Navigating Transformative AI Fund

Navigating Transformative AI — AI Governance

Supports projects on governance, safety policy, and coordination in advanced AI systems.

Eligibility · Global — open worldwide

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

Coefficient Giving's Navigating Transformative AI Fund issued an AI Governance RFP in early 2026, inviting applications across six areas: technical AI governance (compute governance, model evaluations, safety standards, cybersecurity for model weights, privacy-preserving transparency mechanisms); government policy (helping governments develop informed AI policy); frontier company policy (model evaluations, scaling red lines, incident reporting, third-party audits); international AI governance (cross-border coordination frameworks); legal frameworks; and strategic analysis and threat modeling. The fund is the direct successor to Open Philanthropy's AI safety program, which has backed field-defining organizations since 2015.

The RFP was open to any entity type — nonprofits, for-profits, universities, research organizations, and individuals — from any country. Non-US organizations that are not 501(c)(3) equivalents are subject to additional due diligence. Typical first-time grants ranged from $200,000 to $2 million per year over one to two years; applications requesting less than $200,000 per year were directed to smaller funders. There was no stated maximum grant size. The process was two-stage: an Expression of Interest (approximately one hour of effort) followed, for invited applicants, by a full proposal (two to six hours). Most EOIs received a response within one week.

This RFP closed on January 25, 2026. Coefficient Giving indicated that another round is likely but has not announced a timeline. In the interim, the fund's capacity-building track remains open for field-building and public-discourse work, and the fund can be contacted directly for proposals that fall squarely within the six AI governance areas. Applicants preparing for a future RFP round should use the 2026 framework — particularly the six thematic areas and the $200K annual floor — as a planning baseline.