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AI tools for nonprofit teams and fundraisers — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for ai tools for nonprofit teams and fundraisers, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INMake entered the top 10 (#11 → #8)
▼ OUTVirtuous Momentum left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
▲Google Workspace moved #5 → #2
▲Make moved #11 → #8
▼Virtuous Momentum moved #8 → #11
▼Instrumentl moved #2 → #4
▼Grantable moved #4 → #5
▲Canva +3.2pp (38.1% → 41.3%)
▲Google Workspace +3.2pp (25.4% → 28.6%)
▼Instrumentl -3.2pp (28.6% → 25.4%)
▼Grantable -3.2pp (27% → 23.8%)
▲Make +3.2pp (19% → 22.2%)
▼Momentum -1.6pp (23.8% → 22.2%)
▼DonorSearch -1.6pp (23.8% → 22.2%)
▼Virtuous Momentum -1.6pp (22.2% → 20.6%)

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

▲ INMicrosoft entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▼ OUTMake left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▼Otter moved #7 → #10
▲Virtuous moved #5 → #3
▼Grantable moved #2 → #4
▲Momentum moved #8 → #6
▲Microsoft moved #11 → #9
▲Instrumentl moved #3 → #2
▼Google Workspace moved #4 → #5
▼DonorSearch moved #6 → #7
▲Virtuous Momentum moved #9 → #8
▼Make moved #10 → #11
▼Grantable -7.9pp (34.9% → 27%)
▼Canva -4.8pp (42.9% → 38.1%)
▼Google Workspace -4.8pp (30.2% → 25.4%)
▼Otter -3.2pp (25.4% → 22.2%)
▼Make -3.2pp (22.2% → 19%)
▼Instrumentl -3.1pp (31.7% → 28.6%)
▼DonorSearch -1.6pp (25.4% → 23.8%)

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INMake entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTDonorSearch AI left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▼Momentum moved #6 → #8
▼DonorSearch AI moved #10 → #12
▲Google Workspace moved #5 → #4
▼Virtuous moved #4 → #5
▲DonorSearch moved #7 → #6
▲Otter moved #8 → #7
▲Make moved #11 → #10
▲Make +4pp (18.2% → 22.2%)
▼Momentum -2.2pp (26% → 23.8%)
▼DonorSearch AI -2pp (19.5% → 17.5%)
▲Google Workspace +1.6pp (28.6% → 30.2%)
▼Virtuous -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)
▼Virtuous Momentum -1.2pp (23.4% → 22.2%)
▲Grantable +1.1pp (33.8% → 34.9%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲Google Workspace moved #6 → #5
▼Momentum moved #5 → #6
▲Otter moved #9 → #8
▼Virtuous Momentum moved #8 → #9
▲Google Workspace +3.1pp (25.5% → 28.6%)
▲Otter +2.3pp (22.4% → 24.7%)
▼Instrumentl -1.5pp (32.7% → 31.2%)
▼Virtuous Momentum -1.1pp (24.5% → 23.4%)
▲DonorSearch AI +1.1pp (18.4% → 19.5%)
▼Canva -1pp (43.9% → 42.9%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

▼Virtuous Momentum moved #5 → #8
▲Google Workspace moved #8 → #6
▲Grantable moved #3 → #2
▼Instrumentl moved #2 → #3
▲Momentum moved #6 → #5
▼Virtuous Momentum -3.4pp (27.9% → 24.5%)
▼DonorSearch -2.4pp (27.9% → 25.5%)
▼Instrumentl -1.9pp (34.6% → 32.7%)
▼DonorSearch AI -1.8pp (20.2% → 18.4%)
▲Canva +1.6pp (42.3% → 43.9%)
▼Momentum -1.4pp (27.9% → 26.5%)
▼Virtuous -1.2pp (29.8% → 28.6%)

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

▲Virtuous moved #6 → #4
▼DonorSearch moved #5 → #7
▼Virtuous Momentum moved #4 → #5
▲Momentum moved #7 → #6
▲Canva +2.1pp (40.2% → 42.3%)
▼DonorSearch AI -2.1pp (22.3% → 20.2%)
▼Instrumentl -2pp (36.6% → 34.6%)
▼Grantable -2pp (35.7% → 33.7%)
▼Otter -2pp (24.1% → 22.1%)
▼Google Workspace -1.7pp (27.7% → 26%)
▼Virtuous Momentum -1.6pp (29.5% → 27.9%)
▼DonorSearch -1.6pp (29.5% → 27.9%)
▲Virtuous +1.2pp (28.6% → 29.8%)

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

▲Instrumentl moved #3 → #2
▼Grantable moved #2 → #3
▲Instrumentl +5.3pp (31.3% → 36.6%)

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Canva41.3%
#2Google Workspace28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Instrumentl25.4%
#5Grantable23.8%
#6Momentum22.2%
#7DonorSearch22.2%
#8Make22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 7, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Canva41.3%
#2Google Workspace28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Instrumentl25.4%
#5Grantable23.8%
#6Momentum22.2%
#7DonorSearch22.2%
#8Make22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 6, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Canva41.3%
#2Google Workspace28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Instrumentl25.4%
#5Grantable23.8%
#6Momentum22.2%
#7DonorSearch22.2%
#8Make22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 5, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Canva41.3%
#2Google Workspace28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Instrumentl25.4%
#5Grantable23.8%
#6Momentum22.2%
#7DonorSearch22.2%
#8Make22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 4, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Canva41.3%
#2Google Workspace28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Instrumentl25.4%
#5Grantable23.8%
#6Momentum22.2%
#7DonorSearch22.2%
#8Make22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 3, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v4-7

#1Canva38.1%
#2Instrumentl28.6%
#3Virtuous27%
#4Grantable27%
#5Google Workspace25.4%
#6Momentum23.8%
#7DonorSearch23.8%
#8Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#9Microsoft22.2%
#10Otter22.2%

Sep 2, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Sep 1, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 31, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 27, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable34.9%
#3Instrumentl31.7%
#4Google Workspace30.2%
#5Virtuous27%
#6DonorSearch25.4%
#7Otter25.4%
#8Momentum23.8%
#9Virtuous Momentum22.2%
#10Make22.2%

Aug 26, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable33.8%
#3Instrumentl31.2%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Google Workspace28.6%
#6Momentum26%
#7DonorSearch26%
#8Otter24.7%
#9Virtuous Momentum23.4%
#10DonorSearch AI19.5%

Aug 25, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable33.8%
#3Instrumentl31.2%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Google Workspace28.6%
#6Momentum26%
#7DonorSearch26%
#8Otter24.7%
#9Virtuous Momentum23.4%
#10DonorSearch AI19.5%

Aug 24, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable33.8%
#3Instrumentl31.2%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Google Workspace28.6%
#6Momentum26%
#7DonorSearch26%
#8Otter24.7%
#9Virtuous Momentum23.4%
#10DonorSearch AI19.5%

Aug 23, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.9%
#2Grantable33.8%
#3Instrumentl31.2%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Google Workspace28.6%
#6Momentum26%
#7DonorSearch26%
#8Otter24.7%
#9Virtuous Momentum23.4%
#10DonorSearch AI19.5%

Aug 22, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 21, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 20, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 19, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 18, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 17, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Canva43.9%
#2Grantable33.7%
#3Instrumentl32.7%
#4Virtuous28.6%
#5Momentum26.5%
#6Google Workspace25.5%
#7DonorSearch25.5%
#8Virtuous Momentum24.5%
#9Otter22.4%
#10DonorSearch AI18.4%

Aug 16, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Canva42.3%
#2Instrumentl34.6%
#3Grantable33.7%
#4Virtuous29.8%
#5Virtuous Momentum27.9%
#6Momentum27.9%
#7DonorSearch27.9%
#8Google Workspace26%
#9Otter22.1%
#10DonorSearch AI20.2%

Aug 15, 2026112 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Canva40.2%
#2Instrumentl36.6%
#3Grantable35.7%
#4Virtuous Momentum29.5%
#5DonorSearch29.5%
#6Virtuous28.6%
#7Momentum27.7%
#8Google Workspace27.7%
#9Otter24.1%
#10DonorSearch AI22.3%

Aug 14, 2026112 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Canva40.2%
#2Grantable35.7%
#3Instrumentl31.3%
#4Virtuous Momentum29.5%
#5DonorSearch29.5%
#6Virtuous28.6%
#7Momentum27.7%
#8Google Workspace27.7%
#9Otter24.1%
#10DonorSearch AI22.3%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/ai-tools-for-nonprofit-teams/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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