New Blackbaud Institute Research Reveals Key Gaps Social Impact Organizations Must Bridge to Achieve Transformational Results with AI
The Blackbaud Institute released new research highlighting a significant gap between AI adoption and effectiveness in the social impact sector, finding that while 85% of professionals use AI, only 33% believe their organization uses it effectively. The report identifies four key gaps—effectiveness, infrastructure, data-readiness, and transparency—and notes that top 'AI-Adaptive' organizations save an average of $621 per employee per week by reinvesting time savings into revenue and mission delivery.
Key figures
- Ai adoption rate
- 85%
- Paid tool usage rate
- 50%
- Ai adaptive org share
- 10%
- Ai effectiveness rate
- 33%
- Orgs disclosing ai use
- 26%
- Free tool exclusive rate
- 25%
- Donors comfortable with ai
- 71%
- Excellent data health rate
- <20%
- Donors who value transparency
- 76%
- Avg org savings per employee week
- $500
- Ai adaptive savings per employee week
- $621
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