Comcast Awards over $25m to Digital Skills Organizations, creating a more inclusive Workforce and Economy

Partnerships with organizations across the country will provide career-focused learning and training for thousands and set a path toward a future of unlimited possibilities

PHILADELPHIA (Black PR Wire) (BUSINESS WIRE), May 3, 2023 --Comcast Corporation announced a total award of more than $25 million to hundreds of community organizations to help provide the resources and support needed for building a stronger, more equitable workforce. Furthering a deep and longstanding commitment to advancing equity and opportunity, Comcast’s funding will help provide skills-building, job training, and other career development offerings for the full spectrum of learners, from high school students to adults. Today’s announcement is part of Project UP, Comcast’s $1 billion commitment to help advance digital equity and build a future of Unlimited Possibilities.

“When more people across our country are given the full set of tools and opportunity to secure good jobs, we change much more than just one person’s life. We create a butterfly effect that reaches across communities – and our entire economy,” said Dalila WilsonScott, EVP & Chief Diversity Officer for Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. “By investing in workforce training, skills building, and job placement today, our work is helping to build lasting, generational wealth and achieve large-scale economic growth for all.”

Currently, 92 percent of all jobs require digital skills-but nearly one-third of U.S. workers lack basic digital skills, and overwhelmingly, communities of color and Americans earning lower incomes are most often those lacking the skillsets required to qualify for jobs and to grow careers. Through targeted workforce development, significant strides can be made toward closing the skills gap – and digital divide – while spurring critical job placement and increasing diversity and equity in the workforce.