The Grant Brief

Two tech-for-nonprofits grants open now: Senser Foundation digital transformation (deadline Oct 8) and TechRise Chicago early-stage capital (rolling).

Two tech-for-good grants accepting applications now: Open Technology Fund FOSS Sustainability (rolling) and Biswas Family Foundation Fast Grants (Dec 15).

Two tech-for-good grants on rolling applications: Connected Nation's Teens Teach Tech (national) and Coefficient Giving's AI capacity-building fund (global).

Two AI-for-good support programs on rolling applications: OpenAI community hackathon support and Future of Life Institute Digital Media Accelerator.

Digital humanities meets social justice: ACLS Digital Justice Grants fund equity-centered tech projects (deadline Nov 3, 2026).

Tech-for-good grants from Climate Emergency Fund (data center organizing, rolling) and Kazanjian Foundation (economic education, LOI Sept 1).

Three tech-for-good grants open now: MIT Solve Global Challenges (Sept 2026), Interledger Local Impact Mini Grants (rolling through Nov), and HRF's AI for Individual Rights Fund (rolling).

Two tech-focused rolling grants: Craig Newmark Philanthropies general grantmaking and Sovereign Tech Fund open-source infrastructure.

Two ways to fund tech for public good: the Autodesk Foundation (rolling, unrestricted) and Fast Forward's AI Academy ($10K, closes July 26).

Three tech-for-good grants open now: Sloan digital-technology grants ($50K-$400K, rolling LOI), Microsoft AI for Accessibility (up to $100K), and Knight's Art+Tech fund (Akron/Detroit/Miami).

Three technology grants open now: AWS Imagine (up to $200K, annual cycle), DRK + NextLadder navigation-tech (up to $300K, rolling), and Truist Inspire Awards for the AI economy (closes Aug 7).

Two open Monday tech grants from opposite ends of the evidence-to-implementation pipeline: W.T. Grant (LOI July 29) and DRK Navigation Technology (rolling).

OpenAI Foundation's 2026 People-First AI Fund: $50M pool for community legal aid, libraries, and local journalism. Up to 10% of budget, applications close July 15.

Three open-source and open-internet funders are taking applications right now, each with a different eligibility gate. What connects them: all three fund the infrastructure layer of internet access and digital tools, not programs that merely use technology. If your org builds or deploys open tech, this is your week to bookmark.

Three tech-and-innovation grants open right now span $50K to $1.5M — and three completely different theories of how innovation actually scales: cloud credits as ignition, design talent as accelerant, evidence as license to grow.

Three open tech & innovation grants this week — spanning the digital-rights backbone, applied AI for nonprofit missions, and youth civic literacy.

Three open programs are open to nonprofits this week — but the realistic fit profiles look very different once you look at who actually wins.

Three programs putting AI and open-source funding directly into nonprofit hands.