NEW YORK – (March 11, 2025) – NBC 4 New York/WNBC and Telemundo 47/WNJU and Comcast NBCUniversal at present introduced the return of the NBCUniversal Native Influence Grants for its eighth consecutive yr in 2025. The aggressive grant problem will award $227,272 in unrestricted funds to eligible organizations that serve or are primarily based within the Tri-State Space.
Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits can entry extra info and apply for NBCUniversal Native Influence Grants at localimpactgrants.com and the Spanish-language website becasdeimpactolocal.com at present, Tuesday, March 11, by way of April 11. The grant classes are youth schooling and empowerment, subsequent technology storytellers, and group engagement. The grant winners can be introduced later this yr.
Organizations inquisitive about studying extra about this yr’s grant program can register for the Native Influence Grant Webinar to affix an informational session on March 18 at 1 p.m. ET.
“Our Local Impact Grants have made it possible for more Tri-State residents to receive additional educational opportunities, improved food security support, and assistance finding meaningful employment. We are excited to learn more about this year’s impressive non-profit organizations and what their needs are,” mentioned Eric Lerner, President and Basic Supervisor of NBC 4 New York.
“Investing in our local communities is a core value of Telemundo 47 and NBC 4 New York,” mentioned Cristina Schwarz, President and Basic Supervisor of Telemundo 47. “With Comcast NBCUniversal’s support, the Local Impact Grants help our stations assist outstanding non-profits in expanding their outreach even further across the Tri-State Area to those most in need.”
Key grant eligibility necessities:
501(c)(3) nonprofit’s headquarters and/or this system for which the group is making use of should be positioned in a taking part market;
Entity should service the market they function from;
Group’s complete bills should be between $100,000 and $1,000,000; and
Nonprofit should assist to resolve on a regular basis group points in any of the three grant classes.
NBCUniversal Native Influence Grant classes embody:
Youth Schooling & Empowerment: In-school and community-based applications that equip youth with the instruments they should succeed, together with STEM/ STEAM schooling and youth entrepreneurship.
Subsequent Technology Storytellers: Applications that promote entry and develop pathways for rising expertise and youth voices to discover careers in communications, arts, information, sports activities and leisure.
Group Engagement: Applications that assist foster group unity by enabling people to have interaction with and volunteer of their areas.
The 2025 NBCU Native Influence Grants will ship a complete of $2.5 million in unrestricted funds throughout the 11 U.S. markets served by NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations. Based in 2018, NBCUniversal’s grant program has offered $18.5 million to 546 organizations, together with the 76 nonprofits awarded $2.5 million final yr.
The NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations’ markets are New York (WNBC, WNJU), Los Angeles (KNBC, KVEA), Chicago (WMAQ, WSNS), Philadelphia (WCAU, WWSI), Dallas-Fort Value (KXAS, KXTX), Washington, D.C. (WRC-TV, WZDC), Boston (WBTS, WNEU), San Francisco (KNTV, KSTS), Miami (WTVJ, WSCV), San Diego (KNSD, KUAN) and Hartford, Conn. (WVIT, WRDM).
About NBC 4 New York / WNBCNBC 4 New York / WNBC is the flagship station of the NBCUniversal Native division of NBCUniversal, serving the New York Tri-State space for greater than 75 years and that includes Alfred I. duPont-Columbia, Edward R. Murrow, and Emmy® Award-winning journalists who’re among the many most achieved of their area. The station consists of the NBC 4 I-Crew, New York’s largest televised investigative reporting unit, Higher Get Baquero which has recovered greater than $15 million for Tri-State shoppers and Storm Crew 4, licensed by WeatheRate for delivering the Tri-State’s most correct native climate forecast utilizing cutting-edge know-how corresponding to Storm Tracker 4, a high-frequency S-Band twin polarization fastened Doppler climate radar. NBC 4 New York’s digital platforms are additionally among the many most learn and watched within the New York market and embody the NBC 4 App, devoted Peacock, Roku, Apple TV, Pluto, and Amazon FireTV channels together with distinctive, out-of-home viewing in native taxis.
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For extra guidelines/eligibility necessities, please go to localimpactgrants.com. For info in Spanish, go to becasdeimpactolocal.com.
