Micron: Goodie Winner (2026 Moonshot Award)

The Moonshot Award 
 

🏆 For boldness and creativity

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Micron paired AI scoring with local human governance committees to reimagine how grantmaking works. Every nomination is evaluated against the same outcomes-based criteria, with full transparency in each decision. AI handles consistency, and people handle context. In the first cycle, 393 nominations were reviewed across 16 global sites, 22,000 administrative hours were freed and 177 employees participated in decision-making. A third of finalist organizations were groups Micron had never partnered with before, and $2.5 million was deployed, reflecting a new model for grantmaking that stays human at the core while scaling efficiently.