Reshaping education for the AI era will take teamwork

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The Atlassian Foundation is deploying US$8 million over the next two years to help learners from under-resourced communities thrive in the AI era. If you’re driving collective action in this space, we want to hear from you.

About this open call

• Open to: Registered nonprofits globally.
• Focus: Collective action to improve education for disadvantaged learners in the AI era.
• Funding: Applicants can request up to US$1 million over two years.
• Applications close: 30 October 2026 (11:59 pm AEDT).
• Apply now

The Atlassian Foundation’s call for proposals is open now until 30 October 2026 (11:59 pm AEDT).

We’re seeking partnerships with nonprofits that are teaming up at every level to evolve education in the AI era.

Together, we want to shape a future where emerging technology closes gaps for learners the current system leaves behind.

Each partnership will be eligible for up to US$1 million in funding over two years, in addition to a learning cohort and non-financial support including Atlassian tools and expertise.

This is our moment to reshape education

UNESCO estimates that 57% of children worldwide (nearly one billion) are failing to acquire basic literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills. In fact, student performance in reading and mathematics has fallen to the lowest average ever recorded by the OECD.

AI brings the potential for seismic change. Done well, AI can expand access to high-quality learning, strengthen teacher capacity, and accelerate pathways to economic opportunity. Done poorly, it will deepen inequities for learners already furthest from opportunity.

The choices we make now will echo for generations. Incremental improvements to existing education systems won’t be enough – this moment demands genuine transformation.

A better world, built with better teamwork

A challenge this complex is impossible for any single organisation to solve alone. It’s going to take collaboration between schools, nonprofits, NGOs, government, the private sector and communities. That’s why we’re backing collective action: multiple players working together through shared goals, delivery and learning.

Atlassian is uniquely positioned to power this work. Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team. We’ve spent 20+ years learning what makes teams work well together and we’re bringing that expertise – plus funding, tools and support – to help collective action initiatives go further, faster.

We believe a better world is built with better teamwork, and collective action is teamwork at its most ambitious.

Meet our first partners

This open call builds on partnerships we’ve already established with:

CareerVillage

Initiative: AI for Career Development Coalition (US)

Bringing together more than 195 organisations across education, workforce, research and philanthropy to build AI career coaching for under-served youth – ensuring AI tools are safe, ethical and accessible.

Mantra4Change

Initiative: Collective for Future Readiness (India)

Aligning government, schools, communities and technical partners across two Indian states to deliver AI literacy and future-ready skills to adolescents in government schools.

Teach For All

Initiative: Teachers as Co-Architects of AI (Global)

Mobilising a global network of educators from under-resourced schools to shape how AI is used in classrooms – and sharing what they learn across Teach For All’s 63-country network.

We look forward to adding more partners to this cohort to share what’s working to evolve education in the AI era, with each other and the wider sector.

Apply now

This call is open globally to registered nonprofits. We’re inviting applications from initiatives that meet all three of these criteria:

Direct relief of disadvantage

• Work that directly relieves poverty or disadvantage for a clearly identified beneficiary group.

Collective action

• Multiple players working together – through shared goals, delivery & learning – to solve systemic challenges no single organisation can tackle alone.
• Learn more about how we define collective action.

Evolving education in the AI era

• Initiatives helping education evolve so emerging technology closes gaps for disadvantaged learners.
• This call is not about AI for AI’s sake. It is about how the education sector, at all levels, responds to this seismic technological shift.
• Where AI is used, its use is deliberate, appropriate and accompanied by consideration of risks and safeguards. Where AI is not used, the rationale for that choice is equally well considered.

If this is a good fit for the work you’re doing, we’d love to hear from you.

Atlassian Foundation – Our impact at a glance

$99 million+

US dollars donated

339,000+

employee hours volunteered

10,000+

nonprofits & social enterprises are using free or discounted Atlassian apps

20,000+

organisations have joined the Pledge 1% movement we co-founded

Frequently asked questions

More details are available in our Application Guide.

Each partnership will include funding (up to US$1 million over two years), a learning cohort for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange, and non-financial support (including Atlassian tools & expertise).

Please see our eligibility checklist or attend one of our webinars.

Here is a step-by-step guide for how to submit your application using the Goodstack Causes Portal.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 31 March 2027 AEDT.

About This Article

Jenna Stauffer

Director of Global Philanthropy, Atlassian Foundation

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