MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo together announced the launch of a $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund. Social Finance will deploy Google capital and Google.org grants to Merit America, Year Up, and other nonprofit training providers. “We are excited to support Social Finance to help expand economic opportunity for more Americans with our new $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet. The Google Career Certificates were developed by Google employees to support skilling in high-demand fields. In addition to managing the investment program funded by the Google Career Certificates Fund, our economic mobility portfolio includes the UP Fund, place-based Pay It Forward Funds, and the Dreamers Graduate Loan Fund.

Source: New York Times February 18, 2022 10:06 UTC