ReMerge Second Chance Employers pose with a group of participants holding their Smart Work Ethics certificates. [Submitted photos]

Four Oklahoma City nonprofits are to be announced Thursday as winners of the Google Impact Challenge and will receive $50,000 toward their community initiatives.

Sunbeam Family Services, ReMerge Oklahoma, the Curbside Chronicle and the Y Achievers program are the four winners. They were chosen by a panel of community judges after submitting proposals for ideas to grow local economic opportunity. Officials from the four programs expressed excitement about winning and eagerness to begin the work outlined in the proposals.

“We are absolutely thrilled and honored to be one of the four charities selected in Oklahoma City,” Sunbeam spokeswoman Erin Engelke said. “We were beyond ecstatic.”

The Google Impact Challenge funding will provide parents of children attending Sunbeam early childhood centers the opportunity to earn their Child Development Associate certification.