Funding Round: MacArthur Foundation - Humanity AI Grant (AI Now Institute)
The source confirms the $2 million amount and the recipient (AI Now Institute) as part of the MacArthur Foundation's Humanity AI initiative. However, the date in the record is listed as '2025-10' (October 2025), while the source document is dated 'February 12, 2026'. This is a temporal mismatch. The source shows the announcement was made in February 2026, not October 2025. Additionally, the record names this as 'MacArthur Foundation - Humanity AI Grant' which is accurate but somewhat simplified—the source describes it as part of '$10 million in aligned grantmaking' supporting the broader Humanity AI initiative. The amount and recipient are confirmed, but the date is incorrect.
Our claim
entire record- Company
- AI Now Institute
- Company
- AI Now Institute
- Name
- MacArthur Foundation - Humanity AI Grant
- Date
- October 2025
- Raised
- 2000000
- Raised Low
- 2000000
- Raised High
- 2000000
- Instrument
- grant
- Lead Investor
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Notes
- Grant to help scale the organization's work on national security and AI as part of MacArthur's $10 million in initial aligned grantmaking for the Humanity AI initiative, a $500 million five-year coalition effort.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source confirms the $2 million amount and the recipient (AI Now Institute) as part of the MacArthur Foundation's Humanity AI initiative. However, the date in the record is listed as '2025-10' (October 2025), while the source document is dated 'February 12, 2026'. This is a temporal mismatch. The source shows the announcement was made in February 2026, not October 2025. Additionally, the record names this as 'MacArthur Foundation - Humanity AI Grant' which is accurate but somewhat simplified—the source describes it as part of '$10 million in aligned grantmaking' supporting the broader Humanity AI initiative. The amount and recipient are confirmed, but the date is incorrect.