Apparo kicks off AI Foundations cohort, assisting nonprofit organizations to overcome tech and operational related challenges with AI tools, allowing them to focus more time on their mission.
Sponsored by Bank of America
Apparo is partnering with Bank of America to offer a 10-week Introduction to AI Cohort for 10 nonprofit organizations in the Charlotte area. These nonprofits will gain skills to use Generative AI to make their organizational processes more efficient, thus freeing up more time to focus on their missions.
The 2025 Bank of America AI Foundations Cohort Participants are:
- Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center
- Dottie Rose Foundation
- GenOne
- HeartMath Tutoring
- Hope Haven, Inc.
- Jumping Dreams DD
- Sanctuary Counseling Group
- Sustain Charlotte
- The Park Community Development Corporation
- Veterans Bridge Home

Nonprofits will attend a 4-part workshop series and be matched with a 1-on-1 technology mentor
In a 4-part educational workshop series, nonprofits will learn how to use AI to maximize productivity, how to create prompts to get the results they want and how to address ethical and privacy concerns when using AI. They will also have 4 one-on-one meetings with a skilled technology mentor to provide ongoing support and guidance throughout the program.
Thank you to the technology mentor volunteers from Bank of America:
- Chandra Chudeswaran Sankar
- Chris Welles
- Rod Spaugh
- GiriPrakash Annamalai
- Sandeep Gandhi
- Lacey Keener
- Abby Clark & Albert Hansen
- Sushil Golani
- Crystal Sellers
- David Randall

To learn more about Apparo’s nonprofit technology programs and trainings, visit our Nonprofit Resources page.