2022 Moving-to-Equity Report - Flipbook - Page 17
2022 Results
$76.4M
>$142M
invested this year to
advance racial equity
and social justice
invested in total since
2021 as part of our
$225M by 2025 pledge
Southern Company system met or exceeded its 2022
annual giving targets toward our investment pillars
Our Impact
PROPEL will prepare HBCU students for
careers
PROPEL, a first-of-its kind technology and
innovation hub for historically Black colleges and
universities (HBCUs), announced the location
of its physical campus within the Atlanta
University Center last fall.
“This is a thrilling and pivotal next step in the
construction of the Propel Center’s physical
campus,” said Tom Fanning, chairman, president
and CEO of Southern Company. “As a founding
partner, we are honored for the opportunities
to help forge change and make intentional
investments that advance equity in education
for the entire community of HBCU students.”
Though its physical campus will be in Atlanta,
PROPEL will support the entire HBCU community,
which includes more than 100 colleges and
universities, through a robust virtual platform
accessible to all HBCU students and faculty.
Watch Southern Company and other
partners present surprise scholarship
to future HBCU student during HBCU
Week at Walt Disney World Resort.
Southern Company joined Apple as founding
partners in 2020. As part of the partnership,
the Southern Company Foundation provided
a $25 million investment.
Earlier in 2022, the Southern Company Foundation
also announced $10 million in grants to foster
HBCU talent and job training in the communities
that surround their campuses and fund four
sustainability professorships. The grant was a
partnership with INROADS, Inc; United Negro College
Fund; and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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