Each year, Corporate Citizenship partners with the company’s 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) to contribute to local nonprofits that reflect Newport News Shipbuilding’s values and make Hampton Roads a more inclusive, equitable and diverse region.

Literacy for Life was among the organizations selected by two ERGs that received a grant. In addition to the core services of reading, writing, math and English, Literacy for Life provides career development services, teaches basic computer skills, mentors adults to better understand and develop financial health, and assists low-literate adults to understand medical terms and navigate the medical system.

The grants allow NNS to make diversity and inclusion a key focus of philanthropy and supports causes that are important to ERG members.

“One of the greatest things our ERGs can do to create a sense of community is through our philanthropy partnership with Corporate Citizenship,” said Danyelle Saunders, manager of EEO and Diversity. “Many of our employees, family members and friends benefit when we support local nonprofit organizations that serve the community.”

Below are the organizations that received funding from ERGs this year:

Asian Shipbuilders Including All Nationalities (ASIAN) and SHIPs Network

• Literacy for Life

FitNNS

• Soundscapes

Generational Integration Focus Team (GIFT)

• LINK of Hampton Roads

L.E.A.R.N.

• Tidewater Friends of Foster Care (TFFC)

Shipbuilders Together Realizing Inclusion, Diversity and Equality (STRIDE)

• Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia

Veterans Employee Resource Group (VERG)

• Real People Educating Others (RPEO)

Women in Shipbuilding Enterprise (WiSE)

• Teens With A Purpose

African American Shipbuilders Association (AASA)

• Friends of Hampton Roads

Advancing New Careers Helping Our Resources Succeed (ANCHORS)

• A Brighter Side to ASD, Inc.