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Young people First
AI skills from sixth grade, then trades, internships and first jobs.
Mission
To give every person, starting with every young person, a real shot at the AI economy: from a first AI lesson to a first paycheck.
When we say the AI economy, we mean the jobs and businesses AI is changing.
Our vision
A future that works for everyone, even people who never saw the change coming.
Our path
Learn to use AI, build what it can't, and earn a good living in the new economy.
Our motto
Lift the Generation. When young people move up, their families and hometowns move up with them.
Why we're called The Future That Works
The future is coming either way.
AI is already changing how people learn, work and earn.
We want it to work for everyone, starting with the kids who have the most years ahead of them.
Who we serve
Kids first. Never only kids.
We start with young people because AI is making the first job, where every career begins, harder to get.1 No kid gets there alone, so the people around them take part too.
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Families
Parents learn alongside their kids, so the whole household is ready.
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Workers
Career changers get a way into the trades and the new jobs AI creates.
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Hometown businesses
Local shops get AI tools and training, so the benefits reach small towns too.
What we believe
Six promises we keep.
Start from hope
AI helps beginners most,2 so it can narrow the gaps between people. Work is going to change, and we help people get ready.
Honest numbers
We show our sources. The Dallas Fed finds the overall effect on jobs is still small, so we talk only about what the numbers show: the first step into work is getting harder.3
Measured by paychecks
We count jobs landed, wages earned and businesses helped.
Open to all
We reach out to people whose talent often goes unnoticed, including girls and women.
Partner first
Schools, colleges, unions, employers and community groups already do great work. We link it into one path.
Nonpartisan
Kids, jobs and the future matter to everyone, whatever their politics.
Here and everywhere
Countries around the world are
getting their kids ready.
UAE
AI is a required subject in public schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.4
China
Beijing requires at least 8 hours of AI lessons a year from age six.5
Worldwide
UNICEF launched the Coalition for Children's Rights and Protection in the Age of Artificial Intelligence in July 2026.6
We work first at home in the United States, and with partners around the world who want the same bridge from classroom to paycheck.
Accountability
How we're run.
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A Texas nonprofit
The Future That Works Foundation is a Texas nonprofit corporation, founded in 2026. Our federal 501(c)(3) status is in progress, so gifts aren't tax-deductible yet.
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Money follows results
We put gifts into the programs that get people hired, and move money away from what isn't working.
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Independent pay decisions
Salaries are approved in advance by people with no family or financial ties to our founder, checked against similar nonprofits, and written down.
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A report every year
Within four months after each year ends, donors get a report: people trained, certifications, jobs, wages and businesses helped.
Who's behind it
Michael GriswoldFounder
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Write to him at hello@futurethatworks.org, or meet the board.
Our charitable purpose
To prepare people, starting with young people, in the United States and around the world for the age of artificial intelligence through education, skills training, workforce development, small business development and community development.
Help build a future that works.
Every gift moves a young person closer to a good job.