Your gift keeps our curriculum free, our fellowships open,
and our research independent.
Most institutions are built for those who can already afford them. SDIT is built for everyone else — and for everyone who believes that the ability to think clearly, question deeply, and act with integrity should not depend on where you were born or what you can pay.
Real education requires real resources — people, platforms, tools, and eventually a physical home. Curriculum writers, research fellows, digital infrastructure, and institutional operations all have costs. Every dollar you give funds the work directly and moves this institution forward.
Keeping our courses, reading lists, and frameworks freely available — written, reviewed, and updated by people who care about getting it right.
Funding the next cohort of Fellows — people ready to build, create, and contribute who couldn't participate without financial support.
Supporting inquiry into how humans think, learn, and flourish alongside intelligent machines — research that answers to no shareholder.
SDIT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law. We accept all major cards, PayPal, and Venmo.
A receipt will be sent to your email for tax purposes.
SDIT is in its earliest days. We work from shared coworking spaces, borrowed conference rooms, and wherever a committed group of people can gather and build. We're not pretending otherwise — this is what starting something real looks like.
The goal is a permanent, dedicated campus. A physical home for the kind of education we're building. Getting there requires the resources to sustain the work that comes first — the curriculum, the fellows, the research, the infrastructure. Your support funds each step of that journey.
Questions about how we use funds →Where support goes
Yes. SDIT is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 39-2954006). Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law. You will receive a receipt via email for your records.
Gifts support three areas: open curriculum development, fellowships for students and contributors who need financial assistance, and institutional operations. We publish a breakdown of expenditures in our annual disclosure.
Yes. Recurring giving is the most impactful way to support SDIT — it lets us plan ahead and sustain programs long-term. You can set up a recurring gift through the PayPal button above.
Yes. We welcome stock donations, employer matching, and other forms of support. Reach out to us at brandon@sandiegotech.org and we'll work with you directly.