Local non-profits encouraged to apply for special grant

Press release from Cox Communications

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Cox employees in the Central Florida Market are encouraging local non-profits to apply for a Cox Charities Community Investment grant of up to $5,000 to fund a special program benefiting residents in the area. Applications are being accepted until Friday, October 27, and can be found at www.CoxCharitiesSER.org.

Cox Charities is an internal giving campaign 100% funded by employees who set aside a portion of their paychecks to fund the local grants. Money donated by employees in the Central Florida Market stays in the Central Florida Market. A committee of local employees will review applications and choose the grant recipients based on the amount of funding available.

In addition to the Community Investment Grant, the Cox Charities Innovation in Education Program provides grants of up to $2,500 each spring to schools to fund classroom programs and curricula that encourage and promote students’ ingenuity and imagination through the innovative use of technology.

Cox Charities was created to strengthen Cox markets through the support of programs that positively impact communities in the areas of education, technology, social issues, conservation, and the arts. Cox Charities does not replace but rather increases Cox’s philanthropic giving in the community. In 2022, Cox gave over $1.1 million in cash and in-kind services to nonprofits in the Central Florida Market.

The Cox Central Florida market includes parts of Alachua and Marion counties.