Spectrum Awards Grant to NAMI Fox Valley

Spectrum today announced a donation of $1,000 to NAMI Fox Valley, as part of the company’s national community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants, part of a $1 million programming commitment through year-end 2021.

The funds will help to support the cost of operating NAMI Fox Valley's mental health support

groups for peers and family members.

"NAMI Fox Valley is grateful for Spectrum's $1,000 grant toward the operation of Iris Place Peer Run Respite,” said Maren Peterson, Executive Director of NAMI Fox Valley. “Iris Place is a 5-bedroom respite center that offers an opportunity for adults experiencing mental health distress to stay for up to seven nights to receive peer support and work toward mental health recovery. We are grateful for Spectrum's support of this incredibly impactful program."

Spectrum Employee Community Grants has provided funding to more than 250 local nonprofits in 30 states throughout the company’s service area since its inception in July 2019.

“Through Spectrum Employee Community Grants, we’re proud to provide support to vital community organizations with which our local employees are already volunteering their time and talent,” said John Jones, Vice President of Customer Service in Wisconsin. “Together, we’re building stronger communities where our customers and employees live and work across America.”

Recipients deliver critical social services, helping underserved residents meet basic needs, including food, shelter, clothing, job training and neighborhood safety. Each awardee is nominated by one of the company’s 96,000 U.S. employees who has volunteered with the organization for at least one year.

Spectrum Employee Community Grants are one of several philanthropic programs at Charter Communications, Inc. — which operates the Spectrum brand — developed to support communities where the company provides service and where its employees live and work.

Key Spectrum Community Impact Initiatives

Spectrum surpassed its multiyear commitment to award $6 million in cash and in-kind donations to support broadband education through Spectrum Digital Education, which have benefited more than 56,000 people across 17 states and Washington, D.C., since 2017.

Charter has committed $22 million to assist minority-owned businesses within its footprint. In 2020, Charter launched the Spectrum Community Investment Loan Fund to invest in community development financial institutions (CDFIs), and with national partners like National Action Network and the National Urban League, to provide low-cost loans to diverse-owned small businesses whose goods and services help meet core needs in underserved communities.

In the spring of 2020, Charter introduced Spectrum Scholars, a two-year educational program for eligible rising juniors in financial need, that will award a total of $400,000 in scholarship aid, provide company mentors for students, as well as connect them with potential internship opportunities at Charter.