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17 Michigan nonprofits benefit from Comcast Foundation grants totaling $323,000
Grants help expand digital literacy, promote community service and build youth leadership skills
Seventeen Michigan nonprofit organizations are expanding digital literacy, promoting the importance of community service and helping build tomorrow’s leaders thanks to $323,000 in grants from the Comcast Foundation.
“One of the things that makes Michigan special is the way we pull together to help each other,” Gov. Rick Snyder said. “Comcast is one of the companies in our business community that is committed to service, assisting non-profit groups that give a hand to people across our state.”
“It is a great honor to support these Michigan nonprofit organizations that highlight our long-standing values,” stated Tim Collins, senior vice president for Comcast in Michigan. “Thanks to the tireless and extremely important work of these nonprofit organizations, Michigan is a better place to call home.”
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The organizations receiving Comcast Foundation grants include:
100 Black Men of Greater Detroit, Inc. ($15,000)
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Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (Dearborn) ($25,000)
Association of Chinese Americans (Madison Heights) ($25,000)
Big Brothers Big Sisters A Community of Caring (Battle Creek) ($10,000)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lakeshore (Muskegon) ($15,000)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit ($30,000)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Flint ($10,000)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Muskegon Lakeshore ($10,000)
City Year Detroit ($100,000)
Cristo Rey Community Center (Lansing) ($10,000)
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation ($10,000)
Girl Scouts of Southeast Michigan ($10,000)
Grand Rapids Urban League, Inc. ($13,000)
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan, Inc. ($10,000)
Southwestern Michigan Urban League (Battle Creek) ($10,000)
Thumb Industries, Inc. (Bad Axe) ($10,000)
Turning Point (Lansing) ($10,000)
Annually, Comcast invests more than $7 million to nonprofits across Michigan in the form of scholarships, PSAs, in-kind services and volunteerism. Including the support in Michigan, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $18 million in 2015 to nonprofit organizations in the communities it serves nationwide.
