The Second Annual 21st Century Solutions Grant Program
Rewards 30 Local Non-Profits in 10 Markets
The NBCUniversal
Foundation, in partnership with the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations,
announced $1.2 million in grants for local non-profit organizations in
10 markets.
In its second year, the 21st Century Solutions grant program
recognizes and supports innovative, high-impact initiatives in the areas of
Civic Engagement, Education, Environment, Jobs and Economic Empowerment, Media
Arts and Technology. The program supports initiatives designed to address
emerging and ongoing community challenges in new and creative ways.
Local recipient, Sustainable Surplus Exchange (SSE), will be
awarded $25,000 for their program, working to grow sustainable practices in
sourcing and use of resources, by repurposing items from businesses and
diverting the path of items to landfills. The Exchange Program provides
the business community a channel to redistribute their out-of-use assets for
reuse to organizations in the educational and non-profit sectors.
“NBCUniversal and our NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
are in a unique position to engage communities across the country around social
innovation and our 21stCentury Solutions program allows us to recognize those
local efforts,” said Beth Colleton, Senior Vice President of Corporate Social
Responsibility for NBCUniversal. “We are excited by this year’s grant
recipients and the impactful change they will create.”
This year, awardees include: a workforce development program
for students with disabilities to create their own sustainable
microenterprises, a microsavings initiative aimed to help low-income working
families gain financial stability and a scalable digital platform that connects
a person with a need, a nonprofit provider and an everyday donor who wants to
make a difference in a transparent, impactful way.
A full listing of the distribution of the $1.2 million grant
awards can be found at NBCUniversal’s website.
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