Announcing the initial People-First AI Fund grantees

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OpenAI announced the initial grantees of its People-First AI Fund, distributing funding to over 100 community organizations across the United States focused on AI education and workforce development for underrepresented communities.

The OpenAI Foundation announces the initial recipients of the People-First AI Fund, awarding $40.5M in unrestricted grants to 208 nonprofits supporting community innovation and opportunity.
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# Announcing the initial People-First AI Fund grantees Source: [https://openai.com/index/people-first-ai-fund-grantees/](https://openai.com/index/people-first-ai-fund-grantees/) 3 Dots Downtown \(PA\) 3Strands Global Foundation \(CA\) AccesSOS \(CA, NM\) African American Community Service Agency \(CA\) Afro\-American Cultural Center, Inc\. \(NC\) All Star Code Inc\. \(CA, IL, NJ, NY, PA, TX\) Alliance For A Better Community \(CA\) Amigos Together For Kids, Inc\. \(FL\) Arc of Madison County Inc \(AL\) Bainbridge Youth Services \(WA\) Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc\. \(CA\) Be Loud Studios \(LA\) Better Youth, Inc\. \(CA\) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Idaho \(ID\) Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation \(NY, TX\) Boston Project Ministries Inc \(MA\) Boys and Girls Club of Fontana \(CA\) Boys and Girls Clubs of Chaves and Lincoln Counties \(NM\) Bridge Builders Foundation Inc \(CA\) California Association of African American Superintendents And Admin \(CA\) California Black Womens Collective Empowerment Institute \(CA\) California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation Inc\. \(CA\) Camai Community Health Center, Inc \(AK\) Capital B News, Inc\. \(GA, IN\) Capitalists For Shared Income \(CA, ME, NJ, OH, PA\) Center for Asian Americans United For Self\-Empowerment, Inc \(CA\) Center for Common Ground \(AL, GA, NY, NC, SC, VA\) Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative \(CA\) Charity Cultural Services Center \(CA\) Chicano Awareness Center Inc \(NE\) Childrens Museum Inc \(PA\) Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco \(CA\) Citizens 4 Community, Inc\. \(OR\) City Heights Community Development Corporation \(CA\) Code Girls United \(MT\) College Dreams \(OR\) College of Adaptive Arts \(CA\) Commonwealth Prevention Alliance \(PA\) Commún Denver Inc\. \(CO\) Community Interventions \(CA\) Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina Copal Education \(MN\) Creative Girls Rock \(TN\) Creser Capital Fund \(CA\) Culturesource \(MI\) Defend Our Health \(ME, MA, MI, PA, SC\) Delaware Alliance For Nonprofit Advancement \(DE\) Dent Education \(MD\) Diakonia \(CO\) Dibia Dream Inc \(FL, GA, LA, TN\) Digital Democracy Institute of The Americas \(CA, DC, FL, NV, NM, TX\) Digital Justice Lab \(CA\) Digital NEST Inc \(CA\) Divine Truth Unity Fellowship Church Dba Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance \(CA\) DJM Community Outreach \(IL\) Dolores Huerta Foundation \(CA\) Donaldina Cameron House \(CA\) Dottie Rose Foundation \(NC\) DreamYard Project Inc \(NY\) East Harris County Empowerment Council \(TX\) Educacion Para Nuestro Futuro Founded By Escuela Bolivia \(VA\) El Rescate \(CA\) El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center \(CA\) Ella Baker Institute Inc \(NY\) Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative \(IL\) Ephrata Public Library \(PA\) Eradicate Hate Global Summit \(CA, MA, PA, HI, IL, NY, TX, CO, DC\) Esq Apprentice \(CA\) F\.Y\. Eye, Inc\. \(NY\) Fabnewport \(RI\) Family Alliance For Counseling Tools & Resolution \(CA\) First Congregational Church Westfield Nj \(NJ\) Foot Soldiers Park \(AL\) Franklin Food Bank \(NJ\) Free Forever\-Latisha’s House Foundation \(DC, GA, NC, OH, SC, VA, FL\) Grace\-Mar Services Inc \(NC\) Groundswell Community Mural Project Inc \(NY\) Gryphon Place \(MI\) Healthy Archuleta Inc \(CO\) Heartland Forward, Inc \(AL, AR, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, ND, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX\) Hispanas Organized For Political Equality\-California \(CA\) Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Inc \(MI\) Hollywood 4Wrd \(CA\) Homeboy Art Academy Inc \(CA\) If Project \(WA\) Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra \(IL\) Income Movement Foundation \(CA, CO\) Income to Support All Foundation \(MA, CA, DC, NY\) Ink People Inc \(CA\) Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware, Inc\. \(DE\) International Examiner \(WA\) Iola Foundation \(CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, NY, NC, PA, TX, WA\) J Herman Bosler Memorial Library Bosler Free Library \(PA\) Just Harvest Education Fund \(PA\) Keshet Dance Company \(NM\) Kidznotes \(NC\) Kultivate Labs \(CA\) La Cocina \(CO\) Laborers’ Community Service And Training Foundation \(CA\) Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino \(CA\) Liberated Success, Inc\. \(NY\) Lights Camera Discover \(AZ, FL, IL\) Little Brothers\-Friends of The Elderly \(MA\) Loaves, Fishes, & Computers, Inc\. \(CA\) Long Beach Journalism Initiative Inc \(CA\) Los Angeles Public Press \(CA\) Make A Day Foundation \(OH\) Make Projects \(CA\) Maui Roots Reborn \(HI\) Mckinleyville Community Collaborative \(CA\) Media Arts Center San Diego \(CA\) Merge Opportunities Inc \(CA\) Merrick Community Services \(MN\) Midtown Utica Community Center \(NY\) Mile High Ministries \(CO, MO, NM\) Milpa \(CA\) Ministries of Grace, Inc\. \- Ga \(GA\) Mockingbird Society \(WA\) Mongabayorg Corporation \(CA\) Moveius Contemporary Ballet Dba Dance Loft On 14 \(DC\) Muralism \(CA\) National Crime Victim Law Institute \(AZ, CA, CO, IL, NM, OH, OR, SC, NH\) National Institute for Workers’ Rights \(CA, DC\) Native American Journalists Association \(AZ, CA, KS, MN, MT, NM, NY, ND, OK, OR, WY\) Navigate the Maze to Achievement \(NY\) Neighbor to Neighbor Ministries \(NC\) Neutral Zone \(MI\) Northern California Educational Television Assn, Inc\. \(CA\) Northern Nevada Literacy Council \(NV\) NYTAG Inc \(NY\) One Media \(OR\) Only7Seconds \(WA\) Openhouse \(CA\) Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum \(OR, WA\) PawsWithCause \(WA\) PICO California \(CA\) Playa Vista Job Opportunities and Business Services \(CA\) PRO Youth and Families, Inc\. \(CA\) Program for Female Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania Inc \(PA\) Progress for Good Inc \(NY\) Project Equity \(CA\) Public Health Advocates \(CA\) Public Housing Community Fund \(NY\) Radio Bilingue, Inc\. \(AZ, CA, CO, NM, OR, TX\) Reach Out West End Inc \(CA\) Ready to Succeed \(CA\) Reality Changers \(CA\) Red Hook Art Project, Inc\. \(NY\) Restore Hope Inc \(AR, IA, MI\) Rural Opportunity Institute \(GA, NC, SC, TN, VA\) Sacramento Youth Center \(CA\) Safe Harbor Coronado \(CA\) Safe Organized Spaces Richmond \(CA\) Library Foundation SD \(CA\) San Francisco Information Clearinghouse \(CA\) San Francisco Women’s Centers \(CA\) Seal Future Foundation \(CA, FL, NY, TN, TX, VA\) Service to School \(CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, NY, NC, TX, VA, WA\) Sigma Beta Xi, Inc\. \(CA\) Sikh American Legal Defense And Education Fund \(AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI\) Silence the Shame, Inc\. \(GA\) Siskiyou County Job Council \(CA\) Social Creatures Inc \(NY\) Social Enterprise Greenhouse \(RI\) Social Justice Learning Institute Inc \(CA\) South End Community Outreach Ministry \(MI\) Sova Innovation Hub Corporation \(VA\) Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation \(CA\) Springboard to Opportunities \(MS\) St Ann’s Warehouse Inc \(NY\) STEM From Dance, Inc\. \(CA, FL, IL, MA, NY, NC, TX\) STEMarts Lab \(NM\) Suicide Prevention Coalition of Eagle Valley \(CO\) The Forbes Funds \(PA\) The Giving Kitchen Initiative, Inc \(GA, NC, TN\) The Kelsey \(AL, CA, CO, GA, KY, MA, MI, OH, RI, TN, TX, WY\) The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc \(CA, CT, GA, NJ, NY\) The Lighthouse Black Girl Project \(MS\) The Lunar Foundation \(TX\) The Martin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change \(AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY\) The National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York \(NY\) The News Literacy Project \(AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY\) The Source LGBT\+ Center \(CA\) The Stories of Us, Inc \(CA, DC, GA, IL, LA, MI, NY, OH, PA\) The Synod of The Covenant Presbyterian Church Usa \(IN, KY, MI, OH, WI\) Theatresquared \(AR\) Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras \(PA\) Tomorrows Leaders NYC \(NY\) Transgender District Company \(CA\) Tribal Education Departments National Assembly \(OK\) Two River Times Foundation \(NJ\) Upsolve Inc \(AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY\) Urgent, Inc\. \(FL\) Valley Initiative For Development And Advancement \(TX\) Valley Onward \(CA\) Veggielution \(CA\) Veterans For All Voters \(AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY\) Voices of Pacific Island Nations \(WA\) Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation \(MT\) Welcoming Center For New Pennsylvanians \(PA\) Women of Color On the Move \(CA, NC\) Women on The Rise GA \(GA\) Women’s Economic Self\-Sufficiency Team Corp \(NM\) Worcester Youth Center, Inc\. \(MA\) Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation \(CA\) Youth Action Programs And Homes Inc \(NY\) Youth Law Center \(CA\) YouthBeat \(CA\) YWCA Greater Pittsburgh \(PA\)

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