Chicago’s Full Spectrum Features has received a generous award from the NBCUniversal Foundation to support their Chicago Independent Producers Lab, a partnership with the Chicago Film Office.
The Chicago Independent Producers Lab broadens the professional networks and producing expertise of participants through a series of hands-on workshops and one-on-one sessions with local and national industry mentors.
See the list of all 2021 Project Innovation winners below.
Presented in partnership with NBCUniversal Local, NBCUniversal’s division that includes the Company’s local media businesses, this year’s Project Innovation grant winners were selected by NBC/Telemundo owned stations in the 11 participating markets. The winners include 100 non-profits that serve communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, CT, Dallas-Fort Worth, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, Southern California, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Washington, D.C. markets.
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and NBC/Telemundo owned stations increased this year’s grant funding by $1 million dollars to $3.475 million, up from $2.475 million. The program’s four grant categories included: Community Engagement, Culture of Inclusion, Next Generation Storytellers and Youth Education and Empowerment.
Since 2018, the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and NBC/Telemundo owned stations in 11 markets have presented a total of $10.9 million in Project Innovation grants to 299 nonprofits that are solving everyday problems in our communities through their one-of-a-kind programs.
2021 Project Innovation winners:
NBC 10 and Telemundo Boston
$100,000
Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc.
$80,000
$50,000
$25,000
$10,000
NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago
$65,000
$40,000
$30,000
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut
$75,000
The New Haven Diaper Bank, Inc.
$51,500
$35,000
Community Resources for Justice, Inc.
$25,000
Connecticut Invention Convention, Inc.
$11,000
Connecticut Radio Information System
$7,500
NBC 5 Dallas/Fort Worth and Telemundo 39
$75,000
$50,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
Resource Center of Dallas, Inc.
NBC 4 New York and Telemundo 47
$60,000
$50,000
You Gotta Believe The Older Child Adoption and Permanency Movement
$30,000
$25,000
Educational Video Center, Inc.
$20,000
NBC10 Philadelphia and Telemundo62
$75,000
$45,000
$40,000
$30,000
Community Foundation of New Jersey
$25,000
Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc.
$20,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement
$15,000
The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County
NBC 7 San Diego and Telemundo 20
$49,420
The David’s Harp Foundation, Inc.
$45,000
$40,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$16,395
NBC Bay Area and Telemundo 48
$50,000
$25,000
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley
St. Francis Center of Redwood City
$20,000
Next Generation Scholars, Inc.
$10,000
The Oakland Public Education Fund
NBC6 and Telemundo 51 Miami
$50,000
$30,000
Friendship Circle of Miami, Inc.
After School Film Institute, Inc.
YWCA of Greater Miami Dade, Inc.
$25,000
$20,000
NBC4 Southern California and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles
$100,000
$50,000
Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Inc.
$45,000
Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy
$25,000
NBC4 Washington and Telemundo 44
$50,000
$37,000
$25,000
$20,000
$13,000
Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, Inc.
$10,000
