Executive summary

A decision tool for leaders of U.S. agencies and nonprofits who must sustain service with fewer people and more conditional funding. It turns the sector reading into a clear choice about which AI-supported workflows to fund, prepare or stop, and how to pay for them.

What is inside

What this report covers

The full sector reading with its indicators, signals and six AI opportunities, plus a scoring method, governance gates, options, a recommended posture, a 90-day plan, risk and KPI tables, a synthetic worked example and copyable tools.

  • The decision the report supports and who should use it
  • Where the sector reading applies, with its strategic signals
  • Inputs, indicators and chart data
  • Defined terms and planning assumptions
  • A weighted scoring method with hard gates and decision rules
  • The current-state reading and how to baseline against it
  • Portfolio options and the business case structure
  • The recommended posture and four-quarter sequence
  • A 90-day activation plan with owners
  • Governance forums, risks and triggers
  • KPIs and benefit tracking
  • A synthetic worked example, a failure case and practice
  • Working tools, sources and review record