Usually. Here is the paragraph to paste into the request, the Arizona funders who make capacity grants, and how to ask a program officer.
Capacity-building, technology, and professional-development grants exist to pay for exactly this kind of work: training that makes the organization more effective rather than a program expense. Community foundations, some corporate funders, and a few family foundations in Arizona make these grants to small nonprofits every year, and many general-operating grants can be used this way without a special request.
The engagement is priced flat so it fits in a request cleanly: the Working Session is $1,200, or $900 for organizations with an annual budget under $500,000. The Staff and Board bundle is $1,800. I invoice in whatever form the funder needs, and if the funder pays on its own schedule, the balance waits for it.
Most requests want one paragraph describing the activity, the deliverables, and the cost. Use this one as written or edit it to your voice.
These are the places Valley nonprofits most often find capacity or technology money. Check each funder's current guidelines and cycle before applying; programs change every year, and several are by invitation for existing grantees.
If you already have a program officer, a two-sentence email is enough: "We'd like to use $1,200 of [grant] for a half-day AI literacy session with a written board policy as a deliverable. Is that an eligible use?" Most will say yes, and the ones who say no usually say what would be.
If you're applying fresh, put the paragraph under "capacity building" or "professional development," attach the one-page policy outline from the free guide as evidence of the deliverable, and name the staff who will attend. Funders like a request that names an outcome (a board-approved policy, three workflows) rather than "training."