Comcast NBCUniversal Announces $2.475 Million in Unrestricted Grants to 81 Nonprofits

Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal that includes NBC/Telemundo owned stations, today announced that 81 nonprofits will receive a combined total of $2.475 million in unrestricted grants to support nonprofit organizations that are helping to improve their local communities with unique and innovative programming in three grant categories including Next Generation Storytellers, Youth Education & Empowerment, and Community Engagement. 

The winners include nonprofits that serve individuals in the New York, Southern California, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Boston, Hartford, CT, Washington, D.C., South Florida, San Francisco Bay Area and San Diego DMAs. 

Since this NBCU grant program was founded six years ago, more than $16 million in grants has been dedicated to 470 nonprofits in 11 communities that are served by NBC and Telemundo owned stations. 

Below is a list of all 2023 Local Impact Grants winners: 

Bay Area 

$50,000  

• El Timpano 

$40,000  

• 3Ls Academy 

$30,000  

• The Fit Kids Foundation, Inc. 

$25,000  

• Marin County Cooperative Team (MCCT) 
• SaveNature.Org 

$20,000  

• Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. 

$20,000  

• Zoo Labs 

$15,000  

• Community Resources for Science 

Boston  

$80,000  

• Mental Health Collaborative, Inc.  

$60,000  

• Art Resource Collaborative for Kids, Inc. (ARCK)  

$25,000  

• Asian American Resource Workshop, Inc.  
• Community Inroads, Inc.  

$20,000  

• Manchester Police Athletic League, Inc.  

$15,000  

• EPIC (Empowering People for Inclusive Communities)

Chicago  

$45,000  

• Dion's Chicago Dream, Inc. 
• Snow City Arts Foundation 
• OTV Open Television, Inc. 

$30,000  

• Science & Entrepreneurship Exchange (SparkShop) 

$20,000  

• The Outreach House  
• Foster Progress 

$15,000  

• Rebuilding Together Aurora, Inc. 

$5,000  

• Girls 4 Science 

Connecticut  

$50,000  

• City Seed, Inc.  
• Children in Placement Connecticut, Inc.  

$40,000  

• Solar Youth, Inc.  

$25,000  

• Leadership Greater Hartford  

$20,000  

• Dignity Grows, Inc.  

$15,000  

• RE-Center Race & Equity in Education, Inc. (RE-Center)  
• Rebuilding Together Manchester, Inc. 

$10,000  

• Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven, Inc.   

Dallas/Fort Worth 

$45,000  

• Foundation for the Young Womens Leadership Academy of Fort Worth  

$40,000  

• Hearts for Homes  

$30,000  

• Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation  

$25,000  

• GEMS Camp  
• Chris Howell Foundation  
• Pasos for Oak Cliff  
• Solar Car Challenge Foundation  

$10,000  

• Teatro Hispano de Dallas 

New York 

$50,000  

• Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls  
• CASA for Children of Essex County, Inc.  

$45,000  

• Horizons Newark, Inc.  

$35,000  

• Hillside Food Outreach, Inc.  

$25,000  

• Teachers and Writers Collaborative, Inc. 

$20,000  

• New Women New Yorkers, Inc. 

Philadelphia 

$40,000  

• Immigration Law & Justice of the Delaware Valley (FKA Justice For our Neighbors) 
• ACE Mentor Program of Greater Philadelphia (FKA ACE Mentor Program of America, Inc) 

$35,000  

• Unemployment Information Center  

$30,000  

• Acting Without Boundaries 
• YoungMoms 

$25,000 

• Rock to the Future 
• Trenton Music Makers, Inc. 

San Diego 

$40,000  

• Cura Smiles, Inc. 
• Southern California Care Community  

$30,000  

• Project New Village  
• Special Delivery - San Diego 

$25,000  

• Arms Wide Open  
• Urban Surf 4 Kids, Inc. 

$20,000  

• Basic Assistance To Students In the Community  

$15,000  

• Asian Culture and Media Alliance, Inc. 

South Florida 

$50,000  

• Project Yes, Inc.  

$35,000  

• Serving With Grace, Inc.  

$30,000 

• Eatwell Exchange, Inc.  
• Miami Diaper Bank, Inc. 

$20,000  

• Curley's House of Style, Inc.  
• Students Care, Inc.  
• South Florida After-School All-Stars, Inc.  
• Children's Voice Chorus, Inc. 

Southern California 

$65,000  

• Kids In the Spotlight, Inc. 

$30,000  

• Student LunchBox, Inc.  
• Coalition of 100 Black Women Los Angeles  

$25,000  

• Reading is Fundamental of Southern California, Inc.  
• Adventures to Dreams Enrichment  
• Allies in Arts 
• Junior League of Riverside 

Washington, D.C. 

$80,000  

• Mary House, Inc.  

$50,000  

• Artstream, Inc.  

$45,000  

• Historic Sotterley, Inc.  

$20,000  

• Pickett Fences Senior Services, Inc.  

$15,000  

• Aspire Afterschool Learning  

$10,000  

• Washington Architectural Foundation  

$5,000  

• Page One of Page County, Inc.