FAQs

What

PNC Grow Up Great, a 10-year, $100 million investment in early childhood education

PNC Grow Up Great and PNC Crezca con Éxito, its Spanish-language equivalent, are committed to helping prepare children from birth to age five, with a focus on underserved children, for success in school and life. Founded by The PNC Financial Services Group, Grow Up Great is what we believe to be the most comprehensive corporate-based school readiness program in the nation, committed to helping produce stronger, smarter and healthier children, families and communities. As we see it, every child should have the chance to Grow Up Great.

Why

An investment in the future

Extensive research indicates that the returns on investments in high-quality early education and school readiness initiatives are significant and long-lasting, impacting our children, our society and the health of our economy for generations to come.

Research shows that children who participate in high-quality preschool programs are far more likely to experience greater educational achievements, and contribute to society later in life.

Who

Expert partners help guide the initiative

PNC Grow Up Great has partnered with some of the nation’s most highly respected early childhood experts and nonprofit organizations to help guide this initiative.

“Thank you PNC! As a Head Start parent, I can’t say enough wonderful things about the Grow Up Great grant. PNC employees as “Leapfrog Literacy Buddies” in our classrooms, the books, parent lending library materials and the Leapfrog systems purchased through the grant, and this year’s science initiative have given Jefferson County’s Head Start children a “great” start toward kindergarten.”

Diangela
Parent & Council Chairperson