PPG Foundation Invests $1.4 Million in Greater Pittsburgh Programs in 2017

Funding supports educational, community sustainability initiatives

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that the PPG Foundation completed grants
totaling more than $1.4 million in 2017 to support educational and
community sustainability programs in the Greater Pittsburgh area, where
PPG maintains its global headquarters and several facilities. The grants
highlight PPG’s commitment to supporting local communities where its
employees live, work and play.

The grant recipients and funding purposes were:

• Allegheny
  Intermediate Unit: $25,000 for science, technology, engineering
  and math (STEM) programming and professional development for public
  libraries, Head Start classrooms and elementary schools in Allegheny
  and Westmoreland counties to enhance their early learning programming.
• Allegheny
  Land Trust: $3,000 for the STEM-based Water Resources and the Web
  of Life program for middle and high school students.
• American
  Chemical Society: $5,500 to support National Chemistry Week and
  provide funding for top organic chemistry graduate students to attend
  the society’s Graduate Research Symposium to engage in career
  development workshops and networking.
• American
  National Red Cross – Western Pennsylvania Region: $200,000 in
  relief for victims of 2017 disasters, including hurricanes Harvey,
  Irma and Maria.
• Asset:
  $20,000 for the Project-Based Learning Teacher Externships program,
  which provides classroom educators with teacher externships at
  STEM-related businesses.
• Carnegie
  Library of Pittsburgh: $10,000 to provide free access to STEM
  Super Science: Robotics & Coding programs and resources for 2,500
  children, their families and educators.
• Carnegie
  Mellon University: $3,000 for sponsorship of an educational
  session at the Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association
  Symposium.
• Children’s
  Museum of Pittsburgh: $40,000 for sponsorship of the Hands-On
  Harley exhibit and Color Days.
• Franklin
  County Historical Society: $5,000 for general operating support.
• Friends
  of the Monroeville Public Library: $2,500 for PPG @ MPL – Where
  Science and Kids Meet for the Summer, which is a series of programs
  and activities that encourage engagement in and understanding of STEM
  topics.
• Greater
  Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $30,000 for general support to
  feed people in need and mobilize the community to eliminate hunger.
• Pennsylvania
  Governor’s School for the Sciences (PGSS) Campaign: $20,000 for a
  five-week summer residential program at Carnegie Mellon University to
  help increase the number of Pennsylvania students who are academically
  and socially prepared for post-secondary education in science and math.
• Pirates
  Charities: $5,000 for educational materials for the Pirates
  Education Days program, which provides schoolchildren with the
  opportunity to attend a baseball game with an academic focus.
• Pittsburgh
  Symphony: $5,000 for the Kraft Heinz Audience of the Future
  program, which provides students with opportunities to explore
  science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) concepts
  through hands-on technologies and maker activities focused on music
  and the science of sound.
• Pittsburgh
  Trust For Cultural Resources: $43,500 for arts education
  programming and curriculum refinement for the Makers Space Program.
• Pittsburgh
  Zoo & PPG Aquarium: $550,000 for ongoing educational
  program support.
• Reading
  Is FUNdamental Pittsburgh: $10,000 for math- and science-themed
  activities that reinforce concepts presented through read-aloud books
  as part of the organization’s Books for Keeps Program.
• Springdale
  Free Public Library: $1,000 for ongoing programming and materials.
• The
  Extra Mile Education Foundation: $8,000 in financial support for
  urban children and their families seeking a values-based
  pre-kindergarten through eighth grade education in select parochial
  schools.
• United
  Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania: $406,250 for the Impact Fund
  campaign; United for Women Initiative; disaster relief; Children &
  Youth STEM; and other initiatives.
  
• WQED
  Multimedia: $10,000 to support “Design Lives Here,” a STEM-based
  supplemental educational program for students in fifth through eighth
  grades.

“We are proud to support programs that increase the educational
opportunities for youth and quality of life for all citizens in PPG’s
hometown,” said Sue Sloan, executive director, the PPG Foundation.

PPG and the PPG Foundation also committed $7.5 million to the Carnegie
Science Center of Pittsburgh in 2017. The largest donation in the
center's history is earmarked for a new building, scheduled to be
completed this year, which will be named the PPG Science Pavilion. Click
here to learn more.

PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG
communities around the world. We invested more than $10.5 million in
2017, supporting hundreds of community organizations across 29
countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow
today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields
related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to
multiply their impact for causes that are important to them by
supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com
and follow @PPG_Communities
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