Industry change
Rockefeller and OpenAI Foundations launch $50M city AI program
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- Rockefeller Foundation Newsroom
Summary
The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation launched Cities Deliver, a $50 million initiative supporting nonprofit and civil society organizations that help city governments apply frontier AI to public services. Grants of $500,000 to $2 million will target public health, economic mobility, environmental resilience, and civic engagement, aiming to reach up to 100 million city residents. Applications run October 14 to November 29, 2026, with no requirement to use OpenAI technology.
Why it matters for our work
High costs and data-protection uncertainty have slowed public-sector AI adoption; this program bundles funding and shared learning to lower those barriers. For public service teams, it opens a new funding path for AI projects that previously lacked budget.
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