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To provide expendable support for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

Thompson Reuters op-ed: Four ways AI can help tackle climate change

2020 was a transformative year. It brought profound trials, tribulations and losses – but it has also highlighted the power of AI and other technologies to solve today’s most urgent...

Letter from President Vilas Dhar: Historic merger launches Data and Society initiative

With great joy, I announce a historic merger that will rapidly accelerate the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation’s vision to create a thriving, equitable and sustainable world enabled by data and...

Data and Society

“Data science and AI-based tools, deployed with purpose and social conscience, could improve nearly every part of the human experience. Enabling civil society to access technologies will unlock transformational approaches...

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and Cloudera Foundation announce historic merger

Move Embeds Data Expertise in $1.5 Billion Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Lead Innovation in Data Science and AI for Nonprofit Sector BOSTON — Today, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation...

Tech for Global Good Laureates inspire next generation of problem solvers

All around the world, social innovators are using technology to tackle big problems — from homelessness to protecting livestock to safeguarding children from COVID-19. The Tech Interactive, a San Jose,...

To provide support for the McGovern Entrepreneurship Award at MIT Sloan School of Management.

To provide support for the "Information is Aid" Hurricane Maria Relief Project in Puerto Rico.

To provide support for "Bridging Philadelphia's Digital Divide."