Your programs
change lives.
Let us help you build the infrastructure
your mission deserves.
AI strategy, tools, and implementation — built for nonprofits by someone who has spent fifteen years inside them. Whether you need a compliance roadmap, a data analysis layer, or a way to tell your impact story, Candela meets you where you are.
When donors ask AI where
to give, do you show up?
Most nonprofits are completely invisible to ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity — even great ones. Get a free AI visibility score and see exactly what to fix.
Candela Consulting
The Colorado AI Act takes effect June 30, 2026. We help you understand your exposure, build policy, and get your team ready — before the deadline hits.
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Paste your program data. Candela Prism tells you what's working, where the gaps are, and three questions worth acting on — no analyst required.
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Turn your quarterly data into a live impact page for funders, your board, and the public. Two pastes. Ready in minutes.
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days until the Colorado
AI Act takes effect
The deadline is closer than you think.
The Colorado AI Act takes effect June 30, 2026. Nonprofits using AI-assisted tools in hiring, case management, or service delivery may have new transparency, disclosure, and impact assessment obligations. Most organizations don't know where they stand.
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15
Years in Nonprofit Leadership
Clayton Gonzales spent fifteen years in nonprofit leadership, most recently as a senior leader at CWEE — one of Colorado's most effective workforce development organizations. He has a master's in clinical mental health counseling and is an OIF veteran.
Candela came from a simple frustration: the organizations doing the most important work in the community were the least equipped to communicate it. Every impact report was a 40-hour project. Every funder meeting required rebuilding the same story from scratch.
Candela is the infrastructure layer that was always missing.
He designed program frameworks used across Colorado, including the Core 4 model adopted by Urban Peak — the same model featured in their 2025 Mothership Impact evaluation report.