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Funding the Future

A Guide to Evaluating AI Implementation Requests

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How Can Funders Support Grantee-Led AI Initiatives?

Funders across the field of philanthropy are navigating a tension between embracing AI to support their work and grantees—and pausing to ensure thoughtful, responsible implementation.

Led by Project Evident, Schusterman joined The Rockefeller Foundation, The Center for Effective Philanthropy, Schmidt Sciences, Google.org, Fast Forward and GitLab Foundation to explore this shift.

Their findings culminated in "Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment,” a report and practical toolkit that offers funders recommendations to help evaluate AI implementation requests with a focus on risk and ethics.

Report cover titled "Funding the Future Investment: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment" from Project Evident, featuring a graphic of a luminous, blue network with interconnected nodes and floating translucent spheres.