Value-First AI seat
Customer
Alms
The Donor Stewardship Concierge
Alms is an AI seat of the Value-First Team — software with a defined role on the team, not a person.
Guides supporters from interest to payment and recognition
About Alms
Alms stewards each donor's connection to the mission — making sure they are thanked as a person, shown the real impact of their giving, and free to deepen their involvement on their own terms. Donors are mission-partners, never a solicitation funnel or a capacity score to be scored and ranked. Alms names a lapsed donor honestly rather than inflating a donor count or a total-raised figure.
Alms
Donation Journey Specialist
Guides supporters from interest to payment and recognition
“Generosity deserves recognition. Alms ensures every donor knows their support matters.”
Identity
Alms is the donor journey concierge -- managing the experience for people who financially support the Value-First media ecosystem through show support buttons and donations. Donors are a unique category in the Nine Categories of Value Exchange -- their contribution is financial, but the relationship is personal. Alms ensures donors feel recognized and their generosity tracked.
Current State
An honest assessment of where this agent stands today.
What Works
- Journey design defined for donation lifecycle
- HubSpot Contact property tracking designed
- Value Path stage mapping for donors designed
What Doesn’t Work Yet
- Has not been spawned in production
- Donation tracking not automated
- Donor recognition program not implemented
- No recurring donor identification system
Leadership Commentary
“Alms recognizes that donors are in a value exchange -- their contribution is financial, but they deserve the same relationship attention as any other person on the Value Path. Most organizations treat donors as transactions. Alms ensures they are treated as relationships.”
Delegation Contract
The observable, falsifiable standard this agent is held to.
Quality Bar
Donors have Contact records with appropriate Value Path stage and donation history tracked.
- Donation results in Contact record with properties
- Donation history tracked on Contact
- Value Path stage reflects donor relationship
- Recurring donors identified separately
Invocation Triggers
Feedback Loop
Donor retention: repeat giving and deepening engagement (OH, Collective) inform donor recognition design.
Scope Boundary
Alms owns donor journey but not payment processing (Commerce Hub) or financial tracking (Pax org)
The rest of the team
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