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Summary
This page documents MacArthur Foundation's multi-year funding of the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (PAI), a global multi-stakeholder nonprofit. Across 5 grants totaling $3.305M from 2017–2025, MacArthur has supported PAI's general operations covering programs on safety-critical AI, fair/transparent/accountable AI, AI and labor, inclusive design, and AI media integrity.
Key Points
- •MacArthur Foundation awarded PAI $3.305M across 5 grants spanning 2017–2025, indicating sustained philanthropic commitment to multi-stakeholder AI governance.
- •PAI brings together 100+ organizations from industry, civil society, and academia to address social implications of AI through collective action.
- •Program areas include Safety-Critical AI, Fair/Transparent/Accountable AI, AI & Labor/Economy, Inclusive Research & Design, and AI & Media Integrity.
- •Grants support general operations including workshops, research, best practices, public policy engagement, and public understanding of AI impacts.
- •Funding is categorized under 'Technology in the Public Interest,' reflecting a governance and accountability framing rather than purely technical AI safety.
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# Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society
San Francisco, California
- **Grants**
5
- **Total Awarded**
$3,305,000
- **Years**
2017 - 2025
- **Categories**
[Technology in the Public Interest](https://www.macfound.org/programs/field-support/technology-public-interest/)
#### Grants
**2025 (3 years 2 months)**
**$750,000**
[Technology in the Public Interest](https://www.macfound.org/programs/field-support/technology-public-interest/)
Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (PAI) is a global, multi-stakeholder organization comprising over 100 partner organizations from industry, civil society, and academia. PAI is dedicated to identifying emerging challenges in artificial intelligence (AI), mobilizing collective responses, and developing actionable resources that promote safety, inclusion, and accountability. PAI’s work is undertaken through five program areas including (1) Safety Critical AI; (2) Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI; (3) AI, Labor, and the Economy; (4) Inclusive Research and Design; and (5) AI and Media Integrity. Each program area monitors trends that demand collective action, convenes workshops, produces research, advances best practices, informs public policy, and fosters broader public understanding of AI’s impacts. This award supports PAI’s general operations.
**2022 (3 years)**
**$750,000**
[Technology in the Public Interest](https://www.macfound.org/programs/field-support/technology-public-interest/)
The Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (PAI) is a global multi-stakeholder nonprofit that brings together more than 100 partner organizations from across industry, civil society, and academia to explore and help address the social implications of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Through its work, PAI establishes a common ground between entities which otherwise may not have cause to work together. The organization’s activities are situated across five programs where its partners collaborate including: Safety-Critical AI; Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI; AI, Labor, and the Economy; Inclusive Research and Design; and AI and Media Integrity. Through each program PAI identifies emerging trends that require collective action, convenes workshops, produces research, advances best practices within the AI field, informs public policy, and creates greater public understanding about the impacts of AI. The award provides general operating support to the organization.
**2020 (2 years 6 months)**
**$800,000**
[Technology in the Public Interest](https://www.macfound.org/programs/field-support/technology-public-interest/)
The Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (PA
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