Bonterra Launches Que: The First Agentic AI Platform for Funders, Nonprofits, and Supporters

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 1, 2025--

Bonterra, the leader in social impact technology, today announced the launch of Bonterra Que, the first fully agentic AI platform purpose-built for the social good sector, spanning the entire ecosystem of funders, nonprofits, and supporters. Unlike generative AI tools, Que (pronounced “Q”) doesn’t just analyze or advise—it acts, helping nonprofits and foundations expand their capacity, raise more money, connect with the right partners, and accelerate progress toward their goals. Always under human direction, Que ensures that its actions remain guided by the people driving change.

Embedded directly into Bonterra’s product suite, Que functions like additional teammates, without the need for new tools and training, working behind the scenes within familiar workflows, freeing staff to focus on relationships and results instead of repetitive tasks. Whether helping a small nonprofit leader juggling many roles or guiding a foundation executive managing dozens of grants, Que adapts to the unique challenges of social good organizations.

“Que doesn’t replace the humans doing this important work; it makes them superhuman,” said Tanuja Korlepra, Bonterra Chief Technology Officer. “By clearing away repetitive tasks and surfacing trusted insights, Que frees organizations to focus on what truly matters: delivering impact to the communities they serve.”

Addressing Critical Challenges in Social Good
For too long, technology for the social good sector has overpromised and underdelivered. Bonterra recognized this gap early, introducing predictive AI models as far back as 2017 via DonorTrends, to help nonprofits determine optimal ask amounts and fundraise smarter. Que builds on that proven foundation with agentic AI that goes beyond delivering insights to taking action, all while keeping humans in control. With Que, nonprofits gain the capacity to retain more donors and expand their impact, while foundations streamline grantmaking and gain clearer visibility into outcomes.

Que addresses these pain points by:

• Amplifying human potential: Automating repetitive work so staff can focus on people and outcomes.
• Fueling meaningful connections: Proactively matching funders, nonprofits, and supporters across the Bonterra Network.
• Turning insight into impact: Delivering trusted, timely, and contextual recommendations based on the largest relational data set in social good.

Ethical, Human-Led AI
Bonterra’s AI philosophy ensures that Que is human-led, with people always making the final decisions. It is transparent by design, allowing users to see, interrogate, and adjust every recommendation. And it is built for trust, with recommendations grounded in ethical design, bias mitigation, and contextual accuracy.

“Agentic AI may grab attention today, but the true differentiator over time will be the credibility of our models, the depth of our data, and the trust we’ve earned through decades of partnership with the sector,” said Scott Brighton, CEO of Bonterra.

How Que Works
Que is powered by a connected system of skills—intelligent capabilities designed to tackle everyday challenges in fundraising and grantmaking.

• Fundraising skills (for nonprofits)
  • Personalized coaching: Receive personalized support to strengthen fundraising strategy.
  • Donor stewardship: Strengthen individual donor relationships and raise more money with intelligent, donor-specific insights.
  • Donor segmentation: Generate supporter segments using natural language inputs based on giving behavior, interests, and engagement history.
  • Form & email creation: Create forms, campaigns, and emails designed to connect with supporters and execute them with approval from a human in the loop.

• Grantseeking skills (for nonprofits)
  • Grant matching: Automated matching to high-fit grant opportunities based on a nonprofit's mission, programs and profile.
  • Grant writing: Complete drafts of compelling grant proposals based not only on intelligence about the nonprofit submitting the grant, but also the funder that published the grant.

• Grantmaking skills (for funders)
  • Grant matching: Proactively connect programs to relevant and verified nonprofits within Bonterra’s network of more than 180,000 highly vetted organizations.
  • Grant scoring: Identify the most aligned applicants, reduce award biases, and increase transparency in funding decisions.

These capabilities are embedded directly into existing Bonterra products, with fundraising skills built directly into EveryAction and Network for Good and available for the first time ever.

Que is also already learning new skills. In 2026, Que will add new fundraising skills like workflow automation, SMS and event creation, real-time campaign optimization, and easy report building. New case management skills such as data validation, completion, and synthesis, along with eligibility assessment, caseload prioritization, and smart form building will also be released.

Finally, Que will expand into impact management skills, including automated impact, grant, and collaborative reporting. These additions will make it easier than ever for nonprofits and funders to streamline work and demonstrate results.

“After using Bonterra Que’s fundraising coaching skills, I felt way more confident, especially as somebody new to fundraising,” said Josh Winfield, Engagement Coordinator at Crescent Cove, a non-profit organization operating Minnesota’s first and only children’s respite and hospice home. “Que has allowed me to craft communication better with my donors and has made me a more effective fundraiser.”

Que’s major differentiation comes from its foundation in the Bonterra Network:

• The broadest social good intelligence: Spanning 180,000 nonprofits, 20 million supporters, and 25% of all corporate giving.
• The deepest relational intelligence: Powered by 640 million transactions, including donations, grants, service enrollments, volunteer hours, and more.
• The most integrated operational intelligence: Embedded across Bonterra’s portfolio, eliminating inefficiencies and enabling seamless action across fundraising, grants, case management, and corporate social responsibility (CSR).

“With Que, we’re not simply advancing technology; we’re fueling what we call the Generosity Generation, a movement where data, insight, and human connection converge to unlock greater impact,” added Brighton. “The recommendations we deliver go beyond intelligence. They are contextual, credible, and always designed to strengthen human relationships.”

About Bonterra
Bonterra is technology for the greatest good—helping nonprofits, charitable foundations, and socially responsible companies raise more, give more, and get more for their missions. With leading solutions across fundraising and engagement, corporate social responsibility, and case management, we're innovating with purpose: to create a giving revolution that generates $573 billion more in global impact every year.

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