Atlassian Foundation offers up to $1 million each to nonprofit partnerships changing education for the AI era
The foundation, which announced the $8 million open call on Sept. 30, takes applications from registered nonprofits in any country, including the United States, until Oct. 30. Each partnership may ask for up to $1 million over two years.
Sydney. The Atlassian Foundation, the charitable arm of the software company Atlassian, will spend $8 million over the next two years on groups of organizations that are changing how education works for disadvantaged learners as artificial intelligence spreads. It announced the open call on Sept. 30, and applications close on Oct. 30.
The call is open to registered nonprofits in any country. Each partnership may request up to $1 million over two years, and the foundation adds a learning cohort, in which partners share what they learn, and non-financial support that includes Atlassian's software and expertise.
Three tests for applicants
An initiative must meet all three of the foundation's criteria. It must directly relieve poverty or disadvantage for a clearly identified group of people. It must be collective action, which the foundation describes as several organizations working together through shared goals, delivery and learning on a problem no single one can solve. And it must help education evolve so that new technology closes gaps for disadvantaged learners.
The foundation does not require that AI be used. Where it is, its use should be deliberate and come with attention to risks and safeguards; where it is not, the reasons should be equally well considered, the call says.
“This call is not about AI for AI’s sake. It is about how the education sector, at all levels, responds to this seismic technological shift.”
Deadline and first partners
Applications are submitted through an online application portal by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30, Australian Eastern Daylight Time, which is 8:59 a.m. that day in New York. The foundation publishes an application guide and an eligibility checklist and holds webinars for applicants. It plans to tell applicants the outcome by March 31, 2027.
The call builds on three partnerships the foundation already funds. CareerVillage leads the AI for Career Development Coalition in the United States, more than 195 organizations building AI career coaching for under-served youth. Mantra4Change works with government, schools and communities in two Indian states to bring AI literacy to adolescents in government schools. Teach For All is gathering teachers from under-resourced schools across its 63-country network to shape how AI is used in classrooms.
Atlassian puts 1% of its profit, equity, tools and employee time into social impact, according to the foundation, which says it has given more than $99 million so far.
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