Organization Overviews

American Security Foundation 501(c)(3)

American Security Foundation (ASFoundation) is dedicated to fostering innovation and security through research, sponsoring scholarship, and creating public awareness initiatives. This includes:

• Providing objective, evidence-based insights into emerging technological threats and opportunities
• Offering educational programs and resources to inform policymakers, industry leaders, and the public about the critical importance of technology in national security
• Raising awareness about the ethical implications and potential impacts of new technologies on society

American Security Fund 501(c)(4)

American Security Fund (ASFund) works to confront emerging threats to our national security and to protect America’s technological leadership. ASF collaborates with elected officials, industry leaders, and security experts to achieve three key goals:

• Accelerating American innovation by promoting policies and initiatives that drive safe and secure technological advancement
• Protecting critical technology infrastructure by safeguarding against threats to American national security from artificial intelligence, quantum computing, software and hardware systems, and advanced medical research
• Advocating for ethical, human-centric development and use of these technologies to benefit society while mitigating risks

American Security Foundation Priorities

ASFoundation has several funding priorities for the remainder of the year, including general operations, the AI safety communications hub, our open-source media campaign, and our push to expand AI scholarship. Each of these projects is detailed below and includes a goal budget. Combined, the needed funding for the below efforts is $6,450,000 over three years. What’s missing from this is the scalable nature of additional research and scholarly partnerships, which could add tremendous value in the near to medium term.

General Operations

These funds would cover overhead for ASFoundation including staffing, conferences, research, legal expenditures, and miscellaneous charges as required.

AI Safety Communications Hub

The AI safety communications hub aims to unify and amplify diverse voices to promote responsible AI governance, elevate AI safety as a mainstream, non-partisan concern, and proactively educate the public and policymakers through strategic, coordinated communications. This hub will build a multi-stakeholder coalition, professionalize narratives, and drive AI safety as a national priority, using lessons from successful social campaigns to create cohesive and sustained educational content (more details in attachment).