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DJMP Institute · AI-Powered Civic Intelligence

We Turn Community Data
Into Community Power.

Autonomous AI agents. Real community impact.

DJMP Institute builds AI systems that connect marginalized communities to the resources, training, and opportunity they've always deserved — and produces the research framework that ensures those systems are trustworthy by construction.

Summer STEM 2026 AI & Grant Intelligence Explore PathwayAI
200+
Students Served
Since 2021
$40K
Amazon Future Engineer
Scholarship · CBS News
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Funded Research
Placements · IIT
$1.7M+
Active Grant
Applications 2026
Our Story
Where This All Began

The Kids Asked:
"How Do We Get Home Safely?"

In 2017, Martin Pieters — then STEM Director at Rainbow PUSH Coalition — challenged his Saturday Academy students to build something real. Not a classroom exercise. Something that mattered to them.

They chose survival. They mapped every shooting in Chicago from May through June 2017, overlaid it on Google Maps, and built a heat map that gave students a safer route home from school. They called it the Stay Safe App. It was unveiled at Rainbow PUSH's 46th Annual Convention — covered by ABC7 and the Chicago Sun-Times — and recognized by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

"We know it's not a talent deficiency. It's a resource deficiency."

Martin Pieters · ABC7 Chicago · Rainbow PUSH 46th Annual Convention · 2017

That conviction — that Black and Brown students have always had the talent, and only ever lacked the resources — became the foundation of everything DJMP Institute is today.

2017Stay Safe App
2021DJMP Institute Founded
2026PathwayAI

PathwayAI is the direct continuation of the Stay Safe App's logic — applied at scale. Where kids used city data to navigate gun violence, PathwayAI uses ten federal databases to navigate the systems that keep communities from economic opportunity.

24
Black Students · Illinois · 2013
Took the AP Computer Science exam in the entire state. Of those, 18 failed. One African-American female passed. This is the gap DJMP was built to close.
90%
Google Employees
Were exposed to computer science before high school. Black and Brown students from low-income communities are prepared to consume technology — never to build it.
4 yrs
Zero Grant Revenue
DJMP delivered free, high-quality STEM programs to 200+ students for four years — entirely founder-funded. The outcomes were real before a single grant dollar arrived.
Yale · Northwestern
U of C · NIH · CBS
Where DJMP Students Go
Program alumni attending elite universities. Students placed into NIH-funded AI research. A $40,000 Amazon scholarship. Featured nationally by CBS News.
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Chicago Sun-Times · ABC7 Chicago · Chicago Crusader · CBS News Chicago · Cook County Board Resolution
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The Right Work.
The Right Time.
The Right Team.

DJMP Institute has delivered free AI and STEM programs to 200+ students for four years — entirely without grant revenue. The infrastructure is built. The track record is real. We are now positioned to scale.

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

Two grants submitted totaling $1.7M+. Summer STEM program ready to launch. PathwayAI ready to deploy. The only thing standing between this work and the communities that need it is funding.

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DJMP Institute has spent four years proving that Black and Brown students will show up, compete, and excel — when given the tools to do so. Now we're ready to build the summer program those students deserve.

Now Building · Summer 2026

Six Learning Labs.
One Summer. Thirty Students.

The DJMP Institute Summer STEM Program launches Summer 2026 — hands-on, high-intensity, Grades 4–12, based in Bronzeville. The curriculum is built. The partner is credentialed. We need a funding partner to make it run.

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Robotics FLL
FIRST Lego League · Engineering design · Real competition
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Robotics FTC
FIRST Tech Challenge · Advanced build · Programming
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Cybersecurity
Fortinet curriculum · Real threats · Career pathways
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Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning · Ethics · Hands-on model building
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Game Design
Unity · Storytelling · Full game development cycle
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Aviation
Flight simulation · Aerospace principles · Industry pathways
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Students · Hard Cap
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Mon–Fri Program
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Learning Labs
$95K
Budget · Ready to Run
Research Framework

Every Program Governed by TCAF

The Trustworthy Civic AI Framework — the first empirically grounded, integrated design science framework for agentic AI in civic service environments. Developed by Martin Pieters as doctoral research at a leading U.S. research university. Every DJMP program, tool, and product is evidence of TCAF operating in the real world.

Pieters, 2026 · PhD Candidate in AI · A leading U.S. research university
Pillar ISecure by Architecture
Pillar IIEthical by Design
Pillar IIIEquitable by Intent
Pillar IVScalable by Design

⬆ Trustworthy by Construction — the integrated outcome

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LinkedIn Future of Work Fund — $200K–$300K

Application submitted March 15, 2026. Results expected 60–90 days. Funds AI literacy, workforce access, and system-level innovation for youth facing barriers to economic opportunity.

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Agentic AI · 2026

The Year AI Moves from Demos to Deployment

2026 is the year autonomous AI agents move from proof-of-concept to production in civic environments. DJMP's PathwayAI is already deployed. TCAF is already the framework for doing it right.

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AI Ethics

AI Literacy Is Becoming a Human Right

As AI reshapes every sector of the economy, communities excluded from AI education face a new and compounding disadvantage. Nonprofits that lead on AI equity now will define the field for a decade.

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Intelligence updated · March 21, 2026 · Sources: NSF · Grants.gov · TechCrunch · Nonprofit Quarterly · OpenAI · MIT Technology Review