NRG surprised Special Olympics Montgomery County today with a $100,000 check, the top donation in the company’s spring NRG Gives campaign.

The nonprofit, which is the local chapter of the international organization, conducts training and Olympic-styled competitions in 18 sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, or significant developmental disabilities, at various venues within the county, received the most votes in the week-long, public voting event.

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“This $100,000 donation is thrilling,” said Scott Otterbein, Montgomery County Special Olympics Manager. “With it we can advance the self-confidence of Special Olympics athletes and Unified partners to become contributing, participating members of our community. Our leadership team will have the resources to grow our local tournaments into the future and we so sincerely appreciate the recognition and funding from NRG Gives.”

Similar to the way NRG provides consumers the ability to choose their electric and natural gas provider, NRG Gives is a crowd-sourced, charitable giving program that enables the public to engage with local nonprofits. Through the program, NRG employees nominate three finalists to participate in a public vote to determine which nonprofit will receive a $100,000 donation.

“Congratulations to Special Olympics Montgomery County and all the deserving nonprofits in this NRG Gives campaign,” said NRG Retail East Vice President and General Manager Mike Starck. “The enthusiasm for these finalists and all of the great work they do in our community is an inspiration. We’re honored to provide them with the support they need to expand their outreach.”

As the leading energy supplier in Pennsylvania, with its retail east energy business based in Philadelphia, NRG is committed to supporting the communities where its customers live and work and the NRG Gives program is one of the ways it does that. Through NRG Gives alone, the company has awarded more than $575,000 to support 20 regional nonprofits since November 2016.

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