Google Workspace brings 10 free AI features for nonprofit organizations

Google has announced several updates for nonprofit and charitable organizations that use its products and services. For starters, the search giant is expanding the Google for Nonprofits program to more than 100 countries globally.

Google for Nonprofits has been around for over a decade, offering products and services to eligible nonprofits for free or at discounted rates. One of its verticals is Workspace for Nonprofits, a paid tier that provides nonprofits with no-cost access to Gmail, Calendar, Meet, and its AI apps, such as Gemini and NotebookLM.

Google is bringing ten new AI features to the Workspace for Nonprofits tier as part of its new updates. The company surveyed over 9,000 nonprofit organizations earlier this year and said that about nine out of ten nonprofits reported positive productivity gains when using AI apps and features. However, only one out of five reported that at least half of their organization uses AI.

That said, these are the new features coming to Workspace for Nonprofits without paying any money:

Gems
Audio Overviews in Gemini app
Image generation with people in Gemini app
Canvas and quizzes in Gemini app
Deep Research in Gemini app
Google Vids with custom video clips powered by Veo 2
Two-way conversations with Gemini Live
NotebookLM with Summaries, Audio Overviews (50+ languages and length adjustment) and Q&A
Mind Maps in NotebookLM
Discover Sources in NotebookLM

Most of these features are available in other Workspace plans intended for regular businesses. Google's Nonprofits tier supports up to 2,000 employees or volunteers at $0/user/month, who can have professional email addresses, take part in 150-participant video meetings, and share a pooled cloud storage capacity of 1TB.

Google for Nonprofits - Ads in Google Maps

Additionally, nonprofits can also place ads in Google Maps to connect with people at a local level. The company said that it's "expanding Ad Grants to run on eligible Google Maps placements in Performance Max campaigns free of charge." These ads in Google Maps can appear above, below or beside search results.