Suffolk Community Foundation AI policy

For applicants

• Applicants may use AI, such as ChatGPT or Copilot, to help write funding applications and monitoring or impact reports. Applications will not be rejected solely because AI was used, but accuracy remains the applicant's responsibility.[1]
• AI-generated content can be generic and may not reflect your community's story; never use AI to create or alter quotes.[1]
• Applicants do not have to disclose AI use, but the foundation expects openness where AI materially affects the content or delivery of a proposal.[2]
• Generic or wholly AI-generated applications without meaningful adaptation will not give the foundation the information it needs for assessment.[2]

For reviewers

• The foundation uses AI to assist its processes but not to make funding decisions, which remain with its independent funding panels, staff, and trustees.[2]

Sources

1. [1]

   Use of AI Tools in Funding Applications and Reporting

   Suffolk Community Foundation

   “Applicants may use AI, such as ChatGPT or Copilot, to assist in writing funding applications and/or monitoring and impact reports. Applications and reports will not be rejected solely because AI was used, however, accuracy remains the responsibility of the applicant.”

   “AI-generated content can be generic and may not fully reflect your community’s unique story or the real stories of your users - never use AI to create or alter quotes.”

2. [2]

   SCF AI Grantmaking Guidance v2. June 2026

   Suffolk Community Foundation, June 1, 2026

   “We do not require applicants to disclose AI use, but we expect openness where its use materially affects the content or delivery of a proposal.”

   “Generic or wholly AI-generated applica ons without meaningful adapta on will not provide the informa on needed for our assessment.”

   “AI is used to assist processes, not to make funding decisions. All decisions remain the responsibility of our independent funding panels, staff and trustees.”