Empowering Communities Worldwide
The Embassy Row Project is a philanthropic ecosystem operating 59+ specialized institutes across cybersecurity, AI governance, healthcare, climate, and humanitarian resilience through Strategic Capability Philanthropy.
A Multi-Domain Approach to Global Resilience
We build institutional capacity to address complex challenges at the intersection of technology, policy, and human rights. Our work is organized around four core pillars, enabling a holistic response to global needs.
Environment
Sustainable development, carbon markets, and clean energy innovation across global communities.
Human Rights
Child protection, community empowerment, and advocacy for vulnerable populations worldwide.
Innovation
AI systems, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and bioengineering research for societal benefit.
Global Trade
Regional economic integration, trade intelligence, and strategic advisory for emerging markets.
An Ecosystem of Capabilities
Grant-funded access to specialized platforms for crisis intelligence, AI-powered automation, diplomatic design, and more.
Crisis Intelligence & Forensics
Decision-grade intelligence across 22 categories for governments, NGOs, and critical infrastructure operators.
Delivers institutional-grade analytical services across 22 categories, from real-time crisis monitoring and geopolitical risk modeling to financial forensics and legislative impact assessment. Serves governments, NGOs, and critical infrastructure operators in high-stakes environments.
Expert Agents Platform
Enterprise-grade tax, finance, and operations automation with audit-ready documentation and compliance.
Provides 45 purpose-built expert agents organized into Essentials, Growth, and Elite tiers. Automates tax compliance, financial operations, and regulatory filing for mission-driven nonprofits, think tanks, and institutes, all free through the Embassy Row Project grant program.
Diplomatic Initiative Design Studio
Diplomatic program design, partner vetting, risk modeling, governance, and cross-border compliance.
Offers 100 specialized services across 10 categories with fail-closed protocols and evidence-anchored outputs. Serves diplomatic missions, international organizations, and government agencies navigating complex multi-stakeholder environments.
PeacemakerOS
Humanitarian decision intelligence for conflict zones - family tracing, reintegration, and...
Comprehensive decision intelligence for humanitarian operations in conflict zones. Built on the OmniSynth multi-domain data synthesis engine, it provides family tracing, child soldier reintegration, psychosocial support, and security risk assessment for frontline operators.
KRYOS Dynamics
Enterprise systems architecture at sovereign scale with cryptographic accountability and c...
Enterprise systems architecture for institutions operating at sovereign scale. Every action is cryptographically accountable with governance-ready components, delivering persistent speed and superior decision-making through its Control Plane Architecture.
QIRLab
Quantum-probabilistic modeling for geopolitical analysis, crisis forecasting, and computat...
Applies quantum-probabilistic modeling to transform geopolitical uncertainty into quantified, audit-ready intelligence. Provides sovereign risk quantification, crisis trajectory forecasting, financial contagion analysis, and computational diplomacy simulation.
Catalyst Research Institute
Predictive analytics and trade intelligence to anticipate and mitigate global economic dis...
Delivers early warning systems, strategic scenario modeling, and regulatory compliance automation to governments and financial institutions navigating volatile economic landscapes. Personally funded by James Scott as a public service.
Tribunal OS
AI-powered war crimes investigation - evidence authentication, case construction, and tria...
Covers the entire lifecycle of war crimes investigation, from evidence authentication and digital OSINT to courtroom preparation. Built upon the Rome Statute and Geneva Conventions with complete chain-of-custody audit trails for all evidence.
James Scott CLC
Algorithmic lawfare engines inverting resource asymmetry between individuals and state act...
Automates complex civil rights litigation to invert resource asymmetry between individual plaintiffs and state actors. A single attorney can generate the legal firepower of a large firm through algorithmic case generation and pre-litigation wargaming.
Open FOIA Project
Free AI-powered FOIA tools democratizing government transparency - no fees, no ads, free f...
Provides free AI-powered tools to help citizens, journalists, researchers, and activists file and manage FOIA requests without legal expertise. Automates drafting legally sound requests, tracking deadlines, and generating appeals. Free forever with no investors or ads.
FDA Fast Track Institute
AI-powered regulatory intelligence accelerating medical device submissions to the FDA.
Accelerates the entire lifecycle of medical device regulatory submissions using a proprietary engine that analyzes millions of regulatory documents. Covers 510(k), PMA, De Novo, and Breakthrough Device designations with predictive compliance and military-grade data isolation.
Empowering the Agents of Change
Our community programs provide direct support, training, and resources to on-the-ground activists, journalists, aid workers, and civil society leaders who are the true catalysts for change.
From digital security training to psychosocial support networks, we equip these vital actors with the capabilities they need to operate safely and effectively.
Get InvolvedSpecialized Institutes & Research Labs
59 specialized institutes, research labs, accelerators, and community programs spanning 11 categories of impact.
Adaptive Regulatory Compliance System (ARCS)
The Adaptive Regulatory Compliance System (ARCS) is a cognitive software infrastructure that automates regulatory compliance for global organizations. It uses self-correcting algorithms to monitor legal changes in real-time, instantly updating internal protocols to match new standards. The system provides "Recursive Validation" for high-liability sectors like finance and healthcare, ensuring that every operation is audit- ready. ARCS transforms compliance from a reactive manual process into a proactive, autonomous defense system.
Center for AI & MedTech Innovation (CAMI)
AdvancedMedTech.org (CAMI) is a specialized hub where AI, medical devices, and health policy intersect. The center supports advocacy groups, patient organizations, and emerging innovators with tailored guidance on regulatory strategy and evidence-based policy engagement. CAMI also educates legislators through briefings and roundtables that translate complex AI MedTech trends into concrete policy options. Its selective, grant-based membership model ensures that limited resources are focused on high-impact partners who are serious about safe, equitable healthcare innovation.
Advanced Energy and Propulsion Research Institute (AEPRI)
AEPRI is a premier research institute dedicated to advanced propulsion physics and aerospace energy systems. It focuses on developing breakthrough technologies for defense and space exploration sectors. The institute creates the high-output energy architectures required for next-generation mobility.
ARCS Scientific
ARCSscientific.ai is designed for institutions that cannot afford to treat compliance as an afterthought. The platform supports use cases ranging from FDA submissions and synthetic biology oversight to ESG screening, disinformation monitoring, and intelligence operations. Its tools help users map complex regulatory landscapes, simulate enforcement scenarios, and continuously adjust controls as rules evolve. ARCS Scientific ultimately aims to make compliance proactive, predictive, and embedded into everyday operations rather than a periodic manual exercise.
Artifakt Gallery
ArtifaktGallery.com functions as both a digital museum and a global advocacy platform for conflict art. Visitors can explore virtual tours, curated collections, and film programs that showcase life in war-affected regions through the eyes of local creators. The gallery’s grants help artists from conflict zones gain safety, training, and international visibility. By turning conflict narratives into powerful visual testimonies, Artifakt Gallery helps activists, educators, and policymakers see the human impact behind headlines and policy briefs.
ArtOfTheHak Project
ArtoftheHakProject.org positions hacking as a creative and reparative discipline for young people who have survived trauma, poverty, or systemic exclusion. The program focuses on hands-on learning, from scripting and network defense to bug hunting and secure coding practices. Alumni are encouraged to build careers in cybersecurity, software engineering, and digital forensics while also contributing back to NGOs and human-rights networks. The initiative’s long-term vision is to build a global corps of ethical technologists who can defend communities and critical infrastructure from predatory cyber threats.
James Scott
"Strategic capability philanthropy is not about giving resources — it is about building the capacity for communities to generate their own solutions."
James Scott is a researcher and technologist whose philanthropic work is rooted in over a decade of advisory service to the United States Congress, the federal government, diplomatic missions, IGOs, NGOs, and civil society organizations across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Learn more about the project.
Through the Embassy Row Project ecosystem, he has established 59+ specialized institutes, research labs, and community programs that address the world's most pressing challenges through innovation, direct action, and institutional capacity building.
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