Pluralsight One Commits Over $1 Million to Strategic Nonprofit Partners to Support COVID-19 Response Plans
April 16 2020 - 8:00AM
Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the enterprise technology skills
platform, today announced that its social enterprise, Pluralsight
One, is providing its strategic nonprofit partners with over $1
million in immediate cash grants from the Pluralsight One Fund so
they have flexible financial capital to respond to the global
COVID-19 crisis. Pluralsight One is also providing additional
support through product grants, technology strategy development,
implementation as well as structured volunteerism. Pluralsight
One’s strategic partners that are receiving assistance include the
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Year Up, Malala Fund and the
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA).
“We are deeply grateful for all our partners around the world
whose teams are responding to the COVID-19 crisis to ensure they
meet the evolving needs of the communities they support and flatten
the curve for the world's most vulnerable,” said Aaron Skonnard,
co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight. “From NRC who are launching
digital solutions to protect displaced individuals to Malala Fund
champions who are advancing tech-enabled solutions for education,
they need our support now more than ever. I hope the donor
community will continue to act fast and provide nimble capital to
power their community partners’ response."
Pluralsight One is providing an additional $1 million in 2020
emergency grants to strategic partners from the Pluralsight One
Fund in the following ways:
NRC — NRC is receiving an immediate cash grant
of $250,000 in addition to the scheduled cash grant of $250,000 in
2020 that is part of Pluralsight One’s existing three-year
agreement with NRC. Pluralsight One is responding to the extreme
urgency and risk that this crisis poses for the 70 million people
across the globe that are displaced by conflict. These individuals
are living in close proximity with limited health and education
resources, facing increasing levels of xenophobia and restrictions
to movement as a result of COVID-19. At the same time, COVID-19 is
complicating NRC’s global operations and ability to preserve the
health and safety of staff while reducing the risk of transmission
among medically vulnerable people. The combined grant of $500,000
in 2020 as well as Pluralsight One’s product grant and staff
support will help NRC prevent the spread of COVID-19 to refugee
camp settings, enable the NRC teams to create digital solutions
that serve those who are most vulnerable, and ultimately focus
resources on flattening the curve while maintaining critical,
life-saving programs and services.
Year Up — Year Up is receiving an immediate
cash grant of $250,000 to support program continuity for Year Up’s
nationwide network of 4,500 program participants as well as alumni.
The grant is designed to provide flexible capital to support the
immediate health and education needs of Year Up program
participants while adapting opportunities for disadvantaged youth
to establish stable career paths. The COVID-19 crisis will continue
to disproportionately impact low-income minority communities, and
Pluralsight One is working with Year Up to lessen this impact. In
addition to the financial support, Pluralsight One has also
completed an organization wide implementation of Pluralsight’s tech
skills platform for Year Up staff and all 4,500 program
participants who can now develop relevant technology skills while
working from home.
Malala Fund — Malala Fund is receiving an
immediate cash grant of $300,000 to support the work of five Malala
Fund Champions across Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan in
2020 and 2021. Threats to girls’ education — like poverty, war and
gender discrimination — differ between countries and communities.
Champions are local educators and activists who understand
challenges in their communities and are best placed to identify,
innovate and advocate for policy and programmatic solutions. One
such Champion is Haroon Yasin in Pakistan who has developed an
education app that is enabling digital learning for school-aged
children across the country. With Pluralsight One’s support, Haroon
can scale his work to reach over 1 million school-aged children
whose learning has been disrupted as a result of COVID-19.
CSTA — CSTA is receiving an immediate cash
grant of $250,000 to support the development and implementation of
digital resources for teachers with a focus on equity and
inclusion. Pluralsight One’s support will develop teacher resources
that enable learning continuity during COVID-19, scale the CSTA
Equity Fellowship to grow and establish an active Equity Fellow
Alumni network, continue to build capacity and sustain CSTA’s
chapters, and develop rigorous professional development that grows
the number of English language learner students enrolled in AP
computer science.
In addition to the cash grants to its strategic partners,
Pluralsight One Fund is deploying grants of $50,000 each to Utah
COVID Fund, Boston COVID Fund and Ireland Community Foundation’s
COVID Fund and UN/WHO COVID Fund to support the communities where
Pluralsight team members live and work.
About PluralsightPluralsight is an enterprise
technology skills platform that delivers a unified, end-to-end
learning experience for businesses across the globe. Through a
subscription service, companies are empowered to move at the speed
of technology, increasing proficiency, innovation, and efficiency.
Founded in 2004 and trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Pluralsight
provides members with on-demand access to a digital ecosystem of
learning tools, including Pluralsight IQ, directed learning paths,
expert-authored courses, interactive labs, and analytics. For more
information, visit www.pluralsight.com.
About Pluralsight OnePluralsight One is the
social enterprise of Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS), the enterprise
technology skills platform. It is the company’s commitment to drive
significant, lasting social impact by improving equal access to
technology skills and investing in catalytic solutions. Pluralsight
One Fund is a corporate advised fund at Silicon Valley Community
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in the United
States, EIN# 20-5205488. For more information about Pluralsight One
and the nonprofit product suite, visit www.pluralsightone.org.
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