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Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment

A report examining how philanthropic funders are evaluating and approaching AI investment, with practical recommendations for the field.

Overview

This report explores how grantmakers are navigating the growing volume of requests to fund AI initiatives, and what strategies they are using to evaluate those investments responsibly. It offers concrete recommendations to the philanthropic sector and highlights opportunities for shared learning and collaboration to accelerate AI grantmaking. A key practical output of the report is an investment rubric, a sample tool that provides guiding questions and assessment criteria to help funders evaluate AI implementation proposals.

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