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 # Comcast NBCUniversal Announces $2.5 Million in Unrestricted Grants to 80 Nonprofits

 

##### NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants have provided $24.3M to 695 nonprofits since 2018

 

 

 Sep 29, 2026 9:00 AM ET

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Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local announced that a total of **$2.5 million** has been awarded to 80 nonprofit organizations servicing one of the 11 NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations’ markets across the U.S. through the **2026 NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants**. NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants have provided $24.3M to 695 nonprofits since 2018.

The grant program is awarding unrestricted funding to eligible nonprofits making a difference in local communities. Applications were accepted in three categories: **youth education and empowerment**, **next generation storytellers**, and **community engagement**.

Nonprofits receiving funds serve communities in the following NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations’ markets: Bay Area (KNTV, KSTS), Boston (WBTS, WNEU), Chicago (WMAQ, WSNS), Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS, KXTX), Hartford, Connecticut (WVIT, WRDM), Los Angeles (KNBC, KVEA), New York (WNBC, WNJU), Philadelphia (WCAU, WWSI), San Diego (KNSD, KUAN), South Florida (WTVJ, WSCV) and Washington, D.C. (WRC-TV, WZDC-CD).

## Bay Area (KNTV, KSTS): 

- [Casa Circulo Cultural](https://casacirculocultural.org/)
- [Chapter 510 Ink](https://www.chapter510.org/)
- [Elevate Tutoring](https://www.elevatetutoring.org/)
- [Learning Home Volunteers](https://learninghomevolunteers.org/)
- [Our Village Closet](https://www.ourvillagecloset.org/)
- [Playing at Learning](https://www.playingatlearning.org/)
- [Science is Elementary](https://www.scienceiselementary.org/)
- [Youth Transforming Justice](https://www.ytjustice.org/)

## Boston (WBTS-CD, WNEU):

- [Audio Journal](https://www.audiojournal.org/)
- [Birthday Wishes](https://birthdaywishes.org/)
- [Bridge Forward](https://www.bridgeforward.org/)
- [Community Cooks](https://communitycooks.org/)
- [English At Large](https://www.englishatlarge.org/)
- [Spark Kindness](https://www.sparkkindness.org/)

## Chicago (WMAQ, WSNS):

- [826CHI](https://www.826chi.org/)
- [Awakenings Art](https://awakeningsart.org/)
- [Community Access Naperville](https://www.communityaccessnaperville.org/)
- [Ecosystems of Care](https://marketboxchi.org/)
- [FreshLens Chicago](https://freshlenschicago.org/)
- [Madonna Mission](https://madonnamission.org/)
- [Play Smart Literacy](https://www.playsmartliteracy.org/)
- [Teatro Tariakuri](https://www.teatrotariakuri.org/)

## Dallas-Fort Worth (KXAS, KXTX):

- [4 Saints Episcopal Food Pantry](https://4saintsfood.org/)
- [Brain Injury Network of Dallas](https://thebraininjurynetwork.org/)
- [Carson's Village](https://carsonsvillage.org/)
- [Freshque Foundation](https://www.freshque.org/)
- [Serving Our Seniors](https://servingourseniorstexas.org/)
- [Taylor's Gift](https://www.taylorsgift.org/)
- [Texas Music Project](https://texasmusicproject.org/)

## Hartford, Connecticut (WVIT, WRDM-CD):

- [Amy's Angels](https://www.amysangels.org/)
- [Connecticut Invention Convention](https://ctinventionconvention.org/)
- [CT Stem Academy](https://www.ctstemacademy.org/)
- [Manufacturing and Technical Community Hub (MATCH)](https://matchct.org/)
- [Second Chance Re-Entry Initiative Program](https://www.scripconnect.org/)
- [The Storehouse Project](https://www.storehouseprojectct.org/)
- [Unashamed Inc](https://www.unashamedinc.org/)
- [Youth Entrepreneurs](https://youthentrepreneursct.com/)

## Los Angeles (KNBC, KVEA):

- [artEquity Community](https://artequity.org/)
- [Jazz Hands for Autism](https://www.jazzhandsforautism.org/)
- [Kids Enjoy Exercise Now Los Angeles](https://www.keenlosangeles.org/)
- [Shift Our Ways Collective](https://www.sowcollective.org/)
- [Southern California College Attainment Network](https://www.socalcan.org/)
- [Vietnamese Heritage Museum](https://vietnamesemuseum.org/)
- [Youth Climate Stewards 4 Local Action](https://www.ycsla.org/)

## New York (WNBC, WNJU):

- [Concrete Safaris](https://www.concretesafaris.org/)
- [New Neighbors Partnership Association](https://www.newneighborspartnership.org/)
- [Newark Workforce Development Board - Youth One Stop Career Center](https://www.newarkyouthonestop.org/)
- [NYC SALT](https://www.nycsalt.org/)
- [Open Style Lab](https://www.openstylelab.org/)

## Philadelphia (WCAU, WWSI):

- [Coatesville Youth Initiative](https://www.coatesvilleyouthinitiative.org/)
- [FamFrequency Productions](https://www.famfrequencyproductions.org/)
- [Fostering Hope](https://fosteringhopepa.org/)
- [GETincluded, Inc.](https://www.getincluded.org/)
- [Philadelphia Robotics Coalition](https://roboticscoalition.org/)
- [Sean Locke 24 Foundation](https://www.unlockethelight.com/)
- [Stone Harbor Museum Corporation](https://stoneharbormuseum.org/)
- [Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project](https://www.yasproject.com/)

## San Diego (KNSD, KUAN-LD):

- [Amanda Brown Livewell](https://www.ablivewell.com/)
- [Autism Society San Diego](https://www.autismsocietysandiego.org/)
- [BIPOC Support Foundation](https://www.bipocsupportfoundation.org/)
- [Healthy Kids Happy Planet](https://www.healthykidshappyplanet.org/)
- [Positive Movement Foundation](https://thepositivemovement.org/)
- [Tap Fever Studios](https://tapfever.com/)
- [The League of Amazing Programmers](https://www.jointheleague.org/)
- [TuYo Theatre](https://www.tuyotheatre.org/)

## South Florida (WTVJ, WSCV):

- [Code/Art](https://www.code-art.com/)
- [Dream in Green](https://dreamingreen.org/)
- [Health in the Hood](https://www.healthinthehood.org/)
- [Joshua's Heart Foundation](https://joshuasheart.org/)
- [Miami EdTech](https://miamiedtech.com/)
- [Ranger Good Works](https://rangergoodworks.org/)
- [Take Stock in Children of Broward County](https://www.takestockbrowardfl.org/)
- [Vocal Youth Miami](https://www.vocalyouth.org/)

## Washington, D.C. (WRC-TV, WZDC-CD):

- [Everybody Wins DC](https://everybodywinsdc.org/)
- [Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center](https://www.dcfapac.org/)
- [Kids Enjoy Exercise Now Greater DC](https://www.keengreaterdc.org/)
- [Move2Learn](https://move2learn.org/)
- [Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons](https://www.nvrc.org/)
- [Safe Ride Foundation](https://www.saferidefoundation.org/)
- [Shout Mouse Press](https://www.shoutmousepress.org/)

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