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Spectrum Awards $15,000 Digital Education Grant to St. Louis Arc
St. Louis Arc Will Use the Funds to Provide Assistive Technology and Support Connectivity
Spectrum today announced St. Louis Arc has received a $15,000 Spectrum Digital Education grant. In 2023, Spectrum awarded $1.1 million total to 46 nonprofit organizations through Spectrum Digital Education, which supports broadband technology programs, education and training in unserved and underserved communities throughout the company’s service area.
St. Louis Arc works to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization will use the funding to provide assistive technology to help participants learn and grow while making things more convenient and helping them feel safer and more connected. The $15,000 grant is the fifth Spectrum Digital Education Grant awarded to St. Louis Arc, bringing Spectrum’s total support for the organization to $74,000 over the past seven years.
“Spectrum has been a strong partner with St. Louis Arc in engaging people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the digital community,” said Mark A. Keeley, President and CEO of the St. Louis Arc. “The support Spectrum has provided is being used to access technology for communication, job training, learning and leisure in ways that improve people’s daily lives.”
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St. Louis Arc and Spectrum hosted a celebration event on April 16 to showcase the partnership in action.
Spectrum’s Commitment: $9 Million and Counting
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St. Louis Arc is one of 46 nonprofit organizations across 14 states that Spectrum is supporting through the 2023 Spectrum Digital Education grants. Since the program’s 2017 launch, Spectrum has committed more than $9 million total to the initiative and has awarded 261 grants to 143 unique partners. As of September 2023, Spectrum Digital Education has helped to fund more than 30,000 digital education classes, distribute over 13,000 devices including laptops and support the creation of 157 tech labs.
Through Spectrum Digital Education, the company contributed more than $300,000 to several St. Louis area nonprofits to further digital literacy efforts.