Safe enough to try.

organizations stayed from kickoff to Showcase, in both cohorts.

• Every Fall organization sent a two-person team: one leader to own the why and one to own the how.
• 11 of 14 Spring leaders at kickoff make or strongly influence their organization's AI decisions.
• 8 of 10 Fall leaders took AI to their board or leadership team during the program.
• Amway staff joined the sessions as learners, not observers.

of Fall leaders using AI every day, kickoff to close (4 of 13, then 7 of 10).

• Among the 8 leaders who answered both surveys, daily users went from 2 to 5.
• Leaders at 5 of 7 Fall organizations estimate staff AI use rose 26 to 50% during the program.
• At the Spring kickoff, 10 of 14 leaders had never used Copilot at work and 0 of 14 had used an automation platform.

organizations profiled below showed something reusable they built: a template, an agent, a policy or a process.

• Site managers' notes became a 29-page activity manual in under an hour, now a template for other programs.
• An email triage agent that quarantines instead of deleting and logs every decision.
• One leader's Drive cleanup process became the cohort-wide Drive Cleanup prompt.
• 10 of 10 Fall leaders at the close save at least an hour a week; 2 save more than 5.

Fall organizations now have an AI policy written (2) or in draft (5). At kickoff, 1 had a written policy.

• Fall leaders reporting no policy went from 8 of 13 to 0 of 10, the only change large enough to reach statistical significance.
• 8 of 10 Fall leaders started drafting AI guidance themselves.
• Policies were built with staff: one organization surveyed all 25 staff before writing a word.
• Across both cohorts, at least 9 of 15 organizations have a policy written or in draft.

Fall leaders who answered both surveys now feel confident using AI and able to identify ethical risks, up from 5 and 4 of the 8 (63% and 50%).

• Leaders "unsure where to start" went from 4 to 0.
• In Spring, leaders' average confidence using AI rose from 36% to 75% of a perfect score (3.6 to 7.5 out of 10), and it rose for every leader who answered both surveys.
• Spring confidence leading AI capacity-building rose from 53% to 75%.

from 15 organizations, in two cohorts, funded by Amway Corporate Philanthropy, which invested in learning, not licenses, and sat at the table as a learner.

• 9 of 10 Fall leaders were very satisfied; all 10 agreed the program fit the realities of nonprofit work.
• 7 of 8 Spring leaders would recommend the program.
• Leaders in both cohorts asked for a next phase together.