Atlassian Foundation Collective Action Open Call
Atlassian Foundation
The Atlassian Foundation is deploying US$8 million over two years through its first open call under a new collective action strategy, backing coalitions that are working to improve education for disadvantaged learners in the AI era. The foundation is explicit that this is not about AI for its own sake: it wants initiatives that help the education sector respond to AI so that technology closes gaps for disadvantaged learners rather than widening them, and that can include deliberate, reasoned choices not to use AI. Each partnership gets funding, a place in a peer learning cohort, and optional free access to Atlassian's teamwork tools and support.
What they're looking for
Applications must meet all three criteria:
- Direct relief of disadvantage: Work that directly relieves poverty or disadvantage for a clearly identified beneficiary group, not the general public.
- Collective action: Multiple players working together through shared goals, delivery and learning.
- Evolving education in the AI era: Helping education at any level adapt so emerging technology closes gaps for disadvantaged learners.
Key facts
- Deadline: Open now, closes Oct 30, 2026 at 11:59 pm AEDT
- Amount / value: Up to US$1M per partnership over two years, capped at 25% of the lead organization's operating budget for the same period (US$8M total pool)
- Learning cohort: Funded partners join a peer cohort; budgets should cover travel for at least one person to the United States or Australia in 2027/2028
- Geography: Global
- Focus: Education & workforce
- Eligibility: Open globally to registered nonprofits applying as the lead of a collective action initiative; other partners in the collective can be from any sector. Applicants from countries under international sanctions are not eligible. Check the foundation's eligibility checklist first: any "no" fails the eligibility stage.
- Timeline: Shortlist dialogue Dec 2026–Jan 2027; applicants notified by Mar 31, 2027; funded work begins May or June 2027
- Also offered: Separately from the open call, Atlassian gives its core apps (Jira, Confluence, Loom, Rovo) free to nonprofits under 25 seats, with 75–85% off for larger teams
- Last verified: Oct 1, 2026
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