Who is the Fundraising Writing Filter for?

Any nonprofit fundraiser who uses ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any major AI model to write donor communications. The filter removes AI-detectable patterns — banned words, passive constructions, structural tells — so donor letters, grant narratives, and thank-you notes read like a development professional wrote them.

What is The Development Director's First Year course?

A self-paced online course for first-year development directors at small and mid-sized nonprofits. Nine modules, each producing a deliverable: a fundraising plan, donor retention system, sponsorship package, board engagement menu, grant calendar, monthly giving launch checklist, and year-end campaign plan. 34 downloadable templates, worksheets, and checklists included. $97 one-time or 3 monthly payments of $39. Available now.

Kyle Conner is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) with six years of frontline development experience at small and mid-sized nonprofits. He created the Fundraising Writing Filter and The Development Director's First Year course to give new development directors the frameworks and tools he wished he had in his first year.

Who is this course for?

First-year development directors at small and mid-sized nonprofits, and executive directors wearing the fundraising hat. Half the enrollees are EDs with no dedicated development staff. Every recommendation accounts for limited time and no team.

How long does it take to complete the course?

Most practitioners finish all nine modules in 6-8 weeks, a few hours per week. The course is self-paced and mirrors a real first-year timeline — you can move through it as your own year unfolds, applying each module's deliverable when you need it.

What format is the course?

Text-primary. Written lessons you can read, reference, and apply. 34 downloadable templates, worksheets, and checklists you can use immediately.

What is included in the 34 downloads?

A complete development program: diagnostic worksheet, 12-month fundraising plan, donor segmentation map, editorial calendar, sponsorship package, grant calendar, board fundraising menu, monthly-giving launch checklist, year-end campaign plan, and more. Key templates include both editable DOCX files and print-ready PDFs, plus Excel tools for data tracking. Professional-grade, yours to keep.

Is there a money-back guarantee?

All sales are final. The course delivers immediate value through the downloadable templates and frameworks — you walk away with a functioning development program whether you complete every lesson or not. Start with the free Fundraising Writing Filter to see the quality firsthand.

What is the AI Toolkit?

The AI Toolkit is a set of custom instruction files for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any major AI model. Two files come with the course: the Fundraising Writing Filter and the Appeal and Donor Communications Skill. Six additional skills are available as add-ons at checkout: Board Fundraising Engagement, Grant Narrative, Major Gift Visit Prep, Stewardship Sequence, Corporate Sponsor Pitch, and Monthly Giving Program Builder. Add any combination — see pricing and bundle discounts at checkout.

About

Kyle Conner, CFRE

Certified Fundraising Executive. Six years of frontline development work at small and mid-sized nonprofits. Creator of the Fundraising Writing Filter and The Development Director's First Year.

Kyle Conner spent six years as a development director before he started teaching. That matters because the frameworks in his course and the rules in his writing filter came from actual donor relationships — not from reading about them.

The Fundraising Writing Filter started as a personal system. Kyle noticed that AI-assisted donor letters had a detectable pattern: the wrong words in the wrong order, passive constructions where active ones belonged, structural tells that read like a content generator rather than a person who knew the donor. He built a set of rules to catch and remove those patterns before anything went out the door. The filter is that system, made available free.

The Development Director's First Year course came from a different problem. First-year development directors at small nonprofits inherit programs without documentation, boards without training, and donor lists without context. The frameworks Kyle teaches — the audit, the retention system, the 12-month plan, the board engagement menu — are the tools he built to work inside those constraints.

Kyle holds the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) credential from CFRE International. He works with small and mid-sized nonprofits.

Credential

CFRE

Certified Fundraising Executive, CFRE International

Experience

6 Years

Frontline development work at small and mid-sized nonprofits

Specialty

First-Year DDs

Building fundraising programs from scratch with limited resources

Areas of Expertise

→Development Program Audits
→Donor Retention Strategy
→Fundraising Writing and Communications
→Board Engagement and Training
→Grant Program Development
→Monthly Giving Programs
→Year-End Campaign Planning
→AI in Nonprofit Fundraising
→Sponsorship Program Development
→Fundraising Infrastructure for Small Nonprofits

Resources

Free Tool

Fundraising Writing Filter

A custom instruction file for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any major AI model. Removes AI-detectable patterns from donor appeals, grant narratives, and thank-you letters. Includes a banned word list, structural flag system, and tone calibration for fundraising writing.

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Course — $97

The Development Director's First Year

Nine modules. 34 downloadable templates, worksheets, and checklists. Covers the complete first-year arc: audit, retention, communications, sponsorship, board engagement, grants, monthly giving, and year-end campaigns. Available now.

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Contact

Questions about the course or the Writing Filter:

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