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The Q-Lab will build the research, tools, and field infrastructure needed to make better questioning a rigorous discipline and practical skill Siegel Family Endowment announced […]
Last week, as global leaders, policymakers, and civil society organizations convened in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the question of how to […]
As MIT’s new Innovation Fellow, Siegel Family Endowment Chairman David Siegel is stepping into a hands-on role at the Schwarzman College of Computing to help […]
As generative AI reshapes how information is shared, how do we keep the internet open while honoring the creators who sustain it? In a new interview, Creative Commons CEO Anna Tumadóttir explores how modernizing the quiet infrastructure behind the digital commons can help us safeguard trust and reciprocity for the future.
As AI becomes more deeply woven into our schools, workplaces, communities, and infrastructure, we are seeing a new intensity of feeling and public attention around technology. Joshua Elder reflects on what this moment makes possible for philanthropy, and why the growing care and concern around technology is an opening to ask better questions, bring more voices into the conversation, and help shape what comes next.
Siegel Chairman leverages his early front-row seat to the Open Source movement to make the case that today’s closed AI ecosystem is a dangerous step backward. Just as open software became the load-bearing foundation of the modern internet, AI must remain transparent and community-driven if we want to fuel progress.
Rural communities are increasingly shaping the future of America’s energy, food, workforce, and digital infrastructure, yet they remain overlooked in many philanthropic strategies. As technology and investment transform these regions, philanthropy has an opportunity to move beyond outdated narratives and recognize rural communities as essential partners in building more resilient futures.
NEW YORK, May 14, 2026 – Siegel Family Endowment, a foundation dedicated to shaping the impact of technology on society, today announced $14 million in grants to organizations […]
For too long, the story of artificial intelligence has been told by those building and profiting from it. The narrative goes something like this: AI […]
This whitepaper is a codification of a decade of learning. Not as a definitive model, but as one approach that has been useful for us in practice. It includes what we’ve found to work well, where we’ve struggled, and the kinds of tools and structures we’ve used to support an inquiry-driven orientation in grantmaking.
We sat down with Connect Humanity to learn more about how community-focused internet service providers function; the importance of the U.S. Treasury’s grant to help Connect Humanity become certified as a CDFI; how Connect Humanity’s model has shifted in response to the current funding environment; what the organization is learning about the ripple effect of internet connectivity; the enormous economic growth unleashed by affordable and reliable internet; the role of philanthropy in catalyzing change and piloting new initiatives; and the urgency of finding alternative and sustainable funding sources that spread the costs across an ecosystem of beneficiaries.