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NBCUniversal Local Impact Grant Winners: Where Are They Now?

Catch up with some of the grant program's former winners to learn more about how they're using the unrestricted funding to create positive change in their communities.

March 24, 2026

Since 2018, Comcast NBCUniversal has awarded a total of $21 million to 615 nonprofits servicing one of the 11 NBC and Telemundo-owned stations' markets across the US through the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants program. Now in its ninth year, the program grants unrestricted funding to eligible nonprofits that provide vital support to their respective communities in the categories of youth education and empowerment, next generation storytellers, and community engagement.

Below, get to know three previous winners from 2024 and 2025: 2-4-1 CARE, BRIDGEGOOD, and Rebuilding Together Long Island.

Applications for 2026 grants are open now through April 24. Click here to learn more and apply.

A child holding a racket and giving a high five AI-generated content may be incorrect. Organization: 2-4-1 CARE

Market: Connecticut

What is your organization's elevator pitch?

2-4-1 stands for "Life's 2 Short 4 Just 1 Sport." We are a nonprofit that uses sport sampling and play to teach social emotional learning, helping kids build confidence, self-regulation, and connection in schools and communities.

How are you using the unrestricted funds to expand your work in the community?

Support from NBCUniversal and Telemundo Connecticut was catalytic, giving us the flexibility to sustain programming, diversify revenue, and design more efficient models. As a result, we were able to expand into additional Greater Hartford schools and confidently pursue new funding streams we would not have considered without that stability.

"One of our Physical Literacy Pals is a young girl whose school attendance had been slipping. Mornings were especially hard, and she was missing more and more days. When our TOP Self Sports program began before school, something shifted almost immediately. She started showing up every single day. Her teachers noticed it first and then her family did too. She now talks about school with excitement and pride, because she gets to start her day moving, playing, and feeling successful. We truly believe the morning structure of the program gave her a reason to come to school, and more importantly, a reason to want to be there. She doesn’t just attend school now. She loves it."

– Stephen Boyle, Co-Founder and Executive Director, 2-4-1 CARE

Organization: BRIDGEGOOD

Market: Bay Area

What is your organization's elevator pitch?

BRIDGEGOOD is an Oakland-based nonprofit that expands access to design and tech careers for local communities. Our model combines People, Purpose, Passion, and Product. People means trusted coaching and community. Purpose means work rooted in access and economic mobility. Passion means creative confidence and connection. Product means real portfolio outcomes through public campaigns and workforce training. Since 2009, we have served 36,000+ learners and community members, including 20,000+ program participants, with 900+ alumni launched into design and tech roles.

How are you using the unrestricted funds to expand your work in the community?

We are using the unrestricted support to remove barriers to participation and strengthen year-round access to career building experiences at our Oakland studios. That includes supporting open lab hours, coaching, portfolio feedback, and production costs for public-facing projects that help learners show real work. The funding also helps us sustain tuition-free training in UX, design, cybersecurity, and AI for learners who are often first generation, low income, and balancing work and family responsibilities.

"Juliana T. joined BRIDGEGOOD's UX Design Apprenticeship in Oakland from June 2025 through August 2025. She came in with curiosity and drive, but she was still searching for her voice as a designer and for a path into a competitive job market. During the program, she practiced user interviews, turned feedback into clearer design decisions, and built a portfolio that showed not only skill but purpose. She credits BRIDGEGOOD for helping her develop a deeper passion for visual storytelling and for understanding how purposeful design can create connection and change. Within 8 months of graduating, she secured paid employment. She describes that outcome as proof that her work, her story, and her direction finally matched. She carries BRIDGEGOOD's ethos forward in her career. Design for social good."

– Shaun Tai, Executive Director, BRIDEGOOD

A group of people working on a house AI-generated content may be incorrect. Organization: Rebuilding Together Long Island

Market: New York

What is your organization's elevator pitch?

There are few needs more basic than a safe, warm, accessible home. RTLI's mission of repairing homes, revitalizing communities, and rebuilding lives puts into action our vision of safe and healthy homes for all. We provide free essential safety repairs to Long Island's economically disadvantaged seniors, veterans and families, as well as modifications for the physically challenged to ensure their accessibility, safety, and independence. Through our work, not only are we simply making repairs, but we are also providing hope, touching hearts, and ensuring a safer, better tomorrow.

How are you using the unrestricted funds to expand your work in the community?

We've been able to utilize these funds in a number of positive ways for our organization. New hardware and software were purchased, and a part-time employee with strong technological skills was hired. We are now moving from a paper-based organization to a secure online system, reducing administrative burdens while improving processes and efficiencies, allowing our staff and volunteers to focus more directly on client services. Thanks to NBCU we were also able to provide new roofs that were desperately needed. It is heartwarming when you see the thankful smile of a disabled veteran, the beneficiary of a new roof, who no longer must collect rainwater in buckets placed strategically throughout his home. These funds uplifted our capacity to deliver our mission and in turn, thankfully, we were able to uplift our Long Island neighbors.

"One client, we’ll call him John, then 74 years old, has lived in his Roosevelt home for more than 30 years. With an income of only $12,000 a year, he struggled to survive. The ceilings in the bedrooms showed the water damage from the badly leaking roof. Missing shingles were visible from the street. He could not turn on his bedroom ceiling fan because water ran through it and he feared it was a fire hazard. John needed our help. With funds from NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants, we were able to replace the old roof and make John's home safer and warmer. Once the new roof was installed, damaged drywall was replaced, a new ceiling fan installed, and dangerous steps were repaired. These are just some of the many repairs that gave John a safer home and a better, healthier living environment. Our partnership with NBCU has afforded us the wonderful opportunity to do more, to restore hope where there is none, and to deliver a brighter, safer tomorrow."

– Stella Hendrickson, Grants & Marketing Manager, Rebuilding Together Long Island

Beyond the Grant

In 2025, NBCUniversal deepened its partnership with RTLI, selecting them to participate as a nonprofit client in the NBCUniversal Creative Impact Lab.

Through the Creative Impact Lab, Reel Works, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit creative agency that trains and mentors emerging talent  to succeed in the media industry, produced a suite of marketing assets for RTLI. The assets highlight RTLI's mission to transform the lives of income-qualified homeowners by improving the safety and health of their homes and revitalizing their communities. The PSA features George Oliphant of NBC's Emmy Award-winning show George to the Rescue, who donated his time to uplift and spotlight the efforts of an organization doing work deeply meaningful to him.