Microsoft gives tech access grants to Latino organizations
In an effort to help close the digital divide between Anglo and Latino households, Microsoft Corporation is giving $1 million in cash and software grants to three groups dedicated to providing learning opportunities for Latinos across the United States.
The grants will help provide technology access and tech training -- strong needs among the Latino population. A recent study found that Latino households are about half as likely to own a computer as Anglo households, and only 40% as likely to use the Internet, Microsoft reports.
Microsoft is making the grants to:
Digital Mission, which offers technology training and placement in San Francisco's Mission District, and will use its grant to fund new computers and staff at its technology center;
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, which will use $300,000 in cash and a large software grant to increase technology access in five Hispanic-serving institutions;
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund will use its grant for a program to fund scholarships and bring promising Hispanic graduates to Microsoft.
In the past year, Microsoft has given more than $25 million in cash and $79 million in software to more than 5,000 nonprofits nationwide.
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