How AI Is Vetting Grant Seekers

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June 23, 2025

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Subject: How AI Is Vetting Grant Seekers

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Technology

How Foundations Are Using AI to Vet Grantees

By M.J. Prest June 23, 2025

Program officers at nearly 200 grant makers are using a new artificial intelligence tool to assess the financial health of prospective grantee organizations.
Advice

How Women Funders Are Building a Gender-Equity Movement

By Stephanie Beasley June 23, 2025

Female philanthropists say they are increasing donations to nonprofits affected by anti-DEI policies, per a new survey from Women Moving Millions. They also have tips for doing so.
Grant Seeking

7 Ways to Earn Foundations’ Trust and Win General Operating Support

By M.J. Prest May 12, 2025

Three experts explain how to get to know foundation program officers and best position your nonprofit to secure flexible funding.

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Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online

Groups that provide food to the hungry “are all living in fear right now” as demand skyrockets amid slashed government support, according to the leader of a New York state food bank. The Trump administration plans to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as it eliminates or cuts federal programs to get food to food banks. Meanwhile, prices are climbing, and visits to some food banks have nearly doubled since 2019. (New York Times)

Restaurants, nonprofits, supermarkets, and others in Los Angeles are banding together to get food to immigrants sheltering at home in fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. They are packing groceries and making discreet deliveries, holding fundraisers, and waiving fees for grocery deliveries, among other efforts. (Los Angeles Times)

Plus: Dodgers Announce $1 Million Donation to Aid Families of Immigrants Affected by Federal Raids (Associated Press)

More News and Opinion

Judge Blocks the Trump Administration’s National Science Foundation Research Funding Cuts (Associated Press)
D.C. Attorney General Alleges Violence Intervention Nonprofit Misused Funds (Washington Post)
Trump Says He Wants to Fund More Trade Schools. Just Not These. (New York Times)
More Turnover at Oregon Shakespeare Festival as New Executive Director Steps Down (Oregonian)
- Background from the Chronicle: Race, Shakespeare, and a Theater’s Fight to Survive

Big Philanthropy

Melinda French Gates Opens Up About Marriage, Tech and Trump (Bloomberg— subscription)
Opinion: The Problem With “Effective Altruism” (City Journal)
Walmart Heir Lukas Walton’s $15 Billion Bet on the Environment (Financial Times — subscription)

Federal Cuts, Local Effects

Funding Cuts Push San Diego Aid Orgs to Call ‘State of Emergency,’ Stop Services (Times of San Diego)
AmeriCorps’ Work With Students Nationwide in Limbo Despite Halt to Federal Funding Cuts (Chalkbeat)
As Federal Cuts Loom, Rental Housing Vouchers Across Mass. Are Being Put on Hold (Boston Globe)
Opinion: Our Foundation Saves and Strengthens Marriages. Tax Hikes Will Hurt Our Work. (Oklahoman)
- Background from the Chronicle: 20,000 Nonprofit Jobs Lost as Federal Cuts Deepen

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