We’re launching Claude Corps, a national fellowship program for people early in their careers who are passionate about extending the benefits of AI to communities across America.
We’ll teach 1,000 fellows how to use Claude well, match them with nonprofits across America, and pay them to spend a year—full-time, in-person—helping host organizations to advance their missions. Our goals are twofold: that host organizations are equipped with valuable tools and systems, and fellows build AI skills that will serve them in their careers.
The benefits of transformative AI systems could come at the cost of significant disruption. The companies building this technology have a responsibility to make sure the benefits are fully realized and widely shared, and to invest directly in the workers absorbing the change. As such, we’re committing an initial $150m to this program.
How Claude Corps works
Claude Corps is set up as a partnership between three organizations. Anthropic will fund the program, lead its overall strategy, and provide Claude expertise. CodePath, an Anthropic nonprofit partner and America’s largest provider of collegiate computer science education, will act as the fellows’ official employer of record and lead programming during the fellowship. Social Finance, a nonprofit and registered investment advisor, will lead measurement and evaluation, and will build a longer-term financial vehicle to enable the program to scale.
The fellow experience
Each fellowship lasts for 12 months. At the beginning of the program, Anthropic and CodePath will provide intensive training on using Claude in nonprofit settings. After being placed, fellows will receive five hours of ongoing training each week, with the remainder of their time dedicated to their host organization.
Fellows will receive a full-time salary of $85,000 and benefits, support from a CodePath mentor, office hours from Anthropic for their technical questions, an expansive Claude token budget, and professional guidance from their manager at the host organization.
Over the next 12 months, at least 400 nonprofits will host Claude Corps Fellows. Host organizations include Braven (Chicago), Code the Dream (Durham), Heartland Forward (Bentonville), Montgomery County Food Bank (Conroe), Team Red White & Blue (Floyds Knobs), Reef Environmental Education Foundation (Key Largo), SoundOff (San Antonio), StriveTogether (Cincinnati), and YMCA of Greater Charlotte.
Cohort 1 places approximately 100 fellows at host organizations across the United States starting in October 2026. The full program places 1,000 fellows across three cohorts, with the remaining 900 fellows starting in cohorts that begin in January 2027 and August 2027.
Applications and timeline
Fellowship applications are open today, and will close on July 17th for the first cohort of 100, which begins in October 2026. Applications are open on a rolling basis for the next two cohorts, which begin in January 2027 and August 2027. Anyone over 18 with under two years of full-time work experience is welcome to apply, regardless of educational background. The only requirements are that you’re authorized to work in the US, are comfortable working with Claude, and are willing to relocate if necessary. (Relocation support is available as needed.)
Host organization applications are also open today for all cohort start dates. For Cohort 1 (fellows start October 19, 2026), apply by 11:59 pm PT on Friday, July 17, 2026.
What’s next
Our ambition is for this program to scale far beyond 1,000 fellows. We’ll be rigorously measuring the extent to which host organizations have advanced their missions, as well as how fellows develop their skills and career prospects. We plan to open-source some of the core technology and infrastructure that enables this program to work, so that others can build out similar initiatives towards what could be a large-scale nationwide effort.
Announced June 11, 2026. As of July 12, 2026, five days remain until the Cohort 1 application deadline.