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Grant SubmittedLinkedIn Future of Work Fund — $200K–$300K · Results 60–90 days ◆ Agentic AI2026: the shift from AI demos to civic deployment — DJMP is already there ◆ Fund Our WorkDJMP Institute is actively seeking funding partners for 2026–2027 ◆ Cybersecurity4M cybersecurity professionals needed — DJMP is building the pipeline ◆ AI EthicsAI literacy is becoming a human right — nonprofits must lead the response ◆ Grant SubmittedLinkedIn Future of Work Fund — $200K–$300K · Results 60–90 days ◆ Agentic AI2026: the shift from AI demos to civic deployment — DJMP is already there ◆ Fund Our WorkDJMP Institute is actively seeking funding partners for 2026–2027 ◆ Cybersecurity4M cybersecurity professionals needed — DJMP is building the pipeline ◆ AI EthicsAI literacy is becoming a human right — nonprofits must lead the response
Actively Seeking Funding Partners · 2026–2027

We Are Ready.
Are You?

Four years of outcomes. Zero grant revenue. The programs ran, the students came, and the results happened — before a single grant dollar arrived. We’re not asking you to believe in a vision. We’re asking you to resource a track record.

Who Built This

Elite Team.
Every Dollar Goes to Mission.

Martin Pieters
Martin Pieters
Founder · Executive Director · Full-Time · Lead AI Architect
· PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence · Leading U.S. Research University · TCAF Researcher
· 20-Year Tenured Faculty · Mathematics & Data Science · City Colleges of Chicago
AWS Machine Learning University Faculty Fellow · Tuskegee Symposium 2026
Amazon-HBCU AI/ML Educator Fellow 2025–2026
Visiting Research Scientist · Illinois Tech BME + UChicago Medical Center · AHA Grant AHA 19AIREA34450209
Northwestern MRSEC RET · AI/Deep Learning for Materials Science · Ford Motor Company · 2022
ISMRM Equal Contribution · Kawaji, Goes, Pieters et al. · IIT · UChicago · King’s College London · 2019
MSEIP Grant — $750,000 · U.S. Dept. of Education · 14 winners nationwide
Erwin Gilmore
Erwin Gilmore, Ph.D.
Board · Technology & AI Seat · AWS Principal AI/ML Specialist
· Ph.D., Electrical Engineering · Howard University (HBCU)
· Principal AI/ML Specialist · Amazon Web Services · 8 Years
Post-Graduate Diploma, ML & AI — Columbia University
Principal Information Systems Engineer — MITRE Corporation (16 years)
AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty + Security Specialty

Two HBCU-connected AI practitioners — one who built the framework, one who governs it — sitting at the same governance table building AI infrastructure for the communities those institutions were founded to serve.

Howard University · Tuskegee University · Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Full Credentials & Team →
The Direct Ask

What We Need.
Right Now.

Urgent · Summer 2026 · Launch Ready
Summer STEM Program
Six Learning Labs · 30 Students · Grades 4–12 · Bronzeville · Proposal complete
$95K
High Priority · Google.org Applied Mar 2026
PathwayAI Deployment
3 AI agents · 10 federal databases · 500K+ residents · 36 months
$1.5M
High Priority · LinkedIn Applied Mar 15
LinkedIn Future of Work Fund
AI literacy · Workforce access · Results 60–90 days
$300K
Seeking First Funder · Fortinet Partner
Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline
5 certification levels · $80K+ careers · Free to every participant
$400K

“DJMP Institute is not the most well-funded organization applying for this grant. It is the most qualified one.”

Our standard — applied to every ask · Google.org Impact Challenge Submission 2026
Invest in DJMP Institute → Call Direct · (312) 877-9668 Request the Full Funder Deck → Make a Donation →
No development staff · No gatekeepers · You reach us directly
Why DJMP

“Four years of continuous program delivery. Zero grant revenue. Founder-funded, volunteer-powered, community-trusted.”

Yale · Northwestern · U of C · NIH · CBS News · $40,000 Amazon Future Engineer scholarship — all before a single grant dollar arrived

This funding moment is not the beginning of DJMP’s work. It is the resourcing of work that has already proven itself. We are not asking you to fund a startup. We are asking you to scale a track record.

What Your Investment Funds

Four Pillars.
Every Dollar Has a Destination.

Pillar I — Youth AI & STEM Education

Building the Pipeline That Doesn’t Exist

Free, high-quality AI and STEM education for 200+ students across Chicagoland since 2021 — entirely founder-funded. Summer Academy, Saturday Academy, After-School, and the launching Summer 2026 STEM Program.

Alumni: Yale · Northwestern · U of C · IMSA · Whitney Young · Lane Tech
Research: NIH-funded AI placements at Illinois Institute of Technology
Recognition: CBS News · $40,000 Amazon Future Engineer scholarship
Competition: 4 US First Robotics teams · Honorable Mention Illinois First
Pillar II — Civic AI Infrastructure

AI Tools Built for the People Who Need Them Most

PathwayAI — three autonomous AI agents monitoring ten federal databases, connecting marginalized residents to workforce training via web, mobile, and SMS. Google.org Impact Challenge: $1.5M over 36 months.

Platform: Google Gemini · LangChain · FastAPI · Kubernetes · Twilio SMS
Data: BLS · O*NET · WIOA · CareerOneStop · USAJobs · Federal Student Aid
Partners: Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership · City Colleges of Chicago
Pillar III — Workforce & Economic Mobility

Credentialed Pathways Into Careers That Pay

One of only 863 official Fortinet Academic Partners worldwide — delivering free, industry-grade cybersecurity training to high school students and adults across Chicagoland. Five certification levels, $80K+ starting salaries.

Certifications: FCF → FCA → FCP → FCSS → FCX · Free exam vouchers
Targets: Opportunity youth · Veterans · Returning citizens · Displaced workers
Salary: $80K+ entry-level roles for certified graduates
Pillar IV — Research & Framework Development

The Knowledge That Makes Everything Fundable

The Trustworthy Civic AI Framework (TCAF) — the first empirically grounded, integrated design science framework for agentic AI in high-stakes service environments. Grant Intelligence subscription active now.

TCAF: Secure · Ethical · Equitable · Scalable — by architecture, not aspiration
Grant Intel: $9.99 one-time · $14.99/mo · Custom org — live now
Open source: Full codebase · agent framework · replication playbook
The Receipts

Four Years of Outcomes.
Zero Grant Revenue.

200+
Students Served Since 2021
Youth and adults across Chicagoland — all four programs — entirely founder-funded, zero grant revenue.
4
Active Robotics Teams
US First Robotics FTC and FLL teams competing at state level. Honorable Mention at Illinois First. Mentor: 15 years, 7 US patents.
863
Fortinet Partners Worldwide
DJMP is one of only 863 institutions globally selected as a Fortinet Academic Partner — elite cybersecurity training at zero cost.
$40K
Amazon Future Engineer
Student Justis Walker — $40,000 Amazon Future Engineer scholarship. Featured by CBS News Chicago among 13 CPS students honored nationally.
NIH
Funded Research Placements
Students placed into paid AI research at Illinois Institute of Technology — NIH Award #5R01DK135116, AI and glucose regulation, 2024–2026.
7+
Elite Colleges & High Schools
Alumni attending Yale, Northwestern, University of Chicago, IMSA, Whitney Young, Lane Tech, Walter Payton, and Jones College Prep.
How to Invest

Three Ways to Partner With Us

No development staff. No gatekeepers. You reach us directly — and we respond directly.

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Email — Preferred First Contact
Share your organization, funding focus, and the conversation you’d like to have. We respond within 48 hours.
[email protected]
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Phone — Direct Line
Speak directly with Martin Pieters, Founder and Executive Director. No assistant. Callback same business day.
(312) 877-9668
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Full Funder Deck — On Request
Sales Pitch v4, Program Overview v4, Budget documentation, and the PathwayAI deck submitted to Google.org. Available immediately.
Request the deck →
Sustainability Model

DJMP is not designed for perpetual grant dependency.

Stream 1 — Primary 2026
Foundation & Corporate Grants
Active: Google.org ($1.5M), LinkedIn Future of Work ($200K–$300K), NSF. Each backed by TCAF — a research framework no other applicant has.
Stream 2 — Active Now
Grant Intelligence Subscription
$9.99 one-time · $14.99/mo · Custom org. Weekly AI and funding intelligence. Subscribers fund DJMP while accessing intelligence that funds their own work.
Stream 3 — Active
Corporate Partnerships
Fortinet (Academic Partner). Amazon (AWS MLU Fellowship). Target: Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Salesforce. Multi-year with naming opportunities.
Stream 4 — Launching
Individual Giving & GoFundMe
Summer STEM crowdfunding campaign launching now. $50 funds one student for one week. Direct, tangible, immediate impact.
Fund DJMP Institute — and help ensure that the future being built by artificial intelligence is built by all of us.

The communities are ready. The data exists. The technology is proven. The framework is published. The track record is four years deep. The only thing missing is the resources to scale what already works.

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Where We Work
Overton Hygienic Building
Bronzeville, Chicago
National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark · 1998
Black Metropolis Historic District
DJMP Institute · Suite 300
3619–3627 S. State Street · Chicago, IL 60609

In 1922, Anthony Overton — born into slavery, educated as a lawyer — built this building as the first professional space for Black lawyers, doctors, and architects in Chicago. It housed the Douglass National Bank, the first nationally chartered African American-owned bank in the United States, and anchored the Black Metropolis — Chicago’s Black Wall Street.

A building that stood as the center of Black economic self-determination a century ago is now home to an organization building AI-powered economic infrastructure for the next century. That is not coincidence. That is continuity.