Nonprofit Consulting

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Reggie Stephens Foundation AI Strategy Consulting

Your mentor is former NFL player Reggie Stephens. Use AI to help fund his nonprofit. For consulting, AI, and nonprofit paths.

8 weeks

Live Sessions Start

December 7, 2026

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In 2000, Reggie Stephens picked off three passes and helped the New York Giants fight their way to the Super Bowl. Now he coaches a different kind of team: young people in Santa Cruz, CA who need someone in their corner, on the field and off it. His nonprofit, the Reggie Stephens Foundation (RSF), uses sports, arts, and education to open doors to college for underserved youth. But every hour Reggie spends chasing donors is an hour he isn’t with those kids.

That’s where you come in. Finding the right donor works just like finding the right client or investor, and using AI to do it faster is a skill every company is hiring for, nonprofit or not. You’ll size up how RSF compares to similar organizations, build a list of new partners worth calling, and show Reggie which parts of fundraising AI can take off his plate. You walk away with real consulting work and a strategy you can talk about in any business interview.

Project Output

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Study the Playbook: Learn how nonprofits raise money, from individual donors to corporate giving programs, and how AI is changing fundraising.
Scout the Competition: Choose three comparable nonprofits and break down how they position themselves and raise funds compared to RSF.
Diagnose the Gap: Pinpoint where RSF stands today, where the sector is heading with AI, and what's missing in between.
Build the Roster: Research and rank five institutional partners worth approaching, including who to contact and how to pitch RSF to each.
Design the AI Workflow: Map which parts of fundraising AI can realistically handle for a one-person team, and which still need a human.
Call the Play: Pull it all together into a consulting-style deck with clear recommendations for what RSF should do first, second, and third.

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Skills You'll Gain

Analyzed how nonprofits raise money, including individual, corporate, and institutional funding and restricted vs. unrestricted funds.

Benchmarked a nonprofit's fundraising strategy against three comparable organizations using a documented shortlisting framework.

Built a prioritized list of institutional partnership prospects, including the right decision-makers and a tailored pitch for each.

Used AI tools to speed up research and draft outreach, while verifying results and documenting where human judgment mattered.

Delivered a consulting-style recommendations deck and an AI adoption roadmap for nonprofit leadership.

Your Schedule

8 weeks

Study the Playbook

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Learn how nonprofits raise money, from individual donors to corporate giving programs, and how AI is changing fundraising.

Scout the Competition

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Choose three comparable nonprofits and break down how they position themselves and raise funds compared to RSF.

Diagnose the Gap

—

Pinpoint where RSF stands today, where the sector is heading with AI, and what's missing in between.

Build the Roster

—

Research and rank five institutional partners worth approaching, including who to contact and how to pitch RSF to each.

Design the AI Workflow

—

Map which parts of fundraising AI can realistically handle for a one-person team, and which still need a human.

Call the Play

—

Pull it all together into a consulting-style deck with clear recommendations for what RSF should do first, second, and third.

About Reggie Stephens Foundation

The Reggie Stephens Foundation (RSF), started by former NFL player Reggie Stephens, uses sports, arts, and education to help underserved young people on California's Central Coast get to college.

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Meet Your Host

Reggie Stephens

Founder, Reggie Stephens Foundation

Reggie Stephens grew up in Santa Cruz, California, and played defensive back at Rutgers, where he earned First Team All-Big East honors. He went on to play for the New York Giants from 1999 to 2003, including Super Bowl XXXV. After football he earned a Master's in Sports Management from Utah State University and, in 2018, founded the Reggie Stephens Foundation to give young people on the Central Coast free access to sports training, college and career readiness, scholarships, mentorship, and the arts. RSF now serves more than 500 youth and student-athletes each year.