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Data and Society
“Data science and AI-based tools, deployed with purpose and social conscience, could improve nearly every part of the human experience. Enabling civil society to access technologies will unlock transformational approaches...
Karen Kelley Gill
Karen serves as the Vice President of Operations at the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. With more than thirty years of experience in the non-profit and philanthropic arena, Karen’s primary expertise...
The Hidden Genius Project: leading incubator of young Black male entrepreneurs and technologists
In 2012, five entrepreneurs, all African American men, wanted to create a program for young Black men that would open the doors to technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership. They launched The...
Chronicle of Philanthropy op-ed: Philanthropy needs to prepare for AI
Artificial intelligence presents itself in both grand and mundane ways. It accelerates the scientific process, leading most recently to the development of Covid-19 vaccines at record speed. It runs self-driving...
Op-ed: To build it back better, nonprofits must become data guardians
Data use and ownership is concentrated in a few tightly held hands. Those few hands make decisions about how the data of billions of individuals is used, re-used and shared....
Foundation partners on POLITICOLIVE AI Summit
The European Commission will soon introduce legislation to govern the use of AI, acting on its aim to draw up rules for the technology sector over the next five years...
Boston Globe: Foundation mergers with Silicon Valley nonprofit to bring tech to philanthropy sector
Plenty of companies are using artificial intelligence and data science to solve problems more efficiently. Now, a Boston foundation has plans to bring those capabilities to nonprofits. The Patrick J....