MONAT Gratitude, the philanthropic arm of MONAT, released the recipient names of its second round of grants as part of its $1 million pledge to close achievement gaps in underserved communities around the world.
The nonprofit recipients of this $380,000 donation include:
- Education Through Music-Los Angeles (Burbank, CA)
- Green Thumbs Growing Kids (Ontario, Canada)
- Happiness Is Camping, Inc. (Hardwick, NJ)
- Junior Achievement of South Florida (Coconut Creek, FL)
- Kids Excel El Paso, Inc. (El Paso, TX)
- Miracle Foundation of Arts and Academics (Smyrna, GA)
- Motown Historical Museum, Inc. (Detroit, MI)
- Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York, NY)
- New Brunswick Youth Orchestra, Inc. (New Brunswick, Canada)
- Playing for Change Foundation (Santa Monica, CA)
- South End Soccer (Boston, MA)
- The Crucible (Oakland, CA)
“Non-profit organizations receiving grants from MONAT Gratitude are focused on enriching our youth with arts and culture, sports, entrepreneurship and recreation education because we’ve learned that extracurricular activities in these areas promote development of motor, language and social skills,” said MONAT Gratitude CEO Lu Urdaneta. “By supporting these programs, we hope to positively impact student outcomes in communities across the globe.”
