PPG Foundation Invests More Than $41,000 in 6 Troy-Area Organizations

Funding supports educational, community sustainability programs

TROY, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that the PPG Foundation completed grants
totaling more than $41,000 to six Troy-area organizations in support of
educational and community sustainability programs in 2017. The grants
were made on behalf of PPG’s local automotive OEM coatings facility.

The grant recipients and funding purposes were:

• Boys
  Hope Girls Hope: $1,500 for after-school programming and other
  services to help academically capable and motivated children in need.
• College
  For Creative Studies: $3,500 for virtual reality equipment for the
  Transportation Design department.
• Junior
  Achievement (JA) of Southeastern Michigan: $1,500 to support the
  JA Finance Park program, which teaches middle and high school students
  how to develop and maintain a personal monthly budget.
• Kettering
  University: $2,500 to support the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  Expo, which exposes female high school students to the fields of
  science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
• SAE
  Foundation: $30,000 for World In Motion, which is a science,
  technology, engineering and mathematics education program.
• United
  Way for Southeastern Michigan: $2,500 to support educational,
  health and human services programs.

“Helping prepare young people for their futures is important to PPG and
the PPG Foundation,” said Matt Marek, PPG vice president, Automotive OEM
Coatings, Americas.

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
on Twitter.

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Contacts

PPG Media Contacts:
Corporate Communications
Mark
Silvey, +1 412-434-3046
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or
Greta
Edgar, +1 412-434-2445
Corporate Communications
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