Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Photo credit: James Duncan Davidson | Flickr, under Creative Commons license

E-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it’ll donate $3.9 million to CodeVA, a non-profit based in the U.S. state of Virginia that partners with educational institutions to further computer science education in under-served communities in the state. Amazon will donate the stated amount in three installments amounting to $1.3 million each, the first of which has already been donated. The company’s donation was announced by Pamela Northam, the first lady of the state of Virginia.

CodeVA says Amazon’s donation will expand its computer science curriculum reach to over 500,000 students and more than 12,000 teachers in the state of Virginia. Amazon’s donation, which will run through 2022, essentially doubles CodeVA’s annual operating budget for the period. The company’s donation supplements state grants awarded to CodeVA.

Altogether, Amazon has donated more than $20 million to organizations that promote computer science and STEM education across the US. Among the company’s non-profit-oriented efforts includes a scholarship program for STEM students across the U.S.