Cognizant’s ‘Making the Future’ Initiative Awards 40 STEM Grants to Youth Programs Throughout …

The 40 organizations receiving Making the Future grants in 2016 are:

Arizona
Zaharis Elementary, Mesa, Ariz.
Arkansas
Rogers Public Library, Rogers, Ark.
California
Alum Rock Educational Foundation, San Jose, Calif.
ReCreate, Roseville, Calif.
San Diego Makers Guild, San Diego, Calif. Boner Community Center, Indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa
Jewels Academy, Des Moines, Iowa
Louisiana
Young Aspirations Young Artists (YAYA), New Orleans, La.
Maryland
Digital Harbor Foundation, Baltimore, Md.
Massachusetts
The Possible Project, Cambridge, Mass.
Michigan
Penny W. Charles Community College, Cottleville, Mo.
New Jersey
Piscataway Public Library, Piscataway, N.J.
Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.
Boys & Girls Club of Paterson & Passaic, N.J.
Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.
New York
Lower East Side Girls Club, New York City, N.Y.
Dreamyard Project, Bronx, N.Y.
Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering (ELiTE), New York City, N.Y.
All Star Code, New York City, N.Y.
North Carolina
Behailu Academy, Charlotte, N.C.
Granville County Schools, Oxford, N.C.
Schiele Museum of Natural History, Gastonia, N.C.
Ohio
Tech Corps, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio
Oregon
YMCA of Columbia-Willamette, Beaverton, Ore.
Pennsylvania
University Science Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
South Carolina
College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.
Children’s Museum of the Upstate, Greenville, S.C.
Texas
The Monarch School, Houston, Texas
Girlstart, Bryan and Austin, Texas
Skillpoint Alliance, Austin, Texas
Transmit Receive Labs Inc., Houston, Texas
Utah
Utah State University Extension 4-H, Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties, Utah
Virginia
Vector Space, Lynchburg, Va.
Washington
YMCA of the Inland Northwest, Spokane, Wash.



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