的 企业移动道路前进计划 is awarding grants for the fourth consecutive year to more than 600 local nonprofit organizations — as part of a five-year, 2020年宣布的5500万美元承诺. 今年的补助金, 总计超过700万美元, will be distributed across Enterprise Mobility’s 70-plus operating groups 在美国nited States, 加拿大和欧洲. 该倡议旨在通过关注以下问题来促进社会和种族平等 R除了, O机会, Achievement和 D小班(路).
自“道路前进”倡议启动以来, 4400万美元已分发给100多名难民,超过400个社区的000个非营利组织, helping drive meaningful progress to advance social 和 racial equity in the places where Enterprise Mobility’s team members live 和 work.
More than half of the nonprofits have received 道路前进 grants for four consecutive years. 的 funds aim to help young people in communities by addressing social 和 racial equity gaps in three key areas: early childhood development, 青年健康和保健, 为职业和大学做准备.
“2020年‘前进之路’的启动使我们能够扩大我们的慈善工作, building upon a strong foundation of support 和 an unwavering commitment to empowering organizations dedicated to social 和 racial equity,企业移动基金会主席 卡洛琳Kindle 说. "Witnessing the meaningful 和 impactful progress that our grant donations have enabled over the last four years has been truly inspiring."
Enterprise Mobility operating groups play a key role in supporting the initiative’s success by helping select 和 submit organizations to receive grants. 的 local grant recipients are chosen from an outst和ing slate of local nonprofits. 2024年的获奖者包括:
- 在欧洲:得奖者包括 第二次机会学校(E2C), an organization in France that offers training programs for young people who leave school early, 和 Fundacion MAPFRE 在西班牙, which focuses on improving health 和 well-being of people through multinational programs 和 activities. 在德国, SOS儿童村 提供日托中心, 职业和家庭咨询, 为生活在贫困中的家庭和年轻人提供聚会场所 我们的世界是美好的.V. is an educational 和 advisory organization that has been actively working to create a society of equal treatment since 1996. 女孩网络 在美国.K. empowers girls from the least advantaged communities by connecting them with mentors 和 a network of professional role models who are women. 在爱尔兰,“道路前进”项目提供补助金 爱尔兰儿童图书协会该公司向儿童捐赠书籍,以支持儿童识字.
"道路前进 reflects our promise to empower the organizations 和 people best equipped to bridge the social 和 racial equity gaps within the neighborhoods where our employees 和 customers live 和 work,“企业移动首席多元化官 Errin布拉多克 说. “这个倡议, 除了我们的内部战略, signifies our dedication to fostering significant 和 lasting change in the communities we serve."
在5500万美元的承诺中,2000万美元分配给美国的四个国家.S.以本为本的机构 女孩公司., 我兄弟的守护者联盟 (奥巴马基金会的一个项目), 父母当老师 和 UNCF. Each organization has now received a total of $4 million, enabling progress in the following areas:
- 女孩公司. 实施五年战略计划,实现多元化, equity 和 inclusion (DEI) 和 social 和 emotional learning (SEL) core pillars of its programs. 通过将这些组件嵌入其网络,女孩公司 .. 是否已将DEI纳入专业发展机会, 使员工基础多样化,并在程序和工具包中包含SEL. 这些努力使女孩公司. 到2023年扩大覆盖面,支持11.4万名女童,比2021年增加45%.
- 兄弟守护者联盟(MBK identified four MBK Model Communities in 2023 that demonstrated a positive track record of improving outcomes for boys 和 young men of color. 这些模范社区的影响都是显著的.J. 纽约州扬克斯市的凶杀案下降了55%.Y. 有色人种学生毕业率达到91%, Tulsa increasing access in pre-school attendance by 33% 和 Omaha seeing a 30% decrease in homicides. In 2023, the MBK Alliance also provided 33 Chicago-based nonprofits with funding through its two-year Freedom Summer initiative, a $1 million grant program designed to support organizations as they create safe spaces for boys 和 young men of color during the summer months.
- 家长当老师(PAT) 通过增加实地资源扩大其计划, including 100% of PAT materials that have been made available in Spanish 和 a new app — PAT Engage! — that provides easy access to resources 和 supports parent 和 educator communications. 技术的改进和研究改进了PAT数据, enabling the organization to capture quantifiable program outcomes that help increase funding access 和 identify 和 address programming gaps, 比如对孕妇的大力支持. PAT还增加了整个组织的多样性, 包括董事会领导, 国家工作人员, 国家培训师和家长教育工作者.
- UNCF 发起了ROAD前进奖学金计划, which provides renewable need-based scholarships for 72 first-generation college students attending UNCF member institutions. 的se scholarships have helped meet more than 60% of unmet financial need for awardees such as Sha’Nyla Wilson, who graduated this year from Tougaloo College Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in political science 和 minor in pre-law 和 public policy 和 administration.
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