S&P Global $10M backs StepForward AI training and youth workforce readiness program

S&P Global and its foundation have announced the next phase of StepForward, a three-year, $10 million global initiative supporting AI education and workforce readiness programs for young people. The commitment combines foundation grants, corporate funding, and skills-based employee volunteering to help students and early-career workers build AI and human-centered skills for an evolving labor market. Grant recipients include Generation and MIT Raise, alongside six regional nonprofits identified through MIT Solve. Additional collaborators include universities, nonprofits, and the UN Youth Office, which will help reach more than one million young people globally with future-ready skills programming.