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Twenty-seven organizations that are strengthening the workforce, supporting business growth and fostering economic development in Florida just received a collective $326,500 from Duke Energy and the Duke Energy Foundation.

The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding $100,000 to three nonprofit organizations expanding leadership development, career readiness and entrepreneurship opportunities in Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area.

On Friday, Sept. 18, the Duke Energy Foundation presented $93,000 – $1,000 for every Tampa Bay Rays win this season – to the Share the Light Fund, which provides energy bill payment assistance for customers.

In response to the severe storms that swept across Ohio and Kentucky, the Duke Energy Foundation is providing emergency grant funding to local nonprofit organizations supporting relief and recovery efforts in impacted areas.

Duke Energy Foundation invests $1 million to expand food access, housing stability, senior services and utility assistance for families, seniors and vulnerable residents.

As part of its efforts to power the vitality of the communities it serves, Piedmont Natural Gas, through the Duke Energy Foundation, has awarded nearly $60,000 in grants to support the missions of three organizations combating hunger and housing insecurity in Charlotte and the surrounding area.

As the country approaches its 250th birthday, the Duke Energy Foundation is distributing $186,100 to 16 nonprofit organizations across North Carolina that are working to expand access to civic learning and remembrance.

The Duke Energy Foundation is awarding nearly $830,000 in 54 grants to nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions and community partners in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

Through its America250 initiative, the Duke Energy Foundation is awarding 20 grants to nonprofit organizations across Duke Energy’s six-state service area, along with an investment in the United Service Organizations (USO).

This initial grantmaking reflects the Duke Energy Foundation’s broader America250 commitment, with additional investments in veterans’ workforce development and civics education to follow later this spring.