by QriusAI Foundation
Honest conversations on the state of AI in the nonprofit sector.
A conversation series · Hosted by Sanmaya Mohanty
The most honest conversations about AI in the sector aren't happening yet. So we're starting them.
Echoes of Impact is a series of honest conversations on the state of AI in the nonprofit sector, with the people actually shaping it: the CSR and ESG leaders deciding where capital goes, the foundation heads funding the future, and the nonprofit founders building on the ground. No hype. No pitch. Just an honest look at where AI and social impact really meet.
The first conversations are being recorded now. Guests are being invited.
Why we're doing this
Everyone is talking about AI. Almost no one is talking honestly about what it means for the organizations doing the hardest social work.
The AI conversation in the social sector is full of hype decks and cautionary tales, and short on candor. What's actually working? What's oversold? Where is the money going, and where should it? What does a CSR head really think about funding AI, and what does a grassroots founder actually need? These are the conversations that shape the sector, and they mostly happen behind closed doors, if they happen at all.
We think they should happen in the open. Echoes of Impact brings the people making these decisions to the same table for a conversation with no script and no sales pitch, and shares it with the whole sector. It's the spoken companion to our research: where the State of AI Readiness report measures the sector, these conversations give it a voice.
See the research →Who's at the table
The people shaping AI in the sector, in their own words
We convene three kinds of voices, because the future of AI in the sector is being decided at the intersection of all three.
CSR & ESG leaders.
The people deciding where corporate capital for social impact actually flows, and how AI figures into it.
Foundation & philanthropy heads.
The funders shaping which futures get built, and who gets left out if they don't act.
Nonprofit founders & builders.
The people on the ground, closest to the communities AI could help most, telling it as it really is.
We bring them to the table. The conversation does the rest.
The format
One host, one guest, one honest hour.
Hosted by Sanmaya Mohanty, cofounder of QriusAI Foundation.
Recorded remotely.
Conversations are recorded over video, so a guest can join from anywhere.
Everywhere you listen.
Each conversation is shared as audio on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the major platforms, so the whole sector can hear it.
No script, no pitch.
Guests aren't briefed to promote anything. The value is candor.
Echoes of Impact is just beginning. The first conversations are being recorded now, and will be available on all major platforms.
Join the conversation
Take a seat at the table
If you lead CSR or ESG, run a foundation, or built a nonprofit from the ground up, we'd like to have an honest conversation with you about AI and the sector. You can put yourself forward, or suggest someone whose perspective the sector needs to hear.
Guest interest form loads here
Don't miss the first one
Be there when the first conversation drops.
We'll let you know the moment Echoes of Impact goes live, and when each new conversation is released.
The sector's most honest conversation about AI starts with who's willing to have it.
If that's you, we've saved you a seat.