Video & Multimedia
Produce engaging video content with AI tools that edit footage, create avatar-based videos, and transform long-form content into short social clips. Perfect for creating training materials, donor updates, and social media content without filming.
AI Video & Multimedia Creation
Video is one of the most engaging content formats, but professional video production has traditionally required expensive equipment, technical expertise, and significant time investment. AI video tools are making it possible for nonprofits to create compelling video content without cameras, actors, or editing expertise. These platforms can generate videos from text, edit footage intelligently, create animated explainers, and transform existing content into engaging multimedia.
Modern AI video platforms can create avatar-based videos where synthetic presenters deliver your script with natural gestures and expressions, edit raw footage to remove filler words and awkward pauses automatically, generate social media clips from longer videos, and even create training materials with interactive elements. This technology dramatically reduces the time and cost of video production while maintaining professional quality.
For nonprofits that need training videos, donor updates, social media content, or program explainers, AI video tools provide professional production capabilities accessible to anyone who can write a script or record smartphone footage. This democratization of video creation helps organizations tell their stories more compellingly across all communication channels.
AI Video Features
🎬 Text-to-Video Generation
Create videos from scripts without filming. AI-generated avatars present your content with natural speech, gestures, and expressions. These tools handle multiple languages and can create professional training videos, donor updates, or program explanations quickly and affordably.
Advanced platforms allow customization of avatar appearance, voice characteristics, and presentation style to match your brand.
✂️ Intelligent Video Editing
AI video editors automatically remove filler words ("um," "uh"), awkward pauses, and mistakes from recorded footage. They can identify the best clips from raw footage, suggest edit points, add transitions, and optimize pacing—tasks that would take hours manually.
Some tools can edit videos by editing the transcript, making professional editing accessible to anyone who can cut text in a document.
📱 Social Media Clip Creation
Transform long-form videos into short clips optimized for social media platforms. AI identifies the most engaging moments, adds captions, reformats for vertical video, and creates multiple variations—dramatically extending the value of each video you produce.
This repurposing helps organizations maintain active social presence without constantly creating new content from scratch.
🎨 Video Enhancement & Effects
Improve video quality with AI that upscales resolution, adjusts lighting and color, stabilizes shaky footage, removes backgrounds, and adds professional effects. These enhancements make smartphone footage look professionally produced.
AI can even add music, generate custom graphics, and create animated text overlays that enhance storytelling and maintain viewer engagement.
Creating Authentic Video Content
While AI-generated avatar videos are useful for certain applications like training or routine updates, authentic footage of real people, programs, and community impact generally resonates more emotionally. Use AI avatars strategically for content where personality matters less than information delivery.
Be transparent when using AI-generated presenters or heavily edited footage. Audiences appreciate authenticity, and trying to pass synthetic content off as real can damage trust when discovered. Consider noting when videos use AI-generated elements.
Focus on storytelling fundamentals—compelling narratives, emotional connections, clear messages—rather than relying on production polish alone. Well-told stories shot on smartphones often outperform technically perfect but emotionally flat content.
Available Tools
Synthesia
Video & Multimedia
AI video platform that creates professional videos with realistic avatars in 140+ languages—no cameras, actors, or editing skills required.
Starts at $18/month (annual)
Runway
Video & Multimedia
AI video generation platform that creates cinematic-quality videos from text and images using Gen-4 models—no cameras, actors, or editing experience required. Includes background removal, motion tracking, and style transfer.
Free tier; starts at $12/month
Pictory
Video & Multimedia
AI video platform that transforms blog posts and long videos into short, engaging social media clips automatically—with auto-captions, AI voiceovers, and filler word removal.
Starts at $19/month (annual)
Lumen5
Video & Multimedia
AI-powered video creation platform that transforms blog posts and text into engaging social videos in minutes—with automated scripting, scene selection, and AI voiceovers. 50% nonprofit discount available.
Free tier; starts at $19/month
InVideo
Video & Multimedia
AI-powered video creation platform with text-to-video generation, 4000+ templates, 9M+ premium media assets, and AI editing via text commands—transform articles and prompts into professional videos in minutes.
Free tier; starts at $20/month
Kapwing
Video & Multimedia
AI-powered video editing platform with automatic subtitles, smart cut, text-to-video generation, AI dubbing in 40+ languages, and real-time team collaboration—all online without software installation.
Free tier; starts at $16/month
HeyGen
Video & Multimedia
AI avatar video generation platform with 500+ stock avatars, voice cloning, and video translation in 175+ languages—create professional training and communication videos without cameras or actors.
Free tier; starts at $24/month
D-ID
Video & Multimedia
Transform still images into realistic talking avatars with AI-powered animation, voice cloning, and emotion control—create engaging training videos and educational content in 119 languages without filming.
Free trial; starts at $4.70/month
OpusClip
Video & Multimedia
AI video repurposing tool that automatically transforms long videos into viral-worthy short clips with captions, AI B-roll, virality scoring, and multi-platform publishing—used by 12M+ creators.
Free tier; starts at $15/month
Vidyo.ai
Video & Multimedia
All-in-one AI platform (now quso.ai) that transforms long videos into short-form clips with AI captions, scheduling to 7+ platforms, virality scoring, and 80+ AI avatars—serving 4M+ creators.
Free tier; starts at $29/month
Veed.io
Video & Multimedia
Browser-based AI video editor with auto-subtitles in 120+ languages, text-to-video generation, voice cloning, background removal, and real-time team collaboration—no software installation required.
Free tier; starts at $12/month
Riverside
Video & Multimedia
Studio-quality podcast and video recording platform with local 4K capture, AI transcription in 100+ languages, text-based editing, and Magic Clips for automatic short-form content—trusted by Spotify, Microsoft, and TED.
Free tier; starts at $24/month
CapCut
Video & Multimedia
Free AI video editor with script-to-video generation, auto-captions in 130+ languages, AI avatars, and one-click social publishing—the most downloaded video editor globally with 200M+ monthly users.
Free tier; Pro $9.99/month
Fliki
Video & Multimedia
AI text-to-video platform with 2,500+ ultra-realistic voices in 80+ languages, 70+ AI avatars, and 10M+ stock media library—transform blog posts, scripts, and PowerPoints into professional videos in minutes. 15% nonprofit discount.
Free tier; starts at $21/month
Colossyan
Video & Multimedia
Enterprise AI video platform for training and communications with 200+ diverse AI avatars, automatic translation in 80+ languages, interactive scenarios, and SCORM export—turns PDFs and PowerPoints into professional training videos.
Free tier; starts at $19/month
Zebracat
Video & Multimedia
AI video creator that transforms text, blog posts, and audio into engaging marketing videos in minutes—with 120+ AI avatars, voice cloning in 175+ languages, and 80+ language auto-translation. 30% annual discount available.
Free tier; starts at $39/month
Captions
Video & Multimedia
AI-powered video editor with automatic captions in 100+ languages, eye contact correction, AI dubbing in 29 languages, and creator tools optimized for short-form social media content.
Free tier; starts at $15/month
Need Help Choosing?
Not sure which tool is right for your nonprofit? Our team can help you evaluate options, develop an implementation strategy, and build the capabilities you need to succeed.