Charter awards $1.1mn to nonprofit organisations through spectrum digital education grant programme
Summary
With this recent round of grants, Charter has committed more than $9 million (8.46 million) total to the initiative, which supports broadband technology programmes, education and training in unserved and underserved communities throughout Charters service area.The importance of expanding access to essential broadband technologies, education and training is profound in our increasingly digital world. Through the 2023 Spectrum Digital Education grant programme, Charter is partnering with valued nonprofits that share our commitment to create better opportunities for the communities we serve. says Rahman Khan, group vice president of community impact, Charter.This year, 21 nonprofits were awarded a spectrum digital education grant, including Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin in Milwaukee, which provides access to technology training and devices for seniors; Compudopt, which offers free technology access and education to under-resourced local residents in and around Dallas, Texas area; and Black Connect in Wesley Chapel, Florida, which is dedicated to eliminating racial wealth gap facing Black Americans by increasing the number and growth rate of black-owned businesses. Hispanic Federation is an eight-time recipient, having been awarded $275,000 (258487.63) through the programme, and will use the additional funding to launch a mobile spectrum learning hub to provide workforce training to low-income Latino residents and farmworkers in the Wimauma, Florida area.Our reliance on digital tools to connect us to the world around us is growing by the day, whether at work or in our daily lives. As of September 2023, the programme has helped to fund more than 30,000 digital education classes, distribute over 13,000 devices including laptops and support creation of 157 tech labs.From nearly 250 eligible applications received, 46 nonprofit organisations across 14 states were selected.