Help Build Louisville's AI Future

Founding partners provide one-time support for the capacity behind LAIC's work: the people, systems, and organizational foundation that make everything else possible. This is a different decision than sponsoring a program or joining as a member.

Why founding support matters now

LAIC exists to help Louisville navigate AI through community listening, practical intelligence, and cross-sector connection across workforce, education, healthcare, technology, manufacturing and industry, and civic life. The work is community-facing and free to access. Building the capacity to do it well is not.

Founding partners help establish the organizational infrastructure that makes LAIC's programs sustainable: the staffing capacity to facilitate and synthesize community conversations, the systems to manage information and publish it reliably, and the operational foundation that lets LAIC show up consistently for this community over time.

There is a limited window to be part of building this from the ground up. Founding recognition is permanent. The opportunity to shape what gets built is not.

What founding support builds

Staffing capacity

Facilitation, program coordination, and the people needed to run community listening and convening work consistently.

Information systems

The tools and processes to collect, organize, analyze, and publish community intelligence reliably.

Program preparation

Research, design, and groundwork for LAIC's first listening sessions, Intelligence Briefs, and State of AI Report.

Organizational operations

Governance, legal, financial, and administrative infrastructure for a sustainable nonprofit.

Founding partnership options

Founding Capital Partner

8–10 opportunities

$25,000–$50,000

One-time founding contribution · Amount and supported priorities agreed before commitment

What your support makes possible

Help establish the foundation for LAIC's community engagement, practical intelligence, and cross-sector convening work. Your contribution supports an agreed portion of LAIC's launch plan, which may include staffing capacity, operating systems, program preparation, and initial delivery.

Recognition and relationship

Permanent acknowledgment as a Founding Capital Partner in LAIC's website founders section
Recognition in founding announcements and launch communications issued after the partnership is confirmed, with your permission
An annual progress briefing during the three-year founding-partner period
An annual summary of progress against the agreed launch milestones
Invitations to founding-partner gatherings held during that period
Opportunities for relevant cross-sector introductions, subject to mutual interest

Membership included

Three years of Corporate organizational membership, including unlimited staff seats and all Corporate member benefits. After the included term, membership may be renewed at the applicable rate.

The contribution amount and supported launch priorities are agreed before commitment. Founding recognition does not confer governance authority, editorial control, or influence over LAIC's findings or positions.

Founding Anchor Partner

Up to 3 opportunities

$250,000+

One-time founding commitment · Agreed budget, funding period, milestones, and reporting schedule

What your support makes possible

Provide catalytic support for LAIC's launch and the organizational capacity needed to carry out its work. Each anchor commitment supports a documented plan with an agreed budget, funding period, milestones, and reporting schedule.

Recognition and relationship

Prominent, permanent acknowledgment as a Founding Anchor Partner in LAIC's website founders section
Distinct recognition in founding announcements and major launch communications issued after the partnership is confirmed, with your permission
Semiannual progress conversations during the agreed funded period
An annual briefing for the partner's leadership during that period
One annual employee-facing briefing on LAIC's published work during the three-year included membership term
A tailored annual summary of supported activities and progress
Opportunities to discuss separately defined, mission-aligned initiatives or naming arrangements, subject to LAIC review and a separate agreement

Membership included

Three years of Corporate organizational membership, including unlimited staff seats and all Corporate member benefits. After the included term, membership may be renewed at the applicable rate.

Anchor support does not confer governance authority, preferential research findings, or control over LAIC's agenda. Any additional initiative, naming arrangement, or research partnership requires separate review and agreement.

Founding partners support the capacity to do the work, not its direction. LAIC retains independent control over research, editorial decisions, participant selection, facilitation, and public positions. Founding recognition is permanent. Membership and other ongoing benefits have defined terms.

Let's talk about what you want to help build.

Founding partnerships are structured through a conversation about the work you want to support, the appropriate funding scope, and a clearly defined agreement. Reach out to begin that conversation.

Start the Conversation

Questions? Email louisvilleaicenter@gmail.com