[from Philanthropy News Digest] The Motorola Solutions Foundation in Schaumburg, Illinois, has announced grants totaling $5.5 million to one hundred nonprofits working to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs to students across the United States.
Awarded through the foundation's Innovation Generation initiative, the grants will support interactive afterschool programs and camps, science and math clubs, and mentoring programs for more than a hundred thousand teachers and students, from preschool to university.
This year's grantees all support the initiative's four focus areas, which include teaching STEM subjects while also developing innovative thinking and creative problem-solving skills; focusing on girls and minorities, who are currently underrepresented in STEM fields; engaging students and teachers in innovative, hands-on activities; and leveraging the skills and experience of Motorola Solutions employees by involving them in volunteer programs where they can help teach and inspire students.
Two recent studies from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration found that those working in STEM fields experience lower rates of unemployment and earn 26 percent more than their non-STEM counterparts. Furthermore, women working in STEM fields, who account for fewer than 25 percent of total jobs in the field, earn 33 percent more on average than do women in other fields.
“Motorola Solutions Foundation Announces 2011 Innovation Generation Grant Recipients.” Motorola Foundation Press Release 8/15/11.
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the RCWE’s mission is to connect people with jobs through collaborative workforce development efforts and strong partnerships with economic development, business, education, and government sectors in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
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