May 10, 2023 The Huge Philanthropic Gift at the Heart of a Major University Initiative to Advance Computing May 10, 2023/ Paul Karon A $260 million gift from the Lord Foundation of California to USC seeded a billion-dollar, campus-wide effort to reshape technology research and teaching. It’s part of a unique windfall of funds that boosted four universities.Read More
April 03, 2023 Can AI Help Locate Low-Cost Cancer Treatments? These Funders Want to Find Out April 03, 2023/ Paul Karon We can't have too many ways to fight cancer. Here’s who’s backing a nonprofit startup that’s using AI to repurpose generic drugs that could mean the difference between life and death for patients — and solvency or bankruptcy. Read More
March 29, 2023 New Climate Finance Database Offers an Early Glimpse of AI’s Role in Philanthropy March 29, 2023/ Michael Kavate With the clock ticking on meaningful climate action, incoming funders are eager for more data about who is funding what. A new AI-informed tool brings promise — and familiar concerns.Read More
January 24, 2023 “It Is Not a Panacea.” A Conversation About Philanthropy With ChatGPT January 24, 2023/ Mike Scutari AI can now write fairly convincingly on any topic a human throws at it, including philanthropy. So we naturally checked in with OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to see if it could provide us with some hot takes on the state of the field.Read More
April 13, 2022 How Smart Tech Can Help Democratize Philanthropy April 13, 2022/ Allison Fine and Beth Kanter, Guest Contributors New tech often underdelivers in the nonprofit world, but the next wave of AI-related tools has the potential to make philanthropy smarter and even more democratic, according to the authors of a new book on the topic. Read More
April 12, 2021 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Are Top of Mind as These Two Grantmakers Join Forces April 12, 2021/ Paul Karon Through an unconventional merger with the Cloudera Foundation, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is seeking to build new capabilities toward carrying out its mission to use technology for social impact.Read More