04/07/2026
This week, we celebrated our 2026 Meta Data Center Community Action Grant recipients at the Montgomery Data Center — and it was a joy to bring together this year’s grant recipients, community partners, Meta team members, and local leaders!
Through our Data Center Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools — addressing critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities, improving local STEAM education — to support the long-term vitality of Montgomery. Learn more on this year’s projects:
Alabama Shakespeare Festival: To provide 2,500 public school students with curriculum-based arts experiences and cast talkbacks that bridge the gap between creative arts and academic success.
Brantwood Children's Home: To modernize child welfare services through centralized case management software that improves the tracking of medical, educational and therapeutic data for foster youth.
The Brewbaker Middle School: To launch an early-learning STEM classroom that introduces primary students to foundational robotics and problem-solving skills for future career readiness.
Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama: To equip a dedicated STEM Lab in Montgomery that provides no-cost robotics, coding, and engineering programs to 500+ girls from underserved and rural areas.
Map Three-Sixty: To install sustainable solar-powered lighting for downtown murals while providing high school students with hands-on technical workshops in lighting design.
Montgomery Prep Academy for Career Tech -Mpact: To transform a high school classroom into a digital innovation center where students and families engage in hands-on coding, robotics and cybersecurity training.
Percy Julian High School: To facilitate community events that connect parents and business leaders with AI-certified students to demonstrate the local economic impact of artificial intelligence.
Crump Elementary: To establish a school makerspace equipped with robotics and coding kits to foster critical thinking and provide technology coaching for new educators.
The Pivot Path: To establish Montgomery’s first dedicated adult computer lab, providing 150+ learners annually with workforce-ready digital literacy and GED support.
Wilson Elementary School: To integrate portable interactive projectors into kindergarten through 5th-grade classrooms to create collaborative, multisensory learning environments.
Our thanks to Montgomery County Alabama Commission Chairman Doug Singleton, and Montgomery Alabama Public Schools - Official Site Superintendent Zickeyous Byrd for their remarks. A big shoutout to Montgomery Whitewater for hosting us!