\$500 million, 5-year philanthropic initiative launched August 14, 2025 to build a people-centered future for AI. Jointly led by Omidyar Network and MacArthur Foundation. Founding members include Doris Duke Foundation, Ford Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Kapor Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Siegel Family Endowment, and David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Five focus areas: democracy, education, humanities and culture, labor and economy, and security. Aligned grantmaking began fall 2025; pooled fund grants planned for 2026. The largest coordinated philanthropic initiative focused on AI and society.
AI-Driven Trust DeclineRiskAI-Driven Trust DeclineUS government trust declined from 73% (1958) to 17% (2025), with AI deepfakes projected to reach 8M by 2025 accelerating erosion through the 'liar's dividend' effect—where synthetic content possibi...Quality: 55/100AI DisinformationRiskAI DisinformationPost-2024 analysis shows AI disinformation had limited immediate electoral impact (cheap fakes used 7x more than AI content), but creates concerning long-term epistemic erosion with 82% higher beli...Quality: 54/100Epistemic CollapseRiskEpistemic CollapseEpistemic collapse describes the complete erosion of society's ability to establish factual consensus when AI-generated synthetic content overwhelms verification capacity. Current AI detectors achi...Quality: 49/100
Organizations
Astralis FoundationOrganizationAstralis FoundationAstralis Foundation is a Swedish philanthropic organization focused on AI safety and governance.Quality: 30/100Brennan Center for JusticeOrganizationBrennan Center for JusticeNonpartisan law and policy institute at NYU School of Law, founded in 1995. Revenue approximately $58 million (FY 2023-2024) with 180+ staff (attorneys, scholars, communications professionals). Led...Democracy ForwardOrganizationDemocracy ForwardLegal nonprofit founded in 2017 that uses the courts to challenge government actions that undermine democratic principles. Led by Skye L. Perryman (President and CEO). Launched an appellate litigat...Protect DemocracyOrganizationProtect DemocracyCross-partisan nonprofit founded in early 2017 to prevent American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. Led by Ian Bassin (Co-founder and Executive Director). 100+...
Concepts
EA Shareholder Diversification from AnthropicConceptEA Shareholder Diversification from AnthropicThe EA ecosystem faces extreme portfolio concentration risk with $27-76B in risk-adjusted capital at the $380B Series G — scaling to $42-119B at March 2026 secondary market pricing (~$595B implied)...Quality: 60/100