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The AWS Imagine Grant is Amazon Web Services' flagship unrestricted-cash programme for nonprofits, and the 2026-2027 cycle restructured the top tier explicitly around frontier AI.
The Pathfinder Award funds groundbreaking, mission-critical projects at the frontier of artificial intelligence - generative AI, agentic AI and autonomous systems - and the solicitation is specific that frontier AI capability must be a core workload of the project within the one-year grant term, not an incidental feature.
That requirement is the single most common reason applications fail: a project that uses a chatbot at the edge of an otherwise conventional service-delivery programme is a Go Further, Faster application, not a Pathfinder one.
AWS states plainly that Pathfinder is designed for organisations with a strong existing data practice that are already in the planning phase, meaning the review favours applicants who can show data readiness and a concrete build plan over those pitching an idea. The cycle runs two rounds - Round One opened 19 March 2026 and closed 5 June 2026, and Round Two closes 14 September 2026 - with winners announced 1 December 2026.
All three tiers pair unrestricted cash with AWS promotional credit, and no prior AWS usage is required, which keeps the programme genuinely open to organisations not already in the AWS ecosystem.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to registered 501(c) nonprofit organisations based in the United States, across all cause areas, with educational institutions excluded. Any annual budget size is acceptable and no prior AWS usage is required. Three award tiers are available: Pathfinder (up to 200,000 dollars cash plus up to 100,000 dollars AWS promotional credit) for projects where generative AI, agentic AI or autonomous AI is a core workload within the one-year grant term; Go Further, Faster (up to 150,000 dollars cash plus up to 100,000 dollars credit) for innovative cloud projects with potential industry-wide impact; and Momentum to Modernize (up to 50,000 dollars cash plus up to 20,000 dollars credit) for infrastructure modernisation and foundational technology work. AWS states that Pathfinder is intended for organisations with a strong data practice that are already in the project planning phase rather than at the idea stage. The 2026-2027 cycle runs two rounds: Round One opened 19 March 2026 and closed 5 June 2026; Round Two closes 14 September 2026; winners are announced 1 December 2026. The Imagine Grant programme also operates in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but each country runs its own cycle, eligibility rules and deadlines, so non-US applicants should apply through their own national programme rather than the US call. Confirm the current round status, tier definitions and submission requirements on the AWS Imagine Grant page before applying. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows the programme runs three award tiers, and the spread between them is what sets amount_min at 50,000 and amount_max at 200,000 US dollars. The Pathfinder Award - the frontier-AI tier and the one most relevant to generative AI work - carries up to 200,000 dollars of unrestricted cash plus up to 100,000 dollars in AWS promotional credit. Go Further, Faster carries up to 150,000 dollars cash plus up to 100,000 in credit, and Momentum to Modernize carries up to 50,000 dollars cash plus up to 20,000 in credit. The amount_min and amount_max figures above deliberately track the cash component only, because the credit is restricted to AWS consumption and cannot be redirected. Read together, though, a Pathfinder win is worth up to 300,000 dollars of combined value, and the cash portion being genuinely unrestricted is unusual for a corporate technology grant - most cloud providers give credit alone. The practical budgeting consequence is that an organisation can use the cash for staff time and the credit for the inference and training spend the project generates, which is the pairing most nonprofit AI projects actually need. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for AWS Imagine Grant 2026-2027 Pathfinder Award for Nonprofits Building Generative, Agentic and Autonomous AI as a Core Mission Workload are due September 14, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
AWS Imagine Grant 2026-2027 Pathfinder Award for Nonprofits Building Generative, Agentic and Autonomous AI as a Core Mission Workload is funded by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Nonprofits. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
Microsoft AI for Accessibility is a grant program that supports developers, nonprofits, researchers, and startups building artificial intelligence tools that empower people with disabilities and advance disability inclusion. Grants range from $25,000 to $250,000 and may include Azure compute credits, technical support, and access to Microsoft AI experts, with award sizes depending on project scope and available funds. The program targets AI solutions across employment, daily life, and communication that expand accessibility and independence for people with disabilities.
Microsoft's AI for Accessibility programme is a multi-year, USD 25,000,000 commitment funding nonprofits, universities and research organisations that build AI-powered solutions for people with disabilities. Individual grants range from USD 25,000 to USD 250,000, and the current cycle carries a deadline of 31 December 2026 - a year-end date that is unusually generous compared with the tight windows typical of corporate AI grantmaking, and one that rewards taking time to build a properly co-designed proposal rather than rushing. Scope covers AI applied to disability and accessibility across a growing range of tools: reducing barriers, supporting communication, improving independence, and providing caregiving assistance at scale. In practice this spans assistive technology, artificial intelligence, accessibility and software development, and the programme's framing - empowering people living with disabilities - signals that proposals grounded in lived experience and disability community partnership will read more strongly than technically impressive tools designed for rather than with disabled users. Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organisations and universities; the programme is generally open across the United States, though applicants should verify specific requirements directly with Microsoft since corporate programmes of this kind can carry country-level and entity-level conditions not stated in summary listings. One practical caveat: the award composition is not published. Microsoft's philanthropic programmes frequently combine cash with Azure credits, and a grant delivered largely as cloud credit funds a very different project plan than an equivalent cash award. Confirming the split with Microsoft before finalising a budget is worth the email. Application preparation involves confirming eligibility, gathering documentation, drafting the narrative and preparing a budget.
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