As part of its annual Data Center community grants program, Google has announced more than $150,000 in new grants to seven area nonprofit organizations to support education and community skills training initiatives.
The Data Center community grants program supports eligible organizations and initiatives directly impacting the immediate community surrounding Google data centers. The grants are awarded to nonprofits working on issues like STEM education, efforts to bridge the digital divide, sustainability, efforts to strengthen the startup or small business ecosystem and more.
Collectively, the projects supported by this year’s grants will enable these local organizations to serve tens of thousands of community members through educational programming. This year’s grant recipients and projects include:
Latino Center of the Midlands: A grant to support a new project within the Siembra Nebraska internship program that will increase technology accessibility for local middle and high school students as they learn essential workplace skills and explore careers.
Whispering Roots:A grant to …