Microsoft donates $25 million in IT learning grants
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Microsoft said on Thursday it had donated more than $25 million in cash and software to more than 70 organizations. The grants, part of Microsoft's Unlimited Potential initiative to provide information technology skills to low-income and underserved people, are part of a broader effort by the world's largest software maker to donate $1 billion in cash and software over the next five years.
Before Thursday's grant, Microsoft said in a statement it had distributed $50 million of Unlimited Potential grants. Microsoft said it donated the latest grant of $25 million to 73 organizations in 45 countries.