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AI Readiness

Proximate Click brings together two essentials every mission-driven organization needs in the AI era:

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AI Readiness Frameworks

AI readiness frameworks assess technical, human, and institutional capacities for responsible AI adoption, guiding organizations and governments to align ambitions with capacity and ensure sustainable, equitable deployment.
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GPU and TPU Acceleration

GPU and TPU acceleration uses specialized hardware to speed up AI model training and inference, lowering barriers for mission-driven organizations to adopt and scale advanced AI solutions.
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Data Protection Laws

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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

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Model Hubs and Registries

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Nonprofit Finance

Proximate Click brings together two essentials every mission-driven organization needs in the AI era:

No-Cost Extension

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Chart of Accounts (Grant-Specific Codes)

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Individual Donors (Small, Mid, Major)

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Reporting Requirements

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Academic & Research Institutions shaping Evidence & Standards Accelerators Market Landscape Accessibility by Design Accessibility Services Accountability and Escalation Paths Accountant Accounting Accounting and Audit Accounting Policy Assumptions Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Accrual vs. Cash Basis Procedures Accrued Expenses Accumulated Depreciation Action Research Adaptive Leadership Adaptive Management Adjustments for Non-Cash Items (Depreciation, In-Kind Contributions, Unrealized Gains/Losses) Administrative Expense Ratio Advertising and Marketing Advocacy Advocacy Advocacy & Policy Expenses Advocacy Campaigns and Policy Influence Aerospace and Defense Agent Frameworks Agile Delivery in Mission Contexts Agile Execution Agricultural Research and Development Agriculture Agroforestry AI and Tech Readiness and Optimization AI Ethics AI Governance Operating Model AI in Human Rights Frameworks AI Readiness Frameworks AI System Architecture AI Value Chain AI-Supported Mentorship and Coaching AIOps Air Transport Alcohol Algorithmic Bias and Fairness Annual Giving Programs Anti Corruption Analytics API Gateways APIs and SDKs Applied Research Art and Music Artificial Intelligence (AI) Attention and Transformers Audit Readiness (Single Audit, Donor Audit) Audit Trail Automobiles Automotive Manufacturing Autoscaling and Load Balancing Average Gift Size Backups and Disaster Recovery Balanced Score Card Banking Basic Research Batch Processing Beginning Cash and Cash Equivalents Beginning Net Assets Benchmarking and Leaderboards Beneficiary / Community Monitoring Beneficiary Support Chatbots Bilateral & Multilateral Institutions in AI Governance Biodiversity Board Governance and Engagement Board-Designated Reserves Brand Management Break-Even Analysis (for Earned Income Programs) Bridge Funding (gap coverage) Broadcasting Budget Narrative Budget vs. Actual Reports Budgeting and Forecasting Build vs Buy vs Partner Decisions Building Materials Burn Rate (Program Spending Pace) Business Entrepreneurship Business Incubation and Startups Caching and CDNs Campaign Personalization Capability Maturity Models Capacity Building Capacity Building Capital Campaigns Capital Funding Carbon Accounting for AI Case Management Systems Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Voucher Assistance Targeting Cash Flow Timing (Disbursements vs. Spend) Cash Ratio Causal Loop Mapping Challenge / Matching Funds Change Agent Change Fatigue and Adoption Barriers Change in Net Assets Change in Net Assets With Donor Restrictions Change in Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions Change Management for Tech Adoption Changes in Working Capital (Receivables, Payables, Prepaids) Charity Commission Annual Return (UK) Chart of Accounts (COA) Chart of Accounts (Grant-Specific Codes) Chart of Accounts (Grant-Specific Codes) Chart of Accounts (Grant-Specific Codes) Chatbots and Assistants Chemical Manufacturing Child Care Services Child Online Protection in AI Systems Chip Supply Chains and Foundries CI and CD for Data and ML Civic Engagement and Participatory Platforms Civic Participation Civil Rights Civil Society & Community Organizations as Local AI Stewards Climate and Environment Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation Cloud Service Providers Co-Creation Coalition Building Collaborative Leadership Collective Impact Collective Leadership Command Line Interfaces (CLI) Commercial Construction Commercial Real Estate Communication Services Communities of Practice Communities of Practice and Learning Loops Community and Culture Community Champions Community Development Community Facilities Community Organizing Community-Based Delivery Community-Based Leadership Compliance and Risk Management Compliance Monitoring Computer Vision Conferences and Convening Conferences and Networking Conflict of Interest Policies Consent Management Consolidated Reporting Construction Consulting Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Containers and Docker Content Authenticity and Watermarking Content Management Systems Context Monitoring Continuous Learning Systems Contributions (With Donor Restrictions) Contributions (Without Donor Restrictions) Contributions Restricted for Long-Term Purposes (e.g., Endowments, Capital Projects) Cooling and Data Center Design Copilot Interfaces Corporate Donors (CSR, Sponsorship, Partnerships) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Giving Cost Allocation Cost Effectiveness Analysis Cost per Dollar of Contribution Raised Cost per Outcome Cost per Output Cost Principles (OMB Uniform Guidance, IFRS, etc.) Cost-Benefit Analysis Cost-Effectiveness / Economic Evaluation Coverage of Annual Expenses by Net Assets Creative Industries Crisis Communication CRM and Data Management CRM Platforms Crop Production Crop Yield and Food Security Modeling Cross Border Data Transfers and Data Residency Cross-Subsidization Cross-Subsidization CSR Partnerships (Cause Marketing, Co-Branded Campaigns) CUDA and ROCm basics Cultural Heritage Cultural Rights Current Assets Current Liabilities Current Portion of Long-Term Debt Current Ratio Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and Data Ethics Data Collection and Labeling Data Exfiltration Data Justice Data Lake, Warehouse, Lakehouse Data Management Data Minimization and Purpose Limitation Data Pipelines Data Protection Laws Data Provenance and Lineage Data Supply Chains Data Visualization and Analytics Data Visualization and BI Dataset Licensing and Consent Datasheets for Datasets Days Cash on Hand De Identification and Pseudonymization Debt Service Coverage Ratio Debt to Assets Ratio Debt to Net Assets Ratio Deep Learning Deferred Revenue Deferred Revenue (Advance Grant Payments) Democracy Demonstration Model Depreciation Schedules Design Services Designated Funding Development Aid Development Staff Costs Diaspora Donors Differential Privacy Diffusion Models Diffusion of Innovations Digital Campaigns (Peer-to-Peer, Crowdfunding, Social Media) Digital Divide and Connectivity Gaps Digital ID and Authentication Policies Digital Literacy for AI Digital Marketing and Social Media Digital Platforms Digital Public Goods Digital Solutions Digital Transformation for Social Impact Direct Costs Direct Service Disaster Preparedness Disclosure Requirements Disruptive Innovation Donor Acquisition Cost Donor Audit / Compliance Audit Donor Compliance Matrix Donor Lifetime Value Donor Retention Rate Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) Donor-Specific Guidelines Donors & Philanthropic Foundations in AI Adoption Double-Entry Bookkeeping Early Childhood Education Early Warning for Climate and Disasters Earned Income Ratio Economic Development Economic Infrastructure and Services Economic Rights Ecosystem Mapping Ecosystem Strengthening Edge Computing Education Education Tutoring and Learning Companions Elderly Care Services Electoral Process Electricity Supply Electronics Manufacturing Email Service Providers Embeddings Emergency Response Employment and Work Employment Services Encryption at Rest and In Transit Encumbrances (Committed Funds) Encumbrances (Committed Grant Funds) Ending Cash and Cash Equivalents Ending Net Assets Endowment Draws (Board-Approved Spending) Energy Use in AI Workloads Engineering Services Enterprise Solutions Entertainment and Sport Environmental Conservation Epidemiological Surveillance and Forecasting Estimation Assumptions Ethical Responsibilities of AI Users ETL and ELT Event Driven Architecture Event Gross Margin Event Tracking and Analytics Evidence Building Executive Leadership and Vision Exit and Portability Exit Costs (Program Closure/Transition) Experiment Tracking for ML Experimental Research Explainability and Interpretability Export and Import Services External / Independent Monitoring Facilities & Occupancy (Rent, Utilities, Maintenance) Fair Compensation in Annotation Markets Fairness Metrics and Audits Faith and Religion Faith Community Services Faith-based Advocacy Faith-Based Donors Family Support Feature Flagging and A B Testing Feature Stores Federated Learning Fee-for-Service Field Building Field Catalyst Field Data Collection Apps Field Mapping / Field Scans Finance & Audit Committee Roles Financial Assumptions Financial Services Fisheries and Aquaculture Food and Beverage Food and Beverage Manufacturing Food Security Forecasting Assumptions Forestry Formative Evaluation Foundation Grants Foundation Models Franchise Model Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Detection Full Cost Recovery Fundraising Case for Support Fundraising Cultivation Fundraising Direct Expenses (Campaigns, Appeals) Fundraising Expense Ratio Fundraising Expenses Fundraising Grant and Gift Processing and Acknowledgment Fundraising Negotiation and Closing Fundraising Optimization and Donor Segmentation Fundraising Pipeline Development Fundraising Proposals and Solicitation Fundraising Prospecting Fundraising Renewal and Upgrading Fundraising ROI Fundraising Stewardship and Reporting Fundraising Strategy and Campaign Design Gas Supply Gender and AI Gender Equity General Health Care Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Generative AI Gig Economy GIS and Remote Sensing Tools Global Health Governance and Accountability Government Adoption Government Grants & Contracts Governments & Public Agencies as AI Regulators & Users GPU and TPU Acceleration Grant Agreement / Award Letter Grant and Contract Management Grant Budget Grant Dependence Ratio Grant Lifecycle Grant Management System (GMS) Grant Modifications / Amendments Grant Restrictions Grant Revenue Recognition (Conditional vs. Unconditional) Grant Risk Assessment Grant Triage and Review Assistance Grants and Contracts (Exchange Transactions) Grants and Pledges Receivable Grants to Subrecipients / Partners GraphQL Grassroots Agency Grievance and Redress Mechanisms Gross Margin Ratio Growth Trajectory gRPC Guardrails for AI Hallucination Hardware Manufacturing Health Health Systems Health Triage and Clinical Decision Support High Availability and Fault Tolerance Higher Education Homomorphic Encryption Hotline and Triage Automation Household Products Housing Hub-and-Spoke Model Human Agency and Autonomy in AI Workflows Human Centered Design for AI Human in the Loop and Human on the Loop Human in the Loop Labeling Human Oversight and Decision Rights Human Resources Human Resources & Administration Human Rights Humanitarian Aid Hybrid Human–AI Teams Identity and Access Management (IAM) IFR4NPO (Emerging Nonprofit Standard) Impact at Scale Impact Evaluation In-Kind Contributions (Goods, Services) Incident Response for AI Systems Inclusive Hiring in an AI Context Increase/Decrease in Net Assets Independent Audit Indirect Cost Rate (NICRA, de minimis) Indirect Costs (Overhead) Individual Donors (Small, Mid, Major) Industrial Safety Industrials Information Asymmetry Information Technology Infrastructure Development Innovation Insider-Outsider Leadership Institution Building Institutional Donors (Foundations, Bilaterals, Multilaterals) Institutional Leadership Institutionalization Insurance Intangible Assets Integration Middleware Intellectual Property and Training Data Interfaith Dialogue Internal Audit Internal Controls (COSO Framework) Internal Monitoring International Development International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) International Trade and Development Internet Connectivity Interoperability Standards Inventory Investment Return (Dividends, Interest, Gains/Losses) Investment Services Investments (Long-Term) Investors & Impact Funds shaping Capital Flows for AI IRS Form 990 (U.S.) Jailbreaks and Safety Bypasses Job Training and Skills Development Journal Entries JSON Web Tokens (JWT) Key Management Knowledge Commons Knowledge Sovereignty and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Kubernetes and Orchestration Labor Conditions in Data Work Labor Market Policies Labor Rights Language Inclusion and Low Resource Languages Large Corporates Large Language Models (LLMs) Last-Mile Distribution Networks Latency, Throughput, Concurrency Launch Process Leadership Leadership Competencies for AI Adoption Lean Experimentation and Pilot to Scale Legacy / Planned Giving Donors Legal Services Leisure and Hospitality Licensing & Royalties Lifecycle Costs (Program Lifetime Costing) Line-Item Budget Livestock Management Local Government Localization / Localization 2.0 LogFrame Logic Model Logic Models and Outcome Mapping Long-Term Sustainability Longitudinal Research Low Code and No Code Luxury Goods Machine Learning (ML) Machinery and Equipment Mainstreaming Major Gifts Management and General Expenses Management and Governance Management Letter Manufacturing Manufacturing Marine Conservation Maritime Transport Market-Based Solutions Marketing & Communications Costs Matching Funds / Cost Share Materials and Extractives Measurement for Improvement vs Accountability Media Production Media Relations and Public Engagement Membership Dues Membership Programs (Engagement-Oriented) Mental Health Mental Health and Wellbeing Assistants Message Queues and Brokers Messaging and Brand Development Metals and Minerals Microfinance Microservices vs Monoliths Mining Misinformation and Content Integrity Tools Mixed-Methods Research MLOps Mobile Application Frameworks Model and Dataset Licensing Model Cards and System Cards Model Compression and Distillation Model Evaluation for LLMs Model Hubs and Registries Model Serving and Endpoints Model Supply Chain Security Model Training vs Inference Monitoring & Evaluation Providers as AI-augmented Accountability Agents Monitoring and Alerting for ML Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Automation Month-End Close Process Months of Cash on Hand Movement Building Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Multi-Stakeholder Delivery Multilateral and Bilateral Donor Grants Multilingual Models Multimodal Models Multinational Enterprises Multisector Cross-cutting Named Entity Recognition (NER) Narrative Change Natural Language Processing (NLP) Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Nature and Conservation Net Assets Growth Rate Net Assets Released from Restrictions Net Assets to Liabilities Ratio Net Assets With Donor Restrictions Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents Net Special Events Revenue Network Mapping Networks & Associations enabling Collective Learning No-Cost Extension Non-Current Assets (Long-Term Assets) Non-Current Liabilities (Long-Term Liabilities) Non-Experimental Research Nonprofits & NGOs in an AI World Notes Payable / Bonds Payable Notes to the Financial Statements OAuth Observability (logs, metrics, traces) Offline First and Sync Oil and Gas OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) OMB Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200) Omni Channel Communications Open Data Open Source Communities and Governance Open Source Licensing in Practice Open Weights vs Closed Weights OpenID Connect (OIDC) Operating Contingency Operating Margin Ratio Operating Models for Digital Teams Operating Reserves Ratio Operating Support Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Organizational Culture and AI Readiness Outcome and Impact Dashboards Outcome Evaluation Outsourced / Contracted Delivery Paradigm Shift Participatory Action Research Participatory Design and Co Creation Participatory Leadership Participatory Monitoring Payments and Donation Gateways Pension and Benefit Obligations Performance Dashboards / KPIs Performance Management Performing Arts Perplexity and Calibration Personal Care Products Philanthropic Stewardship Philanthropy Pilot Projects Pipeline (Planned Spend) Planned Giving (Bequests, Legacy Gifts) Pledges Receivable (Grant Commitments) Policy Development Policy Integration Policy Leadership Policy Reform Political Rights Pollution Control Portfolio Approach to Innovation Postal Services Power Mapping Predictive Analytics for Program Planning Prepaid Expenses Primary Education Privacy Threats and Data Leakage Private Sector Tech Companies as Builders & Partners Pro Forma Problem Discovery Problem Tree / Solution Tree Mapping Proceeds from Borrowings (Debt Issuance) Proceeds from Sale of Investments or PP&E Process / Implementation Evaluation Process Monitoring Procurement and Logistics Procurement and Vendor Risk Procurement for AI and Open Source Product Sales / Social Enterprise Income Professional Services Professional Services (Legal, Audit, Consulting) Program Budget Program Delivery Program Delivery Technology Program Design Program Development Program Evaluation Program Expense Ratio Program Expenses Program Implementation Program Indirect Expenses (Shared Costs Allocated) Program Monitoring Program Piloting Program Reporting Program Research Program Service Fees (Tuition, Ticketing, Service Charges) Program Service Revenue (Exchange Transactions) Program Targeting and Eligibility Program Visioning Program vs Support Ratio Program-Specific Direct Expenses Programmatic Funding Project-Based Funding Prompt Injection Prompting and Prompt Design Property Management Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) Prospect Research & Pipeline Management Protected Areas Management Proximate Leadership Public Administration Public Finance Management Public Finance Transparency Public Health Public Interest Technology Public Provision Public Relations Public Sector Reform Public Service Delivery Public Transit Public-Private Partnerships Publishing Purchases of Investments Purchases of Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) Qualitative Research Quantitative Research Quasi-Experimental Research Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Rail Transport Real Estate Real Estate Development Real Estate Investment Real-Time Monitoring Reconciliation (Bank, Grants, Subledgers) Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Recruitment and Onboarding Recurring Subscriptions Recycling Refugee Assistance Regulatory Landscape Reinforcement Learning Relational vs Document Databases Religious Education Religious Heritage Remote and Distributed Collaboration Tools Renewable Energy Repayments of Borrowings Replication Reporting Requirements Research and Evaluation Reserves / Contingency Allocation Residential Construction Residential Real Estate Resilience Responsible AI Responsible Data Sharing Collaboratives REST Restricted versus Unrestricted Revenue Ratio Results Monitoring Results-Based Management Retail Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Revenue Concentration Ratio Revenue Growth Rate Revenue to Expense Ratio Risk Assessment for AI Road Transport Route Optimization for Field Operations Rule of Law Safety Evaluations and Red Teaming SAML Sandboxes and Controlled Pilots SBOM and Dependency Provenance Scalability Costs Scaling Pathways Scenario Planning Inputs Scenerio Planning Scheduling Platforms Secondary Education Secrets Management Secrets Vaults and KMS Sector Mapping Sector Transformation Secure Enclaves and Trusted Execution Seed / Catalytic Funding Segregation of Duties Servant Leadership Serverless Computing Shared (Lived) Experience Shared Costs / Pooled Costs Shared Proximity Shared Trust Shared Value Single Audit (U.S. Federal Funds) Single Sign-On (SSO) Six Conditions of Systems Change Small Gifts (Grassroots) SME Development SMS and Messaging APIs Social Advantage Social Enterprise Delivery Social Enterprises and AI Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Social Goods Social Impact Social Inclusion Social Infrastructure and Services Social Innovation Social Justice Social License to Operate Social Protection Social Return on Investment Social Systems Software Development Solution Delivery & Support Solution Design & Prototyping Solution Development & Testing Solution Discovery & User Research Solution Scaling & Adaptation Solvency Ratio Special Events – Direct Costs Special Events (Galas, Auctions, Walks) Special Events Revenue (Gross) Speech to Speech Speech to Text Sponsorships Stability Ratio Stakeholder Management Stakeholder Mapping Standards Bodies and Protocols Startups & Innovators in AI for Good Statement of Activities (Income Statement) Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet) Strategic Opportunity Strategic Planning Stream Processing Subrecipient Monitoring Summative Evaluation Supervised Learning Supply Chain and Humanitarian Logistics Surplus or Deficit Ratio Surveillance Risks and Safeguarding Survey and Form Platforms Sustainability and Sunsetting Plans Sustainability at Scale Sustainability Planning (Post-Grant) Sustainable Development Sustainable Land Management Synthetic Data Systems Change Systems Leadership Systems Mapping Technology & Software (Program and Support) Telecommunications Text to Speech Textile Manufacturing Theory of Change Theory of Change in the AI Era Third Party Risk Management Thought Leadership Time & Effort Reporting Tobacco Tokens and Context Window Topic Modeling Total Assets Total Cost of Ownership for AI Systems Total Expenses Total Liabilities and Net Assets Total Net Assets Toxicity and Content Moderation Trade Facilitation Trade Policy Training and Professional Development Transactional Research Transfer Learning Transformational Leadership Transformative Scale Translation and Localization at Scale Transparency Reporting Transportation Triple Bottom Line Unallowable Costs Undesignated Funding Unit Cost / Cost per Beneficiary Unsupervised Learning Urban Planning Utilities Validation Cycle Value Chain Mapping Value-for-Money (Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness) Variance Analysis Vector Databases Vector Similarity Search Vocational Training Volunteer Management Volunteer Management and Matching Volunteer Recruitment & Engagement Costs Volunteer-Led Models Voucher / Subsidy Models Waste Management Water Supply and Sanitation Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Monitoring Web Application Frameworks Webhooks WebSockets Whistleblower Policies Wildlife Conservation Workflow Automation Platforms Workforce Transformation in the AI Era Working Capital Ratio Workplace Culture Workplace Giving & Payroll Deduction Workplace Safety Youth Programs Zero Trust Architecture

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