2021 Community Grants
The TEGNA Foundation Community Grants program addresses local community needs by supporting nonprofit organizations in communities served by TEGNA Inc.
Click on a state below to see the 2021 Community Grant recipients.
| Huntsville/ Decatur/ Florence WZDX-TV |
Round 1 305 8Th Street United Women of Color Round 2 Food Bank of North Alabama Morgan County Sheriffs Mounted Posse |
| Phoenix KPNX-TV |
Round 1 ASU Foundation Round 2 American Service Animal Society Diocesan Council for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix Diversity Leadership Alliance Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona International Rescue Committee Mesa Association of Sports for the Disabled Teen Lifeline United Food Bank |
| Tucson KMSB-TV |
Round 2 Community Food Bank Hattie B Bwip Marana Health Center The Child Language Center |
| Ft. Smith/Springdale KFSM-TV |
Round 1 Community Services Clearing House Volunteers for Literacy of Crawford County Round 2 Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter |
| Little Rock KTHV-TV |
Round 1 Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging Thea Foundation Round 2 Arkansas Venture Center |
| Sacramento KXTV-TV |
Round 1 Aging Up Sacramento Children's Museum Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project Women's Empowerment Round 2 Food Bank Contra Costa and Solano Placer Food Bank Sacramento Food Bank Services Second Harvest of the Greater Valley Yolo Food Bank Yuba-Sutter Gleaners Food Bank |
| San Diego KFMB Stations |
Round 1 Operation Homefront Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego Round 2 Coastal Roots Farm Emilio Nares Foundation Feeding San Diego RISE San Diego |
| Denver KUSA-TV |
Round 1 Colorado Freedom of Information Council Colorado Professional Fire Fighters Foundation Colorado Succeeds Denver Press Club Nine Health Services Round 2 Bayaud Enterprises Craig Hospital Foundation Denver Dumb Friends League Judi’s House La Clinica Tepeyac La Raza Services Project Angel Heart Third Way Center |
| Hartford WTIC-TV |
Round 1 Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southern Connecticut Foodshare Hartford Interval House Round 2 Camp Courant Ethan Miller Song Foundation Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Village For Families & Children |
| DC/MD/VA WUSA-TV/TEGNA HQ |
Round 1 Capital Area Food Bank Central Union Mission Girls on the Run of NOVA United Way of the National Capital Area Round 2 A Wider Circle An Open Book Foundation Arc of Prince George's County Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Capital Caring Health Latin American Youth Center One World Education Suited for Change USO of Metropolitan Washington Washington Area Women's Foundation Washington AIDS Partnership |
| Jacksonville WTLV-TV & WJXX-TV |
Round 2 Cecil Field Pow-Mia Memorial Hubbard House I M Sulzbacher Center for The Homeless Jacksonville School for Autism Operation Homefront Operation New Uniform Pie In the Sky Community Alliance Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida St Augustine Society The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation |
| St. Petersburg WTSP-TV |
Round 1 Great Explorations Icon Preparatory School Oldsmar Cares Poynter Institute for Media Studies R Club Child Care Tampa Bay Sports Commission Round 2 City of Pinellas Park Southeastern Guide Dogs Starting Right, Now The Kind Mouse Productions |
| Atlanta WXIA-TV/WATL-TV |
Round 1 Atlanta Community Food Bank Atlanta Technical College Foundation Children’s Museum of Atlanta Georgia Justice Project HOPE Atlanta Meals on Wheels Atlanta Points of Light Foundation Salvation Army Voices For Georgia’s Children Young Women Christian Association of Greater Atlanta Round 2 American National Red Cross Atlanta Mission George West Mental Health Foundation Hands On Atlanta Ser Familia Special Olympics Georgia The Georgia Center for Nonprofits United Negro College Fund Visiting Nurse Health System Westside Future Fund You Awards International |
| Macon WMAZ-TV |
Round 1 Aspire Foundation Depaul Usa Meals on Wheels of Middle Georgia Round 2 The Salvation Army |
| Boise KTVB-TV |
Round 2 Boise Rescue Mission Idaho Foodbank Warehouse Salvation Army Wassmuth Center for Human Rights Home of The Anne Frank Memorial |
| Indianapolis WTHR-TV |
Round 1 Community Health Network New Hope of Indiana Round 2 Carmel Swim Club Girls On the Run Central Indiana Indiana Fashion Foundation Corporation James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association Lawrence Police Cadets, Inc. Pack Away Hunger The Salvation Army |
| Des Moines WOI-TV |
Round 1 Des Moines Area Religious Council Des Moines Council of St Vincent De Paul Society Round 2 Angels Among Us Nine Square Feet |
| Rock Island-Moline, IL/Davenport, IA WQAD-TV |
Round 2 Friends of Hauberg Civic Center Humane Society of Rock Island County Nest Nourish Everyone Sustainably Together |
| Louisville WHAS-TV |
Round 2 Ace Project Inc. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Americana Community Center WHAS Crusade for Children |
| New Orleans WWL-TV/WUPL-TV |
Round 1 Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Round 2 United Way of Southeast Louisiana |
| Bangor WLBZ-TV & Portland WCSH |
Round 2 Boothbay Region Health Care Penquis Community Action Program United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine Veggies To Table Western Maine Community Action Women’s Health Resource Library |
| Grand Rapids WZZM-TV |
Round 1 City of Grand Rapids Positive Impact For Life Round 2 Migrant Legal Aid Revive And Thrive Project Second Chance Cats of West Michigan Sweet Adeline’s International |
| Minneapolis KARE-TV |
Round 1 East Side Learning Center Freshwater Society Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic Little Free Library Our Savior’s Community Services The Food Group, Formerly Emergency Foodshelf Network University of St. Thomas Round 2 360 Communities Genesys Works - Twin Cities Minnesota Health Fairs Science Museum of Minnesota The Link TreeHouse |
| St. Louis KSDK-TV |
Round 1 Dream Builders 4 Equity Ethical Society of Police Charitable Foundation FamilyForward Mathews-Dickey Boys & Girls Club |
| Buffalo WGRZ-TV |
Round 2 Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Confident Girl Mentoring Program FeedMore WNY Kids Escaping Drugs Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara County United Way of Buffalo and Erie County |
| Charlotte WCNC-TV |
Round 1 Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry Carolinas Metro Esther’s Heart for Transformation Ministry For the Struggle Loaves & Fishes Turning Point Round 2 Camino Community Development Corporation Carolina Pet Adoption and Welfare Carolinas Metro Cleveland County Government County of Catawba Friends Of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Services Gaston County Greater Charlotte SPCA Humane Society of Charlotte Lancaster SPCA Lincoln County Animal Services Path Inc. Rusty’s Legacy She Built This City The Salvation Army York County Humane Society |
| Greensboro WFMY-TV |
Round 1 A Simple Gesture Greensboro Greensboro Chamber Foundation Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Round 2 Backpack Beginnings Crisis Control Ministry Open Door Ministries of High Point Pastors Pantry Targeting Senior Hunger United Way of Greater Greensboro |
| Cleveland WKYC-TV |
Round 2 Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio City Year Cleveland Public Theatre College Now Greater Cleveland Cuyahoga Community College Foundation Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio Downtown Cleveland Alliance Effective Leadership Academy EYEJ: Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment And Technology Greater Cleveland Food Bank Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons Seeds of Literacy YWCA of Cleveland Ohio |
| Columbus WBNS-TV |
Round 2 After-School All-Stars Ohio Habitat For Humanity International Impact Community Action Lifecare Alliance Star House |
| Toledo WTOL-TV |
Round 2 After-School All-Stars Ohio Bittersweet Geary Family YMCA of Fostoria Habitat For Humanity International Mareda Center Ohana Project Toledo Cultural Arts Center |
| Portland KGW-TV |
Round 1 Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center Round 2 Central City Concern New Avenues for Youth |
| Harrisburg/York WPMT-TV |
Round 1 Central Pennsylvania Food Bank York County Food Bank |
| Wilkes Barre-Scranton WNEP-TV |
Round 2 A Moment of Magic Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity King's College Monroe County Meals on Wheels Inc. |
| Columbia WLTX-TV |
Round 2 Communities In Schools of Greenville County Inc. Sistercare Transitions-Midlands Housing Alliance |
| Knoxville WBIR-TV |
Round 2 United Way of Greater Knoxville |
| Memphis WATN/WLMT-TV |
Round 1 Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Neighborhood Christian Centers Round 2 National Foundation for Transplantss |
| Austin KVUE-TV |
Round 2 Austin Child Guidance Center CareBOX Program Center For Child Protection Foster Angels of Central Texas Foundation Thinkery (Austin Children's Museum) |
| Beaumont KBMT-TV/KJAC-TV |
Round 1 Nutrition And Services For Seniors Round 2 Some Other Place |
| Corpus Christi KIII-TV |
Round 2 Amistad Community Health Center |
| Dallas WFAA-TV |
Round 1 Carry the Load Child Protection Connection Children First Gladney Center for Adoption Way Back House Round 2 Ability Connection Texas Brighter Tomorrows C5 Youth Foundation of Texas Center For Survivors of Torture Citysquare Interfaith Family Services |
| Houston KHOU-TV |
Round 1 Be A Champion Catholic Charities of The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Christ Clinic Communities in Schools of Houston Cy-Fair Helping Hands Hope and Healing Center & Institute Keep Santa Fe Beautiful Memorial Assistance Ministries Partners for Harris County Children Sunshine Kids Foundation Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy Round 2 Cy-Fair Helping Hands Cypress Community Assistance Ministries Houston Independent School District Foundation |
| Midland/Odessa KWES-TV |
Round 1 Bully Beds Midland Teen Court Permian Basin Gifts of Hope Round 2 Midland Storytelling Festival Odessa College Foundation Incorporated Starlight Therapeutic Riding Center |
| San Angelo/ Abilene KXVA-TV/KIDY-TV |
Round 2 Children’s Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas Galilee Community Development Corporation Meals For the Elderly |
| San Antonio KENS-TV |
Round 2 Adoption Priorities American Cancer Society Boysville Communities In Schools of San Antonio Crohns & Colitis Foundation K9S For Warriors San Antonio Amateur Sports Foundation San Antonio Assn of Hispanic Journalists San Antonio Association of Black Journalists Trulight127 Ministries |
| Tyler KYTX-TV |
Round 2 The Salvation Army |
| Waco KCEN-TV |
Round 2 Casa Of Bell and Coryell Counties Fort Hood Area Santa’s Workshop United Service Organizations |
| Hampton Roads WVEC-TV |
Round 2 Helping Kids Teens America Kennedys Angel Gowns Urban Renewal Center |
| Seattle KING-TV/KONG-TV |
Round 2 Blackpast Org City Club Gathering Roots Wellness Green Plate Special Harlequin Productions Holocaust Center for Humanity Langston Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Pioneer Human Services Rain City Rock Camp for Girls Refugee Women’s Alliance The Hub - Youth Central Work Force Development Center |
| Spokane KREM-TV/KSKN-TV |
Round 1 Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County Round 2 American National Red Cross Communities In Schools of Spokane County Newby-ginnings of North Idaho Tree Of Sharing |
