Partner With Us
Bringing responsible AI adoption to underserved communities takes nonprofits who know their neighbors, companies who fund and staff the work, and individuals who show up. Here is how each of those fits.
Co-deliver programs to the communities you already serve
You have the relationships and the trust. We build the curriculum, train your facilitators, and hand the program over so it keeps running after we leave.
Co-delivered programs
We supply the curriculum, the facilitators, and train-the-trainer support. Your team delivers it under your name, to the people you already serve.
Readiness assessment and staff training
A scored AI readiness assessment, then applied training for the specific staff it identifies. Your team builds the workflow with us guiding, so the capability stays inside the organization.
Funding we pursue together
Fees run on a sliding scale by organizational budget, and we co-apply for grants with our partners so training is funded rather than sold. For organizations under $500K, the assessment is subsidizable to no cost.
Used by Dreams for Schools, SCORE Orange County, and Orange County library systems.
Sponsor the seats, and send the practitioners
Sponsorship is what keeps our programs free at the door for the organizations with the least. Corporate volunteers put working practitioners in the room with the people learning.
Program and event sponsorship
Underwrite a workshop series, a full cohort, or a venue. Sponsors are recognized at the events they fund and in our annual impact reporting.
Employee volunteering
Send your team to facilitate workshops, mentor students in the Innovators Lab, or run office hours. We handle curriculum, scheduling, and logistics.
In-kind support and expertise
Software credits, meeting space, equipment, and technical advising all go directly into program delivery.
Our PIMCO relationship brings corporate volunteers into the classroom, and our board includes practitioners from Blizzard and Amazon.
Volunteer your skills, or fund a seat
Our programs are powered by people who give time and money. You do not need to be an AI expert, just willing to help your community learn.
Volunteer
Workshop facilitator, student mentor, community connector, or event and operations support. Applications are handled through our Idealist listing.
Give once or monthly
Donations cover the workshops, materials, and subsidized assessments we hand out at no charge. Monthly giving is what lets us commit to a cohort before the grant lands.
Open a door
Connect us with a nonprofit, school, or small business that could use the help, or bring someone to our next event.
Community Innovations Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN 37-2214585. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Not sure which one you are?
Tell us what you are working on and who you serve. We will point you at the version of this that actually fits, even if the answer is that we are not the right partner yet.