Project Evident

We are thrilled to share that today, Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, announced its collaboration with Project Evident and Tech:NYC Foundation to help U.S.-based nonprofit employees adopt AI skills to enhance their efficiency and impact.

This collaboration will help us provide tailored technical assistance through in-person, hands-on workshops, webinars, and peer learning opportunities, equipping nonprofits in cities across the country to embrace and implement at no cost. Project Evident Founder and CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons shares her thoughts on the collaboration in the graphic below.

Check out Google’s blog 📃about its announcement here: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-org/ai-opportunity-fund-march-2025-update/

📗 Get to know one of the authors of “Next Generation Evidence: Strategies for More Equitable Social Impact”: Brian Scholl, CEO & Chief Economist of Innometrics.

During the Project Evident-hosted webinar, “NextGen Now: Building a Culture of Evidence to Transform Government,” on Wed., Apr. 2, from 1:00-2:00 PM ET, Brian will share insights from his chapter, “The Unfinished Business of Evidence Building: Directions for the Next Generation.”

Register for next week’s webinar 💻: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pUA11edzS6m1vfbzAaUCTA

Here’s an excerpt from Brian’s chapter that we will explore next week:

"𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘈 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘉 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳... 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵."

Read Brian’s chapter 📖 here:https://projectevident.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Unfinished-Business-of-Evidence-Building.pdf

This comprehensive article discusses the findings of our report led by Sarah Di T***a, managing director of our OutcomesAI practice.

'As commercial interests continue to dominate the technology, the window for foundations to wield meaningful influence over how AI is deployed and developed appears to be rapidly narrowing.
“The nonprofit sector has an incredibly important voice to help shape how our society determines where we should or should not use AI in our workplaces and our school systems and our society writ large,” Di T***a emphasized. “It’s very hard to have a voice and a seat at the table if you don’t have a perspective, and the only way to gain a perspective is by using the tools.”' Read the article by Sara Herschander (below). https://projectevident.org/news/project-evident-publishes-the-funding-the-future-grantmakers-strategies-in-ai-investment-report/

Even Tech-Savvy Foundations Are Uncertain How to Fund AI A new study finds just 36 percent of major foundations feel confident assessing the technical feasibility of AI proposals, raising concerns about philanthropy’s response to a rapidly evolving landscape.

Our Managing Director of OutcomesAI, Sarah Di T***a, is headed to Austin, TX next week for SXSW EDU 2025! She looks forward to attending sessions from the Future of Tech Track, including “The AI Sandbox: Building Your Own Future of Learning” and “AI & Edu: Sharing Real Classroom Successes & Challenges.”

Sarah will also participate in an EDSAFE AI Alliance interview and is excited to connect with leaders advancing and initiatives in education. 🎒📚✨