Amount
$250,000
Focus area
Climate + Data
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Awarded
2022
Our Grants
Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded $411 million in grants. Our grants database contains awards from July 2017 until now and is updated weekly. Comprehensive details can be found as part of the Foundation’s annual 990-PF filing.
Amount
$300,000
Focus area
Emergent AI + Society
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Awarded
2022
Institute for Security and Technology
to support the design of sustainable solutions to enhance the security of the global commons
Amount
$500,000
Focus area
Tech + Workforce
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Awarded
2022
DXtera Institute
To support operations as well as the EdSAFE AI Alliance| Grantee | Fiscal Sponsor | Grant | Amount | Focus Area | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Institute | to support the build out of a transparent, open-source tool to drive enhanced speed and scale of the voluntary carbon market to achieve a 1.5°C future | $250,000 | Climate + Data | Boulder, CO, USA | 2022 | |
| World Resources Institute | to support the work of the WRI Global Data Lab and data-driven climate efforts | $1,500,000 | Data as a Public Good | Washington, DC, USA | 2022 | |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | to support the growth of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub Program | $150,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Washington, DC, USA | 2022 | |
| Nethope | to support the Digital Leadership Institute | $600,000 | Tech + Workforce | Fairfax, VA, USA | 2022 | |
| Open Data Institute Limited | to support the ODI Data Institutions Programme and related Responsible Data Stewardship. | $1,000,000 | Data as a Public Good | LONDON, LND, GBR | 2022 | |
| Institute for Security and Technology | to support the design of sustainable solutions to enhance the security of the global commons | $300,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Oakland, CA, USA | 2022 | |
| The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | to provide support for the advancement of policy and education work through Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence | $1,500,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Stanford, CA, USA | 2022 | |
| CyberPeace Institute | towards the creation of a digital public good that informs cybersecurity capacity building and technical and policy recommendations to decrease the human rights impact of cyberattacks globally. | $100,000 | Tech for Good | Geneva, GE, CHE | 2022 | |
| DXtera Institute | To support operations as well as the EdSAFE AI Alliance | $500,000 | Tech + Workforce | Boston, MA, USA | 2022 | |
| CyberPeace Institute | to support work ensuring vulnerable communities' rights to security, dignity and equity in cyberspace | $250,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Geneva, GE, CHE | 2022 | |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | to support building a public narrative around AI and human dignity | $150,000 | Data as a Public Good | Washington, DC, USA | 2022 | |
| The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | to provide support for Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence's priority areas. | $750,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Stanford, CA, USA | 2021 | |
| Institute for International Urban Development | GDI Solutions (A Subsidiary of Global Development Incubator, Inc.) | Towards improving the capacity of the AI Climate platform to use machine learning (ML) to identify socially vulnerable areas and predict and map flooding hazards, landslides, and land values in Honduras. | $101,131 | Climate + Data | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2021 |
| Americans for Oxford, Inc. | to support priority areas for Oxford University, Institute for Ethics in AI | $550,000 | Emergent AI + Society | New York, NY, USA | 2021 | |
| World Resources Institute | to support the work of the WRI Global Data Lab and related activities. | $500,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2021 | |
| Wild Chimpanzee Foundation | in support of automated, accurate, and accessible species detection in West Africa through use of machine learning (ML) on camera trap video assets, to provide insights of climate change on wildlife to enable conservation efforts on species abundance. | $100,000 | Climate + Data | Leipzig, SN, DEU | 2021 | |
| Open Data Institute Limited | to support to ODI Data Institutions Programme and related Responsible Data Stewardship. | $250,000 | Emergent AI + Society | LONDON, LND, GBR | 2021 | |
| CyberPeace Institute | to support work ensuring vulnerable communities' rights to security, dignity and equity in cyberspace. | $250,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Geneva, GE, CHE | 2021 | |
| Duke University | for Duke Institute for Health Innovation to work with the Aga Khan University to develop analytical frameworks to help clinical and operational decision-makers audit, evaluate, and monitor AI systems in healthcare settings. | $555,056 | Digital Health | Durham, NC, USA | 2021 | |
| Meridian Institute | To provide support for the Lacuna Fund’s health equity track. | $250,000 | Digital Health | Dillon, CO, USA | 2021 | |
| The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | To provide support for Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence's priority areas. | $500,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Stanford, CA, USA | 2020 | |
| Instituto Protea | Brazil Foundation | To provide support for the early diagnosis of breast cancer using an AI driven approach. | $150,000 | Digital Health | Sao Paulo, SP, BRA | 2020 |
| World Resources Institute | To provide support for the ongoing development of the Data Lab Initiative. | $500,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2020 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide support for the Schwarzman College of Computing Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing Scholars Program. | $500,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2020 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide support for MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works' efforts around diversity and inclusion, including scaling up outreach efforts at the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute, as well as building and scaling its model for public use. | $250,000 | Tech + Workforce | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2020 | |
| Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford | Americans for Oxford, Inc. | To provide support for priority areas at the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford. | $500,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Oxford, GBR | 2020 |
| The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University | To provide support for Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence's data initiatives on COVID-19, Collective and Augmented Intelligence Against COVID-19 (CAIAC). | $350,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Stanford, CA, USA | 2020 | |
| Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute, Inc. | To provide support for the Hopi Covid Response. | $100,000 | Solidarity | Kykotsmovi, AZ, USA | 2020 | |
| Open Data Institute Limited | To provide support for Institutions for Trustworthy Data Access. | $250,000 | Emergent AI + Society | LONDON, LND, GBR | 2020 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide support for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research for research into Point of Care Rapid COVID-19 Testing based on CRISPR technology. | $300,000 | Solidarity | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2020 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide discretionary support for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research Fund ($100,000) and to provide research funding for the study of the science of punishment ($750,000). | $850,000 | Tech + Workforce | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2020 | |
| Data & Society Research Institute | To provide support for the Disinformation Lab Project, countering disinformation around the 2020 census. | $100,000 | Emergent AI + Society | New York, NY, USA | 2020 | |
| World Resources Institute | To provide support for the Data Lab and Resource Watch: Actionable Data for a Sustainable Future Project. | $250,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2020 | |
| Environmental Law Institute | To provide support for the Center for Energy, Environment, and the Digital Economy. | $350,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2020 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide support for the AI Cures Fund at J-Clinic and to support work related to machine learning for antiviral screening. | $210,000 | Digital Health | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2020 | |
| World Resources Institute | To provide support for real-time monitoring, visualizing, and reporting of climate data. | $200,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2019 | |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | To provide support for convening a Roundtable on AI and distributing a published report of findings. | $200,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Washington, DC, USA | 2019 | |
| Mathematical Sciences Research Institute | To provide support for the four programs focused on developing talent: Connections for Women, Summer Research for Women in Mathematics, Summer Graduate Schools, and the Mathical Book Prize. | $250,000 | Tech + Workforce | Berkeley, CA | 2019 | |
| World Resources Institute | To provide support for Resource Watch. | $150,000 | Climate + Data | Washington, DC, USA | 2018 | |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | To provide support for the Convening in the Dialogue on Public Libraries Series. | $250,000 | Tech for Good | Washington, DC, USA | 2018 | |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | To provide support for the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence. | $200,000 | Emergent AI + Society | Washington, DC, USA | 2018 | |
| University of California, Berkeley Foundation | To provide support for the Simons Institute's Theory of Computing Programs 2018-19. | $250,000 | Tech + Workforce | Berkeley, CA | 2018 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide expendable support for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. | $10,000,000 | Neuroscience | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2017 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | To provide support for the McGovern Entrepreneurship Award at MIT Sloan School of Management. | $5,500 | Legacy | Cambridge, MA, USA | 2017 |