AI Reports · Stanford HAI · 2026-10-05 · Report / white paper
Beyond Pilots and PR: What Makes AI-for-Good Partnerships Work | Stanford HAI
This paper examines how nonprofits and frontier AI labs partner to deploy AI for social good, and offers recommendations for structuring these partnerships and their funding for greater impact. Based on interviews with 36 individuals across 24 organizations and four case studies, it finds that nonprofits mainly seek technical expertise, insight into how AI can advance their missions, and financial resources. AI labs seek to demonstrate social impact, learn from real-world deployment in low-resource settings, and drive scaled adoption of their technologies.