Most tech grants for nonprofits fund tools. These two fund people: one pays teen teams to teach digital skills in their communities, the other builds the workforce around AI safety. Different scales, same logic.

What we know: Teams of two or more teens plus an adult mentor deliver digital skills workshops using Connected Nation's curriculum, and earn financial incentives for every adult trained. Recent grants went to organizations like Somali Community of Louisville ($14,670), Black Male Working Academy ($9,680), and Friends of the Lawton Public Library ($7,000). Half of the foundation's 10 grants in 2025 went to Kentucky organizations, with the rest spread across Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Realistic fit: Schools, youth organizations, and small community nonprofits that can recruit a teen team and an adult mentor to run workshops.

What we know: Coefficient Giving accepts unsolicited proposals on a rolling basis for work that helps new talent enter the AI safety field, supports professional networks, or contributes to public discourse on transformative AI risks. The funder says it will consider everything from small individual grants to multi-year organizational awards. If you're unsure about fit, they invite you to email the funder's contact page before applying.

Realistic fit: Organizations already working in AI governance, safety research, or field-building with a clear capacity-building angle.

Both programs accept applications year-round, so the constraint is fit, not timing. Connected Nation needs a teen team structure in place; Coefficient Giving needs demonstrated proximity to the AI safety field. If you know a youth org running digital literacy programs or a team working on AI risk infrastructure, send this their way.