Aug 18, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
***“We have agency in this. AI is a mirror to humanity. And I think that becomes a moral imperative to push our way to the front of that mirror.” – Nathan Chappell*** Have you been avoiding…
AI is a mirror to humanity, and I think that becomes a moral imperative to push our way to the front of that mirror.
And like any other technology that can amplify good or bad, it becomes a question of what do you think will win out? And any conversation about the future of AI rests in how much faith do you have in the human race? And if you're going to just sit and watch it, or are you going to participate in that, whether it's a printing press or the internet or any other type of invention, you know, it's up to us and how we shape that.
He's spent the last two decades in fundraising, generosity, and now artificial intelligence.
AI is going to reflect the people shaping it, so we as nonprofit leaders cannot afford to sit this one out.
After 20 years of leading nonprofits, Nathan founded Fundraising AI, a global advocacy initiative promoting the responsible and beneficial use of artificial intelligence.
In today's episode, Nathan shares how his upbringing shaped his work ethic, the real crisis around generosity, why focusing on revenue probably is holding your nonprofit back, and the superpower nonprofits have in shaping AI's future.
You're listening to Future Nonprofit, a podcast about what it will take to build and scale the nonprofits of tomorrow.
I'm your host, Ted Vaughn, co-founding partner of Historic, a nonprofit change consultancy, and author of Culture Built My Brand.
Nathan was working with AI before most nonprofit leaders were even talking about it.
But what makes his perspective different is that he keeps coming back to one word, agency.
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AI is a mirror to humanity, and I think that becomes a moral imperative to push our way to the front of that mirror.
And like any other technology that can amplify good or bad, it becomes a question of what do you think will win out? And any conversation about the future of AI rests in how much faith do you have in the human race? And if you're going to just sit and watch it, or are you going to participate in that, whether it's a printing press or the internet or any other type of invention, you know, it's up to us and how we shape that.
He's spent the last two decades in fundraising, generosity, and now artificial intelligence.
AI is going to reflect the people shaping it, so we as nonprofit leaders cannot afford to sit this one out.
After 20 years of leading nonprofits, Nathan founded Fundraising AI, a global advocacy initiative promoting the responsible and beneficial use of artificial intelligence.
In today's episode, Nathan shares how his upbringing shaped his work ethic, the real crisis around generosity, why focusing on revenue probably is holding your nonprofit back, and the superpower nonprofits have in shaping AI's future.
You're listening to Future Nonprofit, a podcast about what it will take to build and scale the nonprofits of tomorrow.
I'm your host, Ted Vaughn, co-founding partner of Historic, a nonprofit change consultancy, and author of Culture Built My Brand.
Nathan was working with AI before most nonprofit leaders were even talking about it.
But what makes his perspective different is that he keeps coming back to one word, agency.
