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Humanity AI is a 500 million dollar, five-year pooled fund launched in October 2025 by ten major foundations - MacArthur, Ford, Mellon, Mozilla, Omidyar Network, Doris Duke, Lumina, Kapor, Packard and Gates - built around the premise that AI is design rather than destiny and that the people affected by AI systems should have a hand in shaping them.
Communities Leading on AI is its first competitive open call, and it is the most accessible entry point into a fund that otherwise operates largely through invited and aligned grantmaking. Ten million dollars is available, with individual grants from 75,000 to 1,000,000 dollars.
Three of the fund's five issue areas are in scope for this call: education, meaning AI shaped around the interests of students and educators; labor and economy, meaning AI that enhances rather than displaces workers; and humanities, arts and culture, meaning protection for creators alongside expanded human creativity. The fund's other two priorities, democracy and security, are not part of this particular call.
Applications launched 10 September 2026 and close 21 October 2026 at 4:59pm Pacific, a notably short six-week window. Review is two-phase: initial screening for eligibility, then scoring on vision, community leadership, clarity and feasibility, impact potential, and credibility, with finalists notified in December 2026 and asked for additional materials and possible interviews before awards are announced in early spring 2027.
The eligibility rules reward exactly what the name suggests - community leadership. U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations may apply independently; individuals must apply through a fiscal sponsor or as part of a collaboration; for-profit entities can participate but cannot lead an application; and organizations that already received direct Humanity AI funding in 2026 may only participate inside a collaboration rather than as a lead.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Applicants must be U.S.-based organizations with 501(c)(3) status to apply independently. Individuals may apply only through a fiscal sponsor or as part of a collaboration. For-profit entities may participate in proposals but cannot serve as lead applicant. Organizations that received direct Humanity AI funding in 2026 may participate only within collaborations, not as leads. Three issue areas are eligible under this call: education (shaping AI around student and educator interests), labor and economy (ensuring AI enhances rather than replaces workers), and humanities, arts and culture (protecting creators while enhancing human creativity); the fund's democracy and security priorities are not in scope for this call. Grants range from 75,000 to 1,000,000 US dollars against a 10,000,000 dollar total for the call. Applications launched 10 September 2026 and close 21 October 2026 at 4:59pm Pacific / 7:59pm Eastern. Review proceeds in two phases - eligibility screening, then evaluation against five criteria (vision, community leadership, clarity and feasibility, impact potential, credibility) - with finalists notified in December 2026, additional materials and possible interviews required, and awards announced in early spring 2027. Confirm current requirements and submission mechanics at humanityai.ai/open-call before applying. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows individual grants range from 75,000 to 1,000,000 US dollars, drawn from a 10,000,000 dollar pool allocated to this specific open call. amount_min is set to 75,000 and amount_max to 1,000,000. The 10 million dollar figure is the one to plan against, not the 500 million dollar headline for Humanity AI as a whole - that larger number is the five-year commitment across all ten foundations and their aligned grantmaking, of which this competitive open call is a small, deliberately accessible slice. The wide 75,000 to 1,000,000 band signals that the fund expects to make both small community-organization grants and a smaller number of substantial awards, so applicants should size their ask to the scope of work rather than anchoring on the ceiling. Awards are announced in early spring 2027, roughly five months after the deadline, which is a long runway to plan for if the project depends on the funding to start. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Humanity AI Communities Leading on AI Open Call for Proposals from the 500 Million Dollar Ten-Foundation Pooled Fund are due October 22, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Humanity AI Communities Leading on AI Open Call for Proposals from the 500 Million Dollar Ten-Foundation Pooled Fund is funded by Humanity AI, a pooled fund of ten foundations including the MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, Mellon Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Kapor Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Gates Foundation. 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.
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