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Building Career Pathways for Young People - Project Evident Our new report takes stock of what we know — and what we don’t — about building effective, equitable career pathways for youth under 25.

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Building Career Pathways for Young People: Tools and Resources, via @projectevident.bsky.social

Project Evident Named Recipient of Google.org’s AI Opportunity Fund - Project Evident The new funding from Google.org advances Project Evident’s efforts to provide technical assistance to community-based nonprofits in AI adoption and implementation.

Check out our latest blog to learn more about our collaboration with Google.org! ✨ Together with our local community foundation partners, we're helping nonprofits become #AI champions through free training, workshops, & coaching.

Our "Discovery Day" program is just the start of ongoing support...🚀

🎉 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁!

Building Career Pathways for Young People - Project Evident Our new report takes stock of what we know — and what we don’t — about building effective, equitable career pathways for youth under 25.

🚀 Our latest report, "Building Career Pathways for Young People," examines if we are truly investing in the proper evidence to help CTE, work-based learning, and non-degree credential programs succeed at scale.

📄: projectevident.org/resource/bui...

#EconomicMobility #YouthPathways #Evidence

Bridging the Gaps in Evidence for Career Pathways  - Project Evident Career pathways — structured sequences of education, training, and support services that help young people prepare for and succeed in the workforce — are gaining traction nationwide. Whether it’s high...

Our newly launched 📄 report, “Building Career Pathways for Young People: An Assessment of Evidence and Opportunities,” maps the evidence gaps – and opportunities – in building effective, equitable career pathways for youths under 25.

Download the full report ⬇️ #Evidence #YouthOutcomes

Just Released: The EDSAFE AI Alliance announced their latest white paper, "Opportunity at Scale: Public Infrastructures for AI in Education." Project Evident agrees: Now is the time for bold action in #AI for education.

Explore the full report 📄: www.edsafeai.org/opportunitya...

Nonprofits get $10 million grant from Google to expand AI The search engine's philanthropic arm is funding organizations that train others in AI.

A @mashableofficial.bsky.social exclusive outlines how Google.org, will support Project Evident and Tech:NYC Foundation’s Decoded Futures project through its #AIOpportunityFund – an initiative-wide investment in nonprofit AI integration.

Read the full article 📄: mashable.com/article/goog...

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 #AI at no cost.

Founder & CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons on the collaboration:

The newest recipients of Google.org’s AI Opportunity Fund Google.org has announced which organizations will receive the final $10 million in funding from its $75 million AI Opportunity Fund to provide American nonprofits with A…

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

Check out Google’s blog 📃about its announcement here: blog.google/outreach-ini...

Join Project Evident and partners nationwide to celebrate National AI Literacy Day! #AILiteracyDay

📢 Head to www.ailiteracyday.org 💡 to learn about the technology shaping our world, supporting more meaningful outcomes inside and outside the classroom.

📢 Webinar Opportunity: "Using Data to Strengthen Communities and Learning."

🗓️: Thursday, April 10th
⏰: 2 pm ET/11 am PT
📍: Zoom

The registration link and more information about the webinar 🖥️ can be found here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#NextGenEvidence #AuthorSeries

📗 Join us on Wed., April 2, at 1 pm ET/10 am PT for "NextGen Now: Building a Culture of Evidence to Transform Government," featuring two authors from our book.

The registration link and more information about the webinar 🖥️ can be found here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#NextGenEvidence

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 landscap...

As #AI rapidly transforms society, a new report by Project Evident finds foundations struggling to keep pace. "Just because you don't use it doesn't mean you won't be on the front lines of the cleanup." phlnthrp.com/3Fv3WpK

Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment - Project Evident Project Evident’s new report, Funding the Future: Grantmakers Strategies in AI Investment, looks at how philanthropic funders are approaching requests to fund the use of AI. Made possible by Schmidt S...

How are funders approaching AI for social impact? Fast Forward contributed to @projectevident.bsky.social's new report on AI grantmaking.

The big question: How do we balance innovation w/ responsibility? Find out here: projectevident.org/resource/fun...
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We want to extend a big thank you to @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, Google.org, and @schusterman.org who provided support for this critical work, and to all of our research participants for your partnership and insights.

#FundingTheFuture #InvestmentInAI #GrantmakerStrategies

Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment - Project Evident Project Evident’s new report, Funding the Future: Grantmakers Strategies in AI Investment, looks at how philanthropic funders are approaching requests to fund the use of AI. Made possible by Schmidt S...

Project Evident is proud to announce the launch of our OutcomesAI team's newly published report, "Funding the Future: Grantmaker Strategies in AI Investment," examining the current state of funders' approach to grantmaking for #AI implementation among #nonprofits.

Access the full report ⬇️

Today, at #ImpactFlorida 2025, Shannon Ranta and Matt Hillard's session will cover use cases for #AI and #PredictiveAnalytics in the educational context and how applying these foundational tools can lead to stronger student outcomes. 🎒📚✨ We hope to see you there!

Our Managing Director of OutcomesAI, Sarah Di Troia, is headed to Austin, TX 🤠 next week to attend #SXSWEDU 2025! She looks forward to connecting with leaders advancing #AI initiatives in education. 🎒📚✨ | @sxswedu.com

Project Evident's Shannon Ranta & Matt Hillard will be leading a session at #ImpactFlorida 2025 💡🚀 next week!

Attendees, if you can't make it to the session, we'd still love to say hello 👋 and introduce you to our organization's work.

#FloridaSchoolDistricts #AIEnhancedLearning

Managing Director of OutcomesAI, Sarah Di Troia, was a member of the “AI in Philanthropy” panel at the #YalePhilanthropyConference.

The group discussed the importance of philanthropy in funding #AI and how it would allow NPOs to benefit from improved outcomes & efficiency the technology enables.

Some highlights include:
🔸 A special Practitioner Conversation with Education Agency Practice Advisory Board Member Karyn Lynch!
🔸 Applied Improvisation for Communication and Collaboration with Comedy Sportz.
🔸 PE TedTalks to catch up on the innovative and impact-driven work across departments.

📍 "The Gang Goes to the City of Brotherly Love"

The Project Evident team spent the past few days on an all-staff retreat in a very energized Philadelphia 🦅, taking time to bond, align on our strategic priorities for the year, and celebrate the evolution of our organization.

"𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘚𝘚𝘌𝘙 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 – 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵."

His presentation, "Beyond the Numbers: Your Budget as a Tool for Communication," captivated attendees as he shared real-world strategies for leveraging your budget to communicate priorities, build stakeholder support, and
advocate for more resources.

#StudentOutcomes #Budgeting

We want to extend our gratitude to Bill Hite, CEO of KnowledgeWorks and former Superintendent of the School Districts of Philadelphia and Prince George's County, for joining us at the #ReimaginingResourceAllocation workshop! 👏

Attendees walked away from Shannon's sessions with practical next steps to master curriculum adoption cycles, helped districts uncover the root causes of their challenges, and learned how to analyze their district's data to let student outcomes drive improvement efforts. ⭐

Shannon Ranta led three engaging sessions at our inaugural #ReimaginingResourceAllocation workshop:

🔸 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀
🔸 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
🔸 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀

Attendees walked away with practical wisdom from three seasoned education leaders yesterday during "Connecting Costs to Outcomes: District Success Stories in Strategic Allocation" with panelists Dr. Charlie Keenan, Dr. Mark Bedell, and Aaron Bouie III.

#ReimaginingResourceAllocation #ProjectEvident

Day 2️⃣ of the #ReimaginingResourceAllocation Workshop is underway!