Kasané is a small, human-first team that uses AI to handle the research, reporting, follow-up and everyday admin that eat your week. You get a dedicated assistant and real people behind it, so your team can spend its time on the people you serve.
Examples of what your assistant sends: a morning opportunity report with three grants ranked by fit, a first draft ready for review, and a reminder that a foundation report is due Friday with the draft started.
Working alongside organizations that feed, house, preserve, restore and build.
The problem
Small teams wear every hat. Grant deadlines and donor thank-yous, client follow-ups and reports that are due, the paperwork behind every project. The work that keeps the lights on quietly eats the hours meant for the people you serve.
We take that work on, carefully and in your voice, so you get your week back.
How we help
Grants, funders and openings that fit your mission, researched and ranked every week, with the deadline and a reason it fits. You see them before the deadline sneaks up.
For example
A weekly list of new grants that fit, ranked by fit and deadline.
First drafts of grant applications, donor letters, impact reports, newsletters, proposals and board materials. Written in your voice, reviewed by you, never padded with outcomes you didn’t achieve.
For example
A first draft of next month’s appeal letter, ready for your edits.
Follow-ups, thank-you notes, reporting deadlines and reminders, tracked so nothing drops. The steady follow-through that small teams rarely have time for.
For example
A reminder that your foundation report is due in two weeks, with the draft started.
How it works
A conversation about your mission and your week: what eats your time, and what you wish someone else could handle.
Together we set what it takes on, how often, and how you’ll get it, shaped around your programs, your voice and your tools. All in writing, no surprises.
A dedicated assistant handles the work by email or wherever your team already works, with our team overseeing it.
Nothing goes out without your approval. We never send messages as you, and you can see everything we’ve done.
Human first, AI-powered
Every organization gets a named assistant that does the day-to-day work, and a real team that’s accountable for it. The AI makes us fast and thorough. The people make sure it’s right, it sounds like you, and it actually helps.
The name
Kasané (重ね) means “layering.”
Said kah-SAH-neh
Each layer adds to the one beneath it. That’s how we work: our people on top of good tools, on top of your mission.
Who we serve
Food banks and housing support, animal shelters, arts and culture, historic preservation, conservation, youth and education programs, and the small teams behind them.
Companies that make life more affordable, accessible and human: affordable and senior housing, sustainable building and the built environment, accessibility, and the local businesses that hold a community together.
Different missions, the same three jobs: finding opportunities, getting the writing done, and keeping it all moving.
If your team is small and your mission is big, we’re probably a good fit.
A week with Kasané
8:00 AM
Your opportunity report arrives: three new grants that fit, each with the deadline, the amount and why it’s a match.
10:30 AM
You reply “let’s go for the second one.” By the afternoon, a first draft and a checklist of what the funder needs are waiting.
Thursday
A reminder that your annual report to a current funder is due next week, with last year’s numbers already pulled together.
One preservation firm we work with gets a ranked list of new opportunities in their inbox at 8:00 every morning, with a deadline and a contact for each.
Your opportunity report
From your Kasané assistant · Tuesday, 8:00 AM
Example
1
Historic Places Grant
A regional foundation. Funds exterior restoration for buildings like yours. Up to $25,000.
Due in 4 weeks
2
Community Heritage Fund
A state humanities council. Matches your education program. Up to $15,000.
↳ You: “Let’s go for this one.”
Due in 6 weeks
3
Capacity Building Award
A family foundation. Covers operating support for small teams. Up to $40,000.
Due in 8 weeks
Our promises
Everything is drafted to sound like you, and you approve it.
We never invent results, numbers or stories.
Handled carefully and never shared with other clients.
Drafts wait for your yes.
You can always reach a human on our team.
No surprise fees.
Founding partners
We’re starting with a small group of nonprofits so we can do this really well, and shape the service around what matters most to them. All we ask in return is an honest conversation about what’s working and what isn’t.
Nonprofit pricing available
What founding partners get
Founding-partner pricing
A reduced rate for your first months.
A direct line to the founders
Real people who answer, not a ticket queue.
A real say in what we build next
Your week shapes the service.
Something else on your mind?
Ask us directly. A person will answer.
No forms, no bots. Tell us about your organization and what’s eating your week.
team@hellokasane.comNo. You work with us the way you already work: email, Slack or a simple portal. There’s nothing to install.
It shouldn’t. We learn your voice, and you review everything before it goes anywhere.
We research opportunities and prepare strong first drafts, organized to the funder’s requirements. You review, edit and submit. We never invent outcomes.
Only your assistant and our team. It’s never shared with other clients.
Plans are monthly, with nonprofit pricing. Many funders support capacity-building, and we can help you look for a grant that covers it.
Yes. No financial or investment advice, no legal advice, and we never send messages as you. Drafts wait for your approval, and you send them.
Tell us what’s taking your time. If we can help, we’ll show you exactly how. If we can’t, we’ll say so.
What happens next
A short conversation
About your mission and what eats your week.
A written plan
What we’ll take on, how often, and how you’ll get it.
Your first report
About two weeks from hello.
