Applications are now being accpeted for the 2026 NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants Program.
Donor Name: Comcast NBCUniversal
State: Selected States
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/24/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information
In 2026, NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants will award $2.5 million to nonprofit organizations in 11 NBC and Telemundo-owned television station markets. The grant program will provide unrestricted funds to eligible nonprofits with total expenses between $100,000 and $1,000,000.
Categories
These grants are general operating grants, and your application will be reviewed based on your overall work and impact in your local community.
- Youth Education and Empowerment – In-school and community-based programs that equip youth with the tools they need to succeed, including STEM/STEAM education and youth entrepreneurship.
- Next Generation Storytellers – Programs that develop pathways for emerging talent and youth voices to explore careers in communications, arts, news, sports and entertainment.
- Community Engagement – Programs that help foster community unity by enabling individuals to engage with and volunteer in their regions.
Geographical Areas
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas–Fort Worth, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, Miami / South Florida, San Diego, Hartford (Connecticut).
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization must be a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the associated EIN must have been active for more than a year.
- Fiscally sponsored organizations are eligible. If you are a fiscally sponsored organization, please work with your fiscal sponsor to complete the application. If you have any questions about applying through a fiscal sponsor.
- Grant award will not be over 30% of the organization’s total expenses.
- The applying organization must have been in existence and in operation for at least one year.
- Organization must not have received any cash, grant funding, or sponsorship from Comcast NBCUniversal or an NBC and/or Telemundo-owned television station in an amount equal to or exceeding $10,000 per year during any of the past three (3) years. This includes but is not limited to previous NBCUniversal Local Impact Grant winners, Comcast NBCUnites partners, or NBC/Telemundo-owned station partners and Comcast Corporation or Foundation grantees.
- NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants will only award one grant per Tax ID number, across all eleven markets. If your organization shares a Tax ID number, please coordinate internally as only one application across all markets will be accepted for consideration as a finalist for a grant.
- Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local are committed to supporting the interests and needs of our communities.
For more information, visit Comcast NBCUniversal.
