What is If Possible?
If Possible is an AI-native consultancy that helps ambitious nonprofit leaders build AI-powered operations: AI coaching and implementation from fundraisers who have helped 100+ nonprofits raise $200M+.
If Possible teaches nonprofit teams to do their real work with AI and installs AI Teammates that support the people on staff. The approach is the If Methodology: a Mission Brain, AI Teammates installed role by role, and a named person approving everything before it goes out.
- 11+ years inside nonprofit fundraising
- 100+ organizations served
- $200M+ raised
Who is If Possible for?
Ambitious nonprofit leaders whose teams are stretched thin. Typically a nonprofit doing impact-making work with a budget of about $1M to $15M, where the work outpaces the team every year. If Possible serves nonprofits in the United States.
Who founded If Possible?
If Possible was founded by Colleen Cook and Scott Williams, nonprofit fundraisers who figured out AI. They host every If Possible cohort session and masterclass live.
- Colleen Cook, co-founder. More than 15 years at the intersection of nonprofit fundraising and technology; helps nonprofit leaders turn AI into systems that produce real results. LinkedIn
- Scott Williams, co-founder. More than a decade of nonprofit fundraising work across 100+ organizations; helps ambitious nonprofit leaders build AI-powered operations. LinkedIn
Where is If Possible located?
If Possible is based at 17 East Main St., Ashland, Ohio 44805. The team has built this work inside nonprofits across the country.
How can a nonprofit work with If Possible?
Three ways, from fully personalized to self-paced. See them side by side.
AI Implementation
1:1 partnership- Who it's for: nonprofits with real complexity across multiple departments, locations or teams, whose leadership is ready to invest in real operational change with an outside expert driving the AI strategy.
- Format: If Possible serves as your nonprofit's fractional Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. Dream it, design it, build it: we design the AI Teammates, workflows and Mission Brain with your leaders, then implement them department by department, working weekly with your AI Champion and an AI Council of your leaders.
- How to start: book a session on the AI Implementation page, or send us a note.
If Possible Cohorts
Live, in small groups- Who it's for: nonprofit teams who want to learn AI together by building real work. Bring your team: the development director, the comms lead and the ED each build their piece.
- Format: a small group of nonprofit teams builds one real piece of their work AI-first, live with Colleen and Scott, week by week. In the current cohort that is a 90-minute live session on Tuesdays, office hours on Thursdays, and the work in between. You keep your Mission Brain, your AI Teammates and the finished work. The first cohort, the AI-First Year-End Cohort, runs October 26 to December 8, 2026; enrollment is closed.
- How to start: join the waitlist to hear first when the next cohort opens. Free to join. No payment, no commitment.
Mission Ready
Self-paced · Coming soon- Who it's for: nonprofit leaders who want to install the intelligence layer themselves, at their own pace, even if the team isn't technical.
- Format: a self-paced vault: the Mission Brain framework with templates, 12 AI Teammates with installation guides, 20+ AI Systems mapped to them, and a Quarterly Drop of new builds every 90 days.
- How to start: join the founding waitlist for first access at founding-member pricing. Free to join. No payment, no commitment.
What free resources does If Possible offer?
- The Art of the Possible: articles on AI for nonprofits, fundraising, prompts, strategy and getting time back.
- The If Possible Newsletter: a free email every Wednesday with one idea, one prompt and our newest article.
- The If Possible Podcast: Season 1, ten episodes, free on the site, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
- The Nonprofit AI Starter Pack: 33 tested prompts, a 35-question AI Readiness Assessment and an 8-section AI Policy Template.
- The AI Slop Filter: a free Claude skill that strips AI tells from your writing and rewrites drafts in your voice.
- Year-End Story Guide: find the stories you already have, tell them well, and bring more donors alongside at year-end.
- Make the Case Kit: four copy-ready templates to get a yes on AI training.
- Free live masterclasses: join the waitlist for the next one.
All of them are on one page: Free resources.
How do I contact If Possible?
Email support@ifpossible.ai or use the contact form. We'll reply soon.
Key terms
- Mission Brain
The organized collection of everything your org knows: your data, story, stats, processes, policies, voice, donor history and fundraising methodology, structured once and used everywhere.
- AI Teammates
The staffed AI workforce: each one a defined role supporting and reporting to a real human on your team, trained on your Mission Brain.
- AI slop
Content where AI made the decisions: who it's for, what it says, and whether it's good enough to ship. Read more: AI slop happens when AI sits in the director's chair.
- Meat proxy
The person who pastes AI output into Slack or an email without adding anything to it.