Google Awards Grants to 16 STEM Organizations

This morning Google announced it is donating $40 million to groups that support STEM education, girls' education, access to technology, and oppose human trafficking.

Sixteen STEM organizations will receive a total of $14.7 million, including the Tech Museum of Innovation, the D.C. Public Education Fund, Girl Scouts of Northern California, and the Computer History Museum. Google says the donations will support more than 3 million kids.

Nine of the 16 organizations operate in the United States.

Shona Brown, senior vice president of Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, wrote in a blog post that the latest round of donations brings their annual giving to $115 million.

"I'm inspired by this year's grantees and look forward to seeing their world-changing work in 2012," she wrote.

Here are the STEM organizations Google is supporting:

• Platform Bèta Techniek
• Bletchley Park Trust
• Citizen Schools
• Computer History Museum
• Concord Consortium
• D.C. Public Education Fund
• Generating Genius
• Girl Scouts of Northern California
• Girlstart
• MateFitness
• Roberta Initiative
• Robin Hood
• Teach For All
• The Tech Museum of Innovation
• Science Gallery
• World Wide Workshop

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