Fund the missing public-interest layer for open-source AI in workforce development.
We are a launch-stage 501(c)(3) public charity with a specific, narrow charter: translate open-weight AI research into free tools for the institutions that serve underrepresented learners. Below are the three active funding asks for our first program year, what we look for in a funder partnership, and a downloadable LOI template.
What we look for in a funder partnership
We are funder-agnostic on brand and rigorous on fit. The partnerships that work best for AI4Good share a few traits, and we are happy to scope a relationship around any subset of them.
Open-source aligned
Funders whose theory of change values public goods, permissive licenses, and field-wide reuse over single-vendor lock-in. Everything we publish is open by default.
Education and workforce focus
Foundations, corporate giving programs, and government agencies whose mandate touches community colleges, adult learners, workforce development, or AI literacy for underrepresented communities.
Multi-year general operating welcome
Restricted program grants are great. Multi-year general operating support is even better, because it lets us staff against a stable runway and publish what we learn without funder-attribution constraints.
In-kind compute and data partnerships
Cloud credits, GPU hours, model-hosting credits, and data access agreements are as valuable to us as cash. We can structure these as in-kind contributions with the appropriate gift acknowledgment.
Active funding asks (FY2027)
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Career Navigator pilot cohort
$180,000 over 18 months
Funds a three-institution pilot of the Career Navigator across one community college, one workforce board, and one immigrant-serving CBO. Includes the full third-party evaluation and public publication of de-identified results.
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Educator AI Toolkit founding fellowship
$95,000 over 12 months
Funds a cohort of ten teacher fellows at Title I high schools, HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs to co-develop and test the first three curriculum modules. Includes honoraria, classroom-pilot release time, and a national convening.
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Skills Translator open dataset
$70,000 over 9 months
Funds creation and public release of an open, de-identified evaluation dataset of multilingual resumes mapped to US Department of Labor O*NET targets. Released under permissive license for use by any workforce program.
We are happy to scope larger or smaller awards. Multi-year general operating support is welcome and disclosed in the following year's annual report.
Funder packet
Reach out and we will send our funder packet: a one-page theory of change, two-page program portfolio, our draft budget, governance disclosures, and a brief LOI template that you can adapt to your foundation's format.