Comcast Internet Essentials, Central Valley Lift Zones announcement, where families received a laptop, 12 months of internet and a box of food items at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fresno County on Tuesday Dec 12, 2020 in Fresno, Calif.
Comcast Internet Essentials, Central Valley Lift Zones announcement, where families received a laptop, 12 months of internet and a box of food items at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fresno County on Tuesday Dec 12, 2020 in Fresno, Calif.
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Comcast commits $3.5 million to digital equity causes

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Comcast has committed more than $40 million in cash to its digital equity causes in the past year, including a fresh $3.5 million in grants to help close the digital divide.

Comcast today announced $3.5 million for partners including CodePath, Genesys Works, Jobs for the Future, NPower, I.C. Stars, Opportunity at Work, Goodwill, YWCA, and Philadelphia Youth Network.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.