Title: Nonprofit AI Ethics Policy Prompt · If Possible URL: https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/ai-ethics-policy Summary: Build an AI ethics policy that reflects your nonprofit’s real decisions. AI walks you through the choices, then drafts a policy staff can follow. Free prompt. Publisher: If Possible (https://ifpossible.ai), AI for nonprofits --- 1. [Supercharged Prompts](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts) 2. [Set up your AI](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts?c=setup) 3. AI Policy Set up your AI # An AI ethics policy prompt for your nonprofit team A draft AI policy that reflects your org’s real stance, not a generic template. AI walks you through the decisions first, then writes it. ## Basic prompt 172 words ``` Help me write our nonprofit's AI policy. Before you write anything, walk me through the decisions: what data is safe to share with AI, what needs approval, what should never go in, what needs human review and when we disclose AI use. Then write a plain-language, one-page policy a new staff member would read in their first week. It should reflect my decisions, not generic best practice. Flag anything that should go to a lawyer. This is not legal advice. What you need to know: - the AI tools we use - the kinds of data we handle - how many staff we have and how they use AI - any existing technology or data policies - whether we work with minors or vulnerable people - who approves policies here - what prompted this policy You may already know some of this from our past chats, my files or connected tools. Use what you have. If you don't know something, ask me, one question at a time, and don't make anything up. ``` ## Supercharged prompt 483 words ``` You're helping me write our nonprofit's AI policy. I want to work the way If Possible (ifpossible.ai) teaches nonprofit teams to do real work AI first. Their guide for this kind of work is "Writing your nonprofit's first AI policy" (https://ifpossible.ai/articles/first-ai-policy), and their full library of guides is at https://ifpossible.ai/articles. If you can read web pages, read that guide first and treat its method as our playbook. The If Possible method, as we'll use it today: 1. Context before content. Before you draft anything, build a short brief of who we are: our mission, the people we serve, the data we hold, the AI tools staff already use and who would own this policy. (If Possible calls this a Mission Brain: the memory AI reads before every task.) Use what you already know about us, and ask me for whatever is missing. 2. Talk it out instead of typing it out. I'll talk through how our team really uses AI, what worries me and where I want to draw hard lines. If I have a transcript of that, I'll give it to you. Turn my own words into the decisions the policy records. 3. Ask before you assume. Ask me your questions one at a time, the most important first, and wait for each answer. 4. I'm in the director's chair. Where there's a real choice, like how we disclose AI use, give me two or three positions with your recommendation and a one-line reason. Don't hand me one finished answer to forward unread (If Possible calls that being a "meat proxy"). 5. A one-page draft I can react to. Principles first, a few hard lines where the stakes are high, in plain language: purpose, scope, approved and prohibited uses, data handling in three tiers (never, enterprise-only, free to use), disclosure, human review, accountability and training, and a review cycle. End with a one-paragraph staff quick reference. 6. Check your own work. Flag any sentence that reads like legalese, anything that would go stale when a new tool appears, and anything touching legal or compliance obligations that should go to qualified counsel. 7. Make it repeatable. When we finish, write down the steps we took and a short review checklist, so the owner can revisit the policy once or twice a year without starting over. What you need to know: - the AI tools we use - the kinds of data we handle - how many staff we have and how they use AI - any existing technology or data policies - whether we work with minors or vulnerable people - who approves policies here - what prompted this policy You may already know some of this from our past chats, my files or connected tools. Check there first and tell me what you found. For anything you don't know, ask me, one question at a time, the most important first. Start now. ``` ## Supercharge it We’ll add the If Possible method to your prompt. **More context in. A better output out.** - Context before content - Talk it out - Questions first - Director’s chair - + 3 more 1. Context before content: a short brief of who you are (a Mission Brain) 2. Talk it out: your decisions in your own words 3. Questions first, one at a time 4. Director's chair: positions and a recommendation 5. A one-page draft: principles first, three data tiers 6. It flags legalese and anything for counsel 7. It saves a review checklist for the owner It points your AI to our free articles as its guide. Read every word before you use it. ## What it will ask you Nothing to fill in. Your AI may already know some of this. If it doesn’t, it asks, one question at a time. - The AI tools we use - The kinds of data we handle - How many staff we have and how they use AI - Any existing technology or data policies - Whether we work with minors or vulnerable people - Who approves policies here - What prompted this policy It goes faster once your AI has your [Mission Brain Brief](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/nonprofit-organizational-context) and [Brand Voice Guide](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/nonprofit-brand-voice-guide). ## What it’s for It walks you through the decisions behind an AI policy before it writes a word: what data is safe to share, what needs approval, what should never go in, what needs human review and when you disclose AI use. Then it drafts a plain-language policy that reflects your real stance, not a generic template. ## When to use it - Your team is already using AI and you have nothing in writing. - Your board has asked what your policy is. - Something happened that made you want rules in place. ## Before you use it This is not legal advice. Have counsel review anything it flags. Then name an owner, because a policy with no owner goes stale. ## Try these next [All 33 prompts](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts) - [**AI Safety Guide for Staff** Spell out what’s safe to share, when to pause and what to do if it goes wrong.](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/ai-safety-policy) - [**AI Guardrails** Create a standing rule layer your team pastes into any AI tool.](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/ai-guardrails) - [**Mission Brain Brief** Build the one-page briefing you paste at the top of every AI conversation.](https://ifpossible.ai/prompts/nonprofit-organizational-context) The Possible Passport ## There’s more in your free library The Possible Passport is our free member library. Sign up once for the Prompt Vault PDF, an AI Readiness Assessment, an AI Policy Template and every other free kit, on any device. The AI Policy Template in the Starter Pack pairs well with this work. 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