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OpenAI Foundation

NonprofitActiveopenaifoundation.org
The OpenAI Foundation is OpenAI's philanthropic arm, with a stated initial commitment of $25 billion across life sciences and AI resilience programs. It runs the People-First AI Fund, a $50 million fund for 2026 making unrestricted one-time grants to US 501(c)(3) nonprofits in community support services, community arts and culture, and community journalism; grants do not require use of OpenAI products.1,2

Programs

5 programs on file
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AI Resilience
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No dates on file
Economic Futures in the Age of AI
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
Initial commitment: No deadline on file, from 2026-05-27
Economic Research Exchange
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
2026 cohort: Closed, deadline 2026-07-05
OpenAI Foundation AI Resilience
0 grants tracked · Announced · Not recorded
Initial AI Resilience grants: No deadline on file, from 2026-06-01
People-First AI Fund
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
2026 People-First AI Fund: Closed, deadline 2026-07-15

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community support services, community arts and culture, community journalism and media.

Typical size$50 million fund for 2026; individual grants up to 10% of a grantee organization's annual budget.
Sources
  1. openaifoundation.org
  2. openaifoundation.org/news/2026-people-first-ai-fund