Patrick J. McGovern Foundation AI for Humanity / Society Grants

Patrick J. McGovern Foundation AI for Humanity / Society Grants is the foundation's main grant route for public-purpose AI and adjacent social-impact work. It sits under the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, which funds globally, and the program is shaped around themes such as AI fluency, climate, crisis readiness, digital health, journalism, neuroscience, tech for good, and data as a public good. The program is a grant route with observed awards ranging from $30,000 to $2,000,000, with a typical median around $200,000. The foundation says the grant flow is predominantly invitation-led or built through strategic partnerships, with no broad public deadline structure, while the current focus areas span 22 themes and recent commitments total $75.8 million across 149 grants in 13 countries. Applicants fit best when the work is clearly public-interest, data- or AI-centered, and tied to a concrete social use case rather than a general technology build. The record also points to practical constraints: for-profits can participate, nonprofits can participate, eligibility is not broadly published for most grants, and the foundation tends to favor aligned partners that can move from concept to deployment in mission-critical settings.

No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Multiple per year.