AI NEXT — AI literacy in schools
AI fundamentals taught in Italian schools, reaching 1,000+ students. Donations expand the programme to additional schools and partner countries.
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Help build ethical, accountable AI practice
AIPIA is independent and non-profit. Membership fees cover core operations; donations fund the work that makes the association more than a professional body — AI literacy in schools, scholarships for emerging practitioners, and open-access policy guidance.
Why donations matter
What donations make possible
AIPIA is structured as a non-profit professional association under Italian Law 4/2013. The legal form prevents profit distribution and constrains any surplus to be reinvested in the association's mission. Membership fees cover the core operating budget — secretariat, governance, statutory obligations — but the work that extends AIPIA's reach beyond its membership depends on donations.
AI NEXT — the AI literacy programme reaching Italian secondary schools — is the clearest example. Schools cannot pay for the programme; AIPIA delivers it without charge. Donations cover trainer time, materials, and the technical infrastructure that lets students experiment safely with AI tools. The same applies to training scholarships for practitioners outside AIPIA's natural membership pool and to the open-access guidance documents we publish.
Donations are also a signal of independence. Distributed support across many small and medium donors reinforces AIPIA's ability to take principled positions on AI policy without being captured by any single interest.
Programmes
What your donation funds
Training scholarships
Full or partial scholarships covering AIPIA training and European Digital Credentials for practitioners who could not otherwise access them — early-career engineers, public-sector staff, professionals in transition.
Open-access guidance
AI Act guides, working-group output, and Code of Ethics documents are published openly. Donations fund the editorial, legal-review, and translation work behind them.
Ethics working groups
Independent peer-reviewed work on ethical questions arising in AI deployment — sectoral, technical, and policy-level. Output feeds into AIPIA Code of Ethics and external publications.
Transparency
How AIPIA accounts for donations
AIPIA treats donor trust as a core institutional asset. Reporting is short, honest, and public.
Audited finances
AIPIA is a non-profit under Italian Law 4/2013. Annual financial statements are reviewed and made available to members. Donations are tracked and reported by programme.
No equity, no commercial steering
AIPIA has no shareholders. Donations cannot purchase preferential treatment, content placement, or policy alignment. Member positions remain independent.
Programme accountability
Donors are informed annually about how contributions were allocated and what programmes achieved. Reports are short, honest, and published openly.
Make a donation
Donation processing is handled on the AIPIA main platform. Bank transfers and recurring contributions are also supported on request through the secretariat.