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Humanity AI is sponsored by Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, Mellon Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Kapor Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Siegel Family Endowment (pooled fund distributed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors). This initiative, launched by ten major foundations, focuses on responsible AI funding across five priority areas, including education. It specifically funds advocacy and policy work related to AI ethics, fairness, and governance, making it highly relevant for AI ethics education nonprofits.
Dance Advancement Fund is sponsored by Dance/NYC (with support from Howard Gilman Foundation and Ford Foundation). The Dance Advancement Fund addresses the inequitable distribution of resources in the dance field and aims to advance its resilience and thriving. It provides general operating support grants to dance makers in the metropolitan New York City area.
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