An industry-supported non-profit consortium of leading AI companies dedicated to advancing frontier AI safety and security through best practices, research funding, and information sharing.
An industry-supported non-profit consortium of leading AI companies dedicated to advancing frontier AI safety and security through best practices, research funding, and information sharing.
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Updated 07/24/26 · By grantmaking.ai- $2,001,096
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Updated 07/24/26 · By grantmaking.aiThe Frontier Model Forum (FMF) was publicly announced on July 26, 2023, as an industry-led initiative by Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI to ensure the safe and responsible development of frontier AI models. Amazon and Meta joined as full members in May 2024, bringing the total membership to six of the world's leading AI developers. The Forum is structured as a 501(c)(6) industry non-profit headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and is funded entirely through fees from its member firms rather than public donations.
The FMF operates through three core mandates: identifying best practices and supporting standards development for frontier AI, advancing the science of frontier AI safety through research support and independent evaluations, and facilitating information sharing among stakeholders across government, industry, academia, and civil society. Its work is organized into focused workstreams addressing AI-Bio, AI-Cyber, AI-Nuclear, AI Security, and Frontier Frameworks.
A major initiative is the AI Safety Fund (AISF), a more than $10 million effort established in October 2023 to fund independent research on AI safety and capability evaluations. The AISF was co-funded by the founding FMF members alongside philanthropic partners including the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, and Jaan Tallinn. Originally administered by the Meridian Institute, the FMF took over direct management of the fund in June 2025 following Meridian's closure. The AISF completed two funding rounds — the first in November 2024 and the second in December 2025 — supporting research including the Virology Capability Test and other frontier capability evaluation methods.
Chris Meserole serves as Executive Director. He previously served as Director of the AI and Emerging Technology Initiative at the Brookings Institution. The FMF published its first annual letter from the Executive Director in December 2025, covering FY 2024-2025 accomplishments. As of FY 2024, the organization reported $2,001,096 in total revenue and $1,026,420 in total expenses per its 990 filing, with a single paid employee.
Theory of Impact
Updated 07/24/26 · By grantmaking.aiThe FMF operates on the theory that concentrated industry coordination among the most capable AI developers is essential to preventing catastrophic misuse of frontier models. By convening the organizations deploying the most powerful AI systems, it creates shared best practices and safety standards that all members adopt, preventing a race-to-the-bottom on safety. Through the AI Safety Fund, it directs resources to independent researchers who can develop and validate safety evaluation methods — such as capability benchmarks for CBRN risks — that individual companies would not fund alone. By establishing information-sharing mechanisms among companies and with governments, it enables faster detection and response to emerging threats. The result is a safety infrastructure layer beneath frontier AI development that reduces the probability of catastrophic misuse or accidental harm.
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