Based, Foundations & Grantmakers, Child Advocacy