IBM has given out more than $500,000 in grants to Vermont nonprofit organizations and schools.
The grants have been awarded to more than 100 groups or schools around the state in recognition of employee volunteer work in 2011.
IBM says 20 organizations including the Red Cross of Vermont & the New Hampshire Valley, Spectrum Youth and Family Services and the United Way of Chittenden County received $10,000 community impact grants.
Other recipients include the Chittenden Central Supervisory, the Essex Firefighters Association and the Intervale Center in Burlington.