OURLEADERSHIP
The high school students building SAIL — and teaching every workshop we run.
Meet the students leading the charge in AI literacy — bridging the gap between complex technology and accessible education.
SAIL has no paid staff and no adult executive director. The board below sets direction, maintains the curriculum, keeps the books, and teaches workshops alongside every other volunteer — all of them high school students doing this around coursework.
Executive board
How we work
Four teams, no hierarchy
SAIL is organized into small working teams rather than a chain of command. Each team owns its piece outright and reports to the board as a whole.
Curriculum
Keeps the material current — an example that landed a year ago may be obsolete now. Rewrites activities that did not work and pushes updates out to the chapter network.
Outreach
Books sessions with schools, libraries, and community organizations, and makes sure volunteers and materials arrive together.
Finance
Maintains the ledger, reconciles receipts, and prepares grant reporting. Every dollar is tracked against the programming it paid for.
Marketing
Our social presence, the outreach materials chapters hand to administrators, and how we describe the work to students and funders.
Each chapter lead runs their own school’s programming and brings what works back to the network. Most of our best activities started as a chapter lead’s improvisation in a room that was not going well.
Governance
What the board is responsible for
Alongside teaching, the board carries the parts of running a nonprofit that are easy to overlook.
501(c)(3) standing
SAIL is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 42-3520807. The board handles annual filings, state registration, and IRS recordkeeping.
Financial accountability
We operated on $2,100+ in grants and contributions last fiscal year. Every expense is receipted against a budget line.
Student safety
Volunteers teach under the host organization's own supervision. We do not collect or retain student records.
Succession
Every board member graduates. Roles are documented and handed over deliberately, so a chapter does not close when its founder leaves for college.
Questions about how SAIL is run, or about partnering with us? Email samarth.khandelwal@studentsforailiteracy.org. You can also meet our board of advisors, read more about the organization or see the workshops this team teaches.
Open roles
We're looking for students to join this team.