This year, Project Innovation will give away $315,000 in grants to deserving Connecticut nonprofits.
A group of parents, concerned about what their adult children with disabilities would do once they were no longer able to care for them started the Creative Community of Connecticut in 2009.
Since then, around 40 people take part in the program each year, growing microgreens in their Vernon greenhouse, and crops on their 10-acre farm in Coventry.
The Creative Living Community sells the microgreens to local restaurants and runs a successful farmstand on Route 44.
For some, the goal is learning skills they need to find and keep a job in the Connecticut workforce. For others, it s about learning to communicate with others. For everyone, it s about creating a sense of belonging.
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The Oakland-based nonprofit received a Project Innovation grant in 2020.
Published January 13, 2021 •
Updated on January 18, 2021 at 1:47 am
In 2020, NBC Bay Area, Telemundo 48, and the NBCUniversal Foundation announced that eight local non-profit organizations received a total of $225,000 in grants as part of the annual Project Innovation grant challenge.
The stations selected Pacific Community Ventures as one of the eight grant winners for their outstanding programs that leverage technology to solve everyday problems in the
Culture of Inclusion category.
Pacific Community Ventures mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs, and make markets work for social good. In California, they offer an integrated small business lending model combining fair loans, pro bono mentoring, and incentives to create quality jobs.
Inner-City Arts students work on a project in 2017.
The new partnerships are part of the multi-year, $100 million commitment Comcast made in June to combat institutional injustice and inequality.
NBCUniversal has identified 10 nonprofit organizations that are the latest beneficiaries of parent company Comcast’s multi-year, $100 million pledge to combat structural inequity and support education and training, particularly in the media industry, for the underserved.
“As one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, NBCUniversal has a responsibility to give back to our communities and help level the playing field so that underrepresented groups are afforded the access and skills needed to break into this industry and have opportunity for success,” NBCU executive vice president of corporate communications and social impact Hilary Smith said in a statement. “We are excited to partner with these nonprofits who share our commitment to promoting equity in the arts
2021 Eligibility Requirements Organization must be a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Fiscally sponsored organizations are eligible. If you have any questions about applying through a fiscal sponsor, please submit a question by clicking the “Contact Us” button on the application portal. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization must have an annual operating budget of more than $100,000 (defined by the organization’s…