Project Innovation

Four local non-profit organizations will be awarded a total of $225,000 to continue their philanthropic deeds thanks to NBC10 Boston, Telemundo Boston, necn and the NBCUniversal Foundation. The Project Innovation grants award deserving programs that help their communities through innovative measures. From expanded disability inclusion in Boston to ...

Entering the work force is a challenge for anybody, but without a college degree or connections, it can be even harder. A Boston organization has been working for 20 years to help.

On the heels of their successful 2018 Project Innovation grant challenge that resulted in 4 local organizations receiving a total of $225,000 in grants, WBTS, WNEU and necn today announced their grant challenge will return in 2019.

Students across Boston are using a game to affect positive change. The pilot program focused on civics education was funded thanks in part to Project Innovation. The NBC Universal campaign is providing nearly $5 million to local non-profits. At the Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School in Mattapan, students in 8th-grade history are b...

A group of students in Allston says they are working to change the world. It’s all happening during an after school robotics program, funded in part by Project Innovation, an NBC Universal campaign providing nearly $5 million to local nonprofits. necn/NBC10 Boston reporter Katherine Underwood takes us to the Gardner Pilot School where the fou...

A transformativel grant for the Boston Children’s Museum has allowed the museum to open a room dedicated to fostering creativity in science, technology and the arts. The new “STEAM” room, or Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Math studio, at the Boston Children’s Museum embodies the mission of imagination, thanks to an NBC grant. “We have a...

Eligibility Requirements Organization must be a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Fiscally sponsored organizations are eligible. If you have any questions about applying through a fiscal sponsor, please submit a question by clicking the “Contact Us” button on the application portal. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization must have an ann...

Q. I work for a non-profit with multiple locations or chapters, how does my organization/local chapter apply? Project Innovation will only award one grant per Tax ID number, across all eleven markets. If your organization shares a Tax ID number, please coordinate internally as only one application across all markets will be accepted for considerati...

Is your non-profit working to create positive change in your local community? Presented by the NBCUniversal Foundation in partnership with NBC and Telemundo stations in select markets, Project Innovation is strengthening communities by providing funding to local non-profit organizations that are solving everyday problems. In 2019, this station...

The winning organizations were selected by the stations for their programs that leverage technology to solve everyday problems in the areas of civic engagement, skills for the digital economy and STEM/STEAM youth programming.