CLEVELAND, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy,
through the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, will award
$110,000 in unrestricted grants to
area non-profits that have made a difference in the communities the
company serves. The grants are offered through the 25th
annual Community Impact Awards competition, sponsored by Dominion
Energy and Cleveland Magazine. Since 1996, the program has
awarded more than $1.7 million in
Community Impact Awards grants.
In celebration of the program's 25th year, one
winning organization will receive a $25,000 award. Additional Community Impact
Awards honorees will receive awards
of up to $10,000 each. The awards
recognize community organizations that have made major
contributions toward the economic and social revitalization of
communities located in Dominion Energy's Ohio service area.
For example, one of the previous year's honorees, Edwin's
Leadership & Restaurant Institute, Cleveland, received a $10,000 grant for its culinary industry training
program, which teaches and prepares incarcerated adults for jobs
with area restaurants upon their release.
Application instructions are listed below. Entries will be
judged by a group of community leaders from Dominion's service
area. Winners will be recognized in the March 2020 issue of Cleveland Magazine.
The entry deadline is Nov. 30, 2019.
To prepare their nominations, prospective applicants can refer to
the award guidelines and entry information available at
www.DominionEnergy.com, search: impact.
The Guidelines:
- Projects must have been completed between July 2018 and November
2019.
- Projects must have made a major contribution to the economic or
social revitalization in our communities.
- Projects must be located within the Dominion Energy service
area in Ohio.
- Organizations must be 501c (3).
About Dominion Energy
Nearly 7.5 million customers in
18 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity
or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered
in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable,
reliable, affordable and safe energy and is one of the
nation's largest producers and transporters of energy with more
than $100 billion of assets providing electric
generation, transmission and distribution, as well as natural gas
storage, transmission, distribution and import/export services. The
company expects to cut generating fleet carbon dioxide emissions 80
percent by 2050 and reduce methane emissions from its gas
assets 50 percent by 2030. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to
learn more.
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