STAMFORD, Conn. — Charter Communications, Inc. has awarded $1.3 million in grants to 66 nonprofit organizations through its 2024 Spectrum Digital Education Program. Since its inception in 2017, the program has donated more than $10 million to nonprofits focused on improving digital literacy, workforce development and access to education in unserved and underserved communities across Charter’s 41-state service area.
“Connectivity is the foundation for meaningful learning, professional growth and relationships that help build strong, vibrant communities,” said Rahman Khan, group vice president of community impact at Charter Communications. “From providing digital literacy training to seniors to connecting students to critical resources and tools for their education, Spectrum Digital Education supports programs that improve the lives of community members through connectivity.”
This year, 27 nonprofits were awarded Spectrum Digital Education Grants for the first time, including Ladder Alliance in Fort Worth, Texas, which provides workforce development and computer skills programs to low-income women and victims of domestic violence, the Community Development YMCA in Long Beach, California, which offers Spanish and Khmer language courses to support its TECH MASTERS program focused on providing digital skills to the Cambodian community, and United Fund for Western Orleans County in Albion, New York, which provides free tech instruction to seniors, including fraud prevention and internet safety programs.
Additional recipients of Spectrum Digital Education for 2024 include Mapunawai Inc., which was awarded two grants totaling $45,000 through the program. The company will use this latest funding to support its Digital Ready Hawaii (DRH) program, which provides language-specific training and free devices to rural residents with little to no computer skills.
Code Girls United in Kalispell, Montana, received its second award, totaling $30,000, to continue its after-school programs that provide free computer science and coding education to girls in rural and tribal communities. Central Community House of Columbus in Ohio received its fifth award, totaling $105,000, and will use the grant to support its Technology Assistance Project (TAP), which aims to prevent social isolation among seniors by teaching them how to safely use the internet, send email, and connect virtually with friends and family.
Through the direct support of nonprofit partners across the charter’s service area, Spectrum Digital Education has distributed more than 18,500 laptops and sponsored more than 40,000 digital education classes since 2017, benefiting more than 163,000 community members. This year, the program will recognize 66 organizations that contribute to building stronger communities by providing residents with skills training and access to technology. This year’s grant recipients include:
California
After School All Stars
Community Development YMCA
Cyber Senior
Eastmont Community Centre
Hope Through Housing Foundation
Loaves, Fishes and Computers (LFC)
Los Angeles Economic Development Authority
Pasadena Senior Center
Plaza Comunitaria Sinaloa
San Diego Future Foundation
Florida
Heart of Florida United Way, Inc.
Tampa Bay Senior Services, Inc.
Georgia
Athens Senior Citizens Community Council
Hawaii
Ho’okama i ka malama
Mapunawai Co., Ltd.
Project Hawaii, Inc.
Kentucky
Kentucky Goodwill Industries
Lexington-Fayette County Urban League
Minnesota
Senior Community Services
Missouri
Goodwill in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas
WeCode KC
Wesley House Association
YWCA Metro St. Louis
Montana
Code Girls United
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley
new york
All Star Code
El Puente
FCBC Community Development Corporation
Public Housing Fund Co., Ltd.
Greenwich House Co., Ltd.
Hispanic Federation Inc.
100 Black Men in the Capitol District
STEM Alliance
Orleans County United Way
VIA: Visually impaired assistance
North Carolina
Digital Equity Center
Community Transition Center
E2D – Bridging the Digital Divide
Guilford County Cooperative Extension
Kramden Laboratories
Urban League of Central Carolinas
Winston-Salem Urban League
Ohio
1000 Ties
Akron Urban League
ASC3
Benjamin Rose
Central Community House
Click Wah
Seeds of Literacy
Up spring
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
League of Greater Cleveland Cities
Pennsylvania
Chenango Valley Urban League
South Carolina
Florence County Senior Citizens Association
Texas
CARDBoard Project
Compdoput
San Antonio Girls Inc.
Ladder Alliance
Virginia
LGBT Technology
Washington
Columbia Basin Boys & Girls Club
Goodwill Industries of Columbia
Washington DC
LULAC National Educational Service Center Co., Ltd.
Wisconsin
Digital Bridge
Greater Milwaukee Urban League
Greater Madison Urban League
Services for the elderly
