2025 Community Catalyst Program Partners

In 2025, aiEDU partnered with 21 organizations to catalyze AI readiness across the country.

By the numbers:

  • 3,045 Educators Reached

  • 164,165 Students Reached

  • 21 subgrants to organizations across the country

  • 10 states represented (CA, HI, IN, KY, MN, MT, OK, TX, WA, WI)

aiEDU is proud to partner with organizations across the U.S. — from rural Kentucky to Hawaii — to build AI Readiness.

Here’s a summary of the Fall 2025 grantees and how they’re investing in their communities’ ability to navigate a future where AI is everywhere.

  • Capital Region ESD 113 (WA): Serving five rural counties and one Tribal Compact School, ESD 113 will deliver targeted professional learning, community feedback integration, and district-level AI policy development to support AI Readiness across the region.

  • CAST, Inc. (MT): Partnering with Boys and Girls Clubs in Montana, CAST will deliver statewide educator workshops, launch a virtual professional learning community, and co-create an "AI Playbook" to guide inclusive afterschool instruction.

  • Central Indiana Educational Service Center (IN): This initiative will support rural district leaders and educators with strategic coaching and sustained implementation of AI integration plans using CIESC's District AI Strategic Planning Framework.

  • CESA 4 (WI): The LIFToFFS initiative blends AI with social-emotional learning and inquiry-based instruction to develop future-ready classrooms and equip rural educators and students with the tools to thrive in an AI-powered society.

  • East Central ESC of Indiana (IN): Will lead regional convenings and help guide AI policy and planning support for rural districts in Indiana.

  • IndigiGenius (Makah & Lakota): A Native-led nonprofit advancing Indigenous sovereignty in AI education, IndigiGenius will co-design AI literacy strategies that are community-informed and culturally grounded.

  • Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KY): Serving 80 rural and Appalachian districts, KEDC will provide hands-on AI training, peer networks, and educator-led implementation strategies to boost workforce readiness.

  • Krause Center for Innovation (CA): Combining asynchronous AI courses with live professional learning, this program will serve educators across California through deep learning and community engagement focused on local AI literacy needs.

  • Mendocino County Office of Education (CA): This pilot will create a Community of Practice to co-develop ethical and equitable AI integration tools for rural educators across Mendocino County.

  • NCW Tech Alliance (WA): Through summits, a skills challenge, and an "AI in Action" series, this initiative will train educators and students from five rural counties in North Central Washington.

  • Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe (WA): Hosting intergenerational workshops and hands-on AI events, this project will center Native family literacy and local applications of AI for cultural and educational empowerment.

  • Red Wing Public Schools (MN): Red Wing educators will lead AI integration efforts that combine foundational training with culturally relevant lesson design.

  • Montana Afterschool Alliance & School Services of Montana (MT): This statewide initiative will foster AI literacy across Montana's rural and Indigenous communities through local convenings and professional learning sessions.

  • The Rural Alliance (WA): Focused on superintendent leadership, this project will equip rural districts with policy tools and training to scale responsible and equitable AI adoption.

  • West Sound STEM Network (WA): Four regional STEM networks will partner to expand AI education through professional development, community engagement, and cross-regional collaboration.

  • Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA, OK): The "AI Sovereignty" initiative will build intertribal PLCs and co-create a Tribal AI Readiness Playbook to support sovereign, culturally aligned curriculum development.

  • Ulu Lāhui Foundation (HI): ULF will co-create AI curricula with Native Hawaiian educators, offering professional development in both English and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and expanding culturally grounded AI education statewide.

  • YouCubed at Stanford University (CA): Partnering with the Yukon Koyukuk School District, this initiative will integrate community-based data science and ecological inquiry into AI Readiness learning experiences for rural and Indigenous students.