October 21, 2026: Grant deadline for US-based Communities leading on Artificial Intelligence
by Piyush Mathur
Humanity AI, a U.S.-based philanthropic initiative fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), has put out a grant call for US-based community-led initiatives involving Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Applications for the grants under consideration must be submitted by the following time/date:
4:59 p.m. PT / 7:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 21, 2026
The grants will be allocated in one of the following three tiers:
$75,000 – $150,000; $150,000–$500,000; or $500,000–$1,000,000.
The total disbursement will amount to USD 10 million.
While international organisations or individuals may be included as partners in a grant proposal and its execution, an eligible initiative must focus on American communities and be led by a US-registered group.
A proposal must focus on any of the following three categories: education; labour and economy; and ‘humanities, arts, and culture’. However, the initiative should not be research-oriented or about AI literacy or adoption; it must focus on community activism and leadership intended to get maximum benefit from AI for the people—or preventing specific harm(s) to them from AI (say, within a locality).
A detailed description, including a video, of what Humanity AI is looking to fund here is available on this link:
https://humanityai.ai/open-call/
The above link also includes a portal through which one can prepare and submit an application.
All the best!