Resources
Things you can use today, with no account and no program.
Guides and templates now, and anonymized field notes from real HxDF work as that work produces them. Everything here is dated, attributed, and labeled with what it rests on.
What is in the HxDF resource library?
Three kinds of thing, across twelve topics: guides that explain how to do something, templates you take and use, and field notes drawn from real HxDF work. Everything is free and needs no account. Field notes are empty today, because no HxDF audit or Blueprint has been completed yet, and the category exists so the first one has a home rather than to make the library look full.
- Published
- 3 guides
- Topics
- 12 categories
- Field notes
- None yet. No work completed to write about.
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Guide
Students, families, everyone
5 min read
Before you trust an AI answer: a five step check
AI tools answer with confidence whether or not they are right. A two minute habit for students, families, and anyone who uses these tools for real decisions.
HxDF · September 6, 2026 · reviewed September 7, 2026
Guide
Parents, guardians, families
7 min read
How to start a Family Digital Charter
A do it yourself version of HxDF's family program: one 45 minute conversation that produces a shared agreement about technology, written in your own words.
HxDF · September 6, 2026 · reviewed September 7, 2026
Guide
Nonprofit leaders and staff
6 min read
Where AI actually helps a small nonprofit, and where it doesn't
A practical way to think about AI when you have three staff, no IT department, and a waiting list. Map before you automate.
HxDF · September 6, 2026 · reviewed September 7, 2026
Twelve topics
Where everything will live.
The structure is built to grow. A topic with nothing in it says so rather than hiding, because an empty shelf is more honest than a shelf of filler.
AI for Good
EmptyPractical examples of AI that improve human and community capability.
AI Literacy
2Durable explanations of AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible use.
AI Verification
1Checking claims, sources, uncertainty, and synthetic media.
Families and Technology
1Household practices around devices, AI, privacy, and communication.
Children and Digital Life
1Age appropriate technology, algorithms, identity, and digital agency.
Nonprofit Operations
1Process improvement, systems, staffing, and administrative capacity.
Nonprofit Technology
1Choosing, integrating, maintaining, and evaluating tools.
Grant Readiness
EmptyThe infrastructure behind strong applications, implementation, and reporting.
Digital Presence
EmptyWebsites, search, accessibility, communication, and trust.
Data, Privacy and Security
EmptyPractical responsible information handling for small organizations.
Tools and Templates
EmptyReusable worksheets, policies, spreadsheets, checklists, and how to resources.
HxDF Field Notes
EmptyAnonymized lessons from audits, Blueprints, tools, and pilots, including what changed and what did not.
Publications to come
What HxDF will publish, and what has to happen first.
Each of these follows real work. They appear here dated, with methods, and never before the work exists.
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First audit field notes
After the first audits are delivered
Anonymized: the problem category, the recommended priorities, the delivery time, and what the organization did next.
- 02
First Blueprint report
After the first Blueprint is delivered and transferred
The intervention, the implementation effort, the before and after measure, and an honest account of what did not work.
- 03
Tool usage report
After the first public tools have been available long enough to measure
How many people used a tool, how far they got, and where they stopped. Usage is not impact and will not be presented as impact.
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Unit economics
After enough audits and Blueprints to have real numbers
Actual hours and direct costs per audit, per Blueprint, and per tool. Published so a funder can see what money buys.
Beyond reading