Zoom Cares announced on 22 September that it had distributed $2.75 million in new grants to seven organisations. The company groups the awards under education, workforce development and nonprofit AI readiness and innovation.

NetHope grant targets 200 nonprofits

NetHope will receive $500,000 for a two-year AI Accelerator intended to help around 200 nonprofits assess readiness, learn in cohorts, exchange practices and build adoption roadmaps. The programme is aimed at small and medium organisations working in humanitarian response, conservation and development.

Targets are not outcomes

The package also includes grants for refugee career support, coding skills and education initiatives. Most reach figures describe planned activity. They come from the funder and recipients and have not yet been independently evaluated.

What funders should watch

Useful follow-up evidence would include participation and completion rates, the quality of governance roadmaps, adoption of data and risk controls, staff time required and what happens after grant-funded coaching ends.