Open Tools
Practical AI-assisted tools and frameworks organizations can use and adapt free of charge.
- Grant/Funding Scout
- Funding Readiness Diagnostic
- Grant Evaluator
- Grant Strategy and Writing Assistant
Open Intelligence programs
Funding Intelligence Workshops & Cohorts
Help nonprofit organizations identify better-aligned funding opportunities, make stronger pursuit decisions, and build AI-assisted funding workflows they can continue using.
Civic IQ combines open tools, practical instruction, and hands-on implementation. Workshops and cohorts can be sponsored or hosted by banks, foundations, corporations, nonprofit associations, universities, and community institutions.
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↓Guided ImplementationWorkshops, cohorts and support
↓Organizational CapacityRepeatable workflows and better decisions
More than a workshop. More useful than another software subscription.
Nonprofits do not need one more platform they cannot sustain. They need practical ways to organize institutional knowledge, evaluate opportunities, and make better funding decisions. Civic IQ workshops help organizations configure adaptable tools within their own AI environments and establish workflows they can continue after the program ends.
Guided Implementation
Facilitation, instruction, configuration support, and opportunities to apply the tools to each organization’s actual context.
Durable Capacity
Repeatable workflows, stronger funding intelligence practices, and greater control over institutional knowledge.
How would you like to participate?
Civic IQ works with institutions that sponsor community-wide programming and with organizations that want to host or participate in guided learning experiences.
For sponsors and institutional hosts
Bring Funding Intelligence to your community
Sponsor a workshop or cohort for nonprofit customers, grantees, members, community partners, or organizations within a priority geographic market.
- Community workshops
- Grantee capacity building
- Responsible AI adoption
- Regional nonprofit cohorts
For nonprofits and intermediaries
Build a funding workflow your organization can use
Participate in a hands-on learning experience that helps your team organize its funding context, evaluate opportunities, and use Civic IQ tools more effectively.
- Nonprofit and program leaders
- Development staff and grant writers
- Community-based organizations
- Networks and associations
Flagship program
Funding Intelligence Workshop
The Funding Intelligence Workshop helps nonprofit teams move from scattered grant searching to a more disciplined and repeatable funding process. Participants learn how to identify opportunities, evaluate strategic alignment, assess readiness, and establish practical pursuit and verification workflows.
What participants build
Organizational Funding Profile
A reusable summary of mission, programs, communities, geography, priorities, capacity, and funding needs.
Customized Grant/Funding Scout
An AI-assisted research workflow configured around actual funding objectives.
Funder-Fit Framework
A consistent way to evaluate alignment, eligibility, competitiveness, burden, timing, and readiness.
Opportunity Pipeline
Opportunities organized by fit, deadline, status, and recommended next action.
Weekly Funding Workflow
A repeatable process for researching, reviewing, verifying, assigning, and tracking opportunities.
Responsible AI Practices
Guidance for protecting sensitive information, reviewing AI content, and maintaining human accountability.
“Participants do not simply learn about AI. They begin configuring tools and workflows around their own organizational reality.”
From organizational context to repeatable action
Ground the Organization
Clarify mission, programs, geography, priorities, capacity, funding history, and current needs.
Configure the Tools
Adapt the Grant/Funding Scout and related Civic IQ tools to the organization’s actual context.
Evaluate Opportunities
Practice determining what to pursue, skip, verify, and communicate.
Establish the Workflow
Create a recurring process for research, review, decisions, deadlines, and proposal development.
Flexible formats for different communities and goals
Programs can be adapted according to audience size, geographic reach, participant readiness, sponsor objectives, and the level of implementation support required.
Introductory Workshop
90 minutes to two hours
An accessible introduction to Funding Intelligence, responsible AI use, and the Civic IQ tool ecosystem.
Best for: conferences, association meetings, customer events, and community learning sessions.
Funding Intelligence Lab
Three to four hours
A hands-on working session in which participants begin building organizational profiles and configuring tools.
Participants leave with: a draft profile, customized Scout, evaluation framework, initial weekly workflow, and responsible-use guidance.
Full-Day Intensive
A deeper implementation experience combining research, readiness, opportunity evaluation, grant strategy, and workflow design.
May include live research, funder-fit exercises, narrative development, peer review, and implementation planning.
Multi-Session Cohort
Four to eight weeks
Structured learning, implementation support, office hours, and accountability, with progressive tool configuration and final implementation plans.
Institutional Partnership
A customized program integrated into an existing nonprofit support initiative. Potential partners include banks, foundations, universities, associations, United Ways, healthcare institutions, local governments, and corporate community-engagement programs.
Open tools. Supported implementation.
Civic IQ makes its core intelligence tools available free of charge so nonprofits can adapt them within their own AI accounts and organizational workflows. Civic IQ generates revenue through the professional services that help organizations use those tools effectively.
Available through Open Intelligence
- Core tools and prompts
- Adaptable frameworks
- Self-directed access and organizational reuse
- Continued access after the workshop
Funded professional services
- Facilitation, training, and configuration
- Customization and implementation support
- Strategy and technical assistance
- Cohort management, evaluation, and reporting
The tools are open. The expertise and implementation support are paid.
This model funds meaningful implementation without locking participating nonprofits into a proprietary Civic IQ platform. Organizations maintain greater control of their institutional context and can adapt the tools as their needs evolve.
Learn more about Open Intelligence →Designed for institutions investing in nonprofit success
Banks and financial institutions
Corporate foundations
Community foundations
Nonprofit associations
Universities and colleges
Healthcare institutions
United Ways and intermediaries
Local governments
Corporate community-engagement teams
Conference and event organizers
Programs may be designed for an institution’s nonprofit customers, grantees, members, community partners, or organizations operating within a priority market.
Practical outcomes sponsors and participants can see
Civic IQ focuses on implementation indicators that reflect stronger organizational practice. Grant awards may be tracked when participants voluntarily report them, but funding awards are not guaranteed and should not be the sole measure of program value.
Organizations participating
Staff members trained
Funding profiles completed
Grant/Funding Scouts configured
Opportunities identified and evaluated
Funding pipelines established
Weekly workflows adopted
Responsible AI practices introduced
Participant confidence
Reported time savings
Applications initiated or strengthened
Frequently asked questions
Are Civic IQ tools free?
Civic IQ’s core Open Intelligence tools are provided free of charge. Workshops, facilitation, customization, implementation, technical assistance, and cohort support are professional services funded by sponsors, hosts, or clients.
Are you selling a software platform?
No. Civic IQ helps organizations use adaptable tools and workflows within AI environments they control. Civic IQ is not asking participating nonprofits to purchase another proprietary funding platform.
Why sponsor something built around free tools?
Access to a tool does not guarantee effective implementation. Sponsorship supports the instruction, configuration, facilitation, strategy, and follow-up that help organizations turn tools into working organizational systems.
Does Civic IQ guarantee grant awards?
No. Funding decisions are controlled by funders and depend on many factors. Civic IQ helps organizations identify stronger opportunities, improve readiness, avoid poor-fit applications, and develop more disciplined funding practices.
Can a workshop be customized?
Yes. Programs can be adapted around geography, nonprofit subsector, participant readiness, sponsor objectives, and the desired level of implementation support.
Can a bank invite its nonprofit customers?
Yes. Workshops can be designed for nonprofit customers, community partners, grantees, association members, or a broader regional audience.
What happens to participant information?
The program collects only information needed for registration, instruction, assistance, and evaluation. Participants are encouraged to protect confidential and personally identifiable information and use organizationally appropriate AI accounts and practices.
Can sponsors brand the program?
Programs may include appropriate sponsor recognition, co-branded registration materials, welcome remarks, and engagement opportunities. Civic IQ retains control of the educational content and the integrity of the Open Intelligence tools.
Bring a Funding Intelligence Workshop to your community
Tell us about the organizations you want to serve, the market or community you are focused on, and the learning experience you are considering. Civic IQ will recommend a practical workshop, cohort, or institutional partnership structure.