PNC Grow Up Great Celebrating 5 Years of Making a Difference School Readiness Business Summit November 17, 2009

Grow Up Great Board Presentation2 The Vision  Focus the power of a Fortune 300 company around one cause  Develop a cutting-edge and measurable school readiness program  Involve the entire company in some capacity – give employees options in how they participate  Create sustainable programs through grants  Raise the awareness of the value of school readiness  Advocate for equal access to quality early childhood education

Grow Up Great Board Presentation3 3 An Integrated Approach Grow Up Great/Crezca Con Exito A $100 million, 10 year investment in school readiness The Result Advocacy - Awareness campaign Vehicles for Change Grants Volunteerism  Better prepared children & stronger families and communities with equal access to high quality early care and education

Grow Up Great Board Presentation Grow Up Great with Science  $6 Million initiative over three years to create programs in science for preschoolers.  Launched at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.  One of 14 grants to regional science centers in PNC markets  East coast debut of One World, One Sky:Big Bird’s Adventure  Features independent evaluations of program success  Includes professional development for teachers, employee volunteerism, free family visits to science centers and science activities for preschoolers

Grow Up Great Board Presentation What Others are Saying…  Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (2007)  Sesame Workshop Corporate Honoree along with First Lady Laura Bush (2007)  National Corporate Friends of Children Award, Child Welfare League of America (2007)  Corporate Stewardship Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (2006)  Harvard Business School case study of PNC Grow Up Great, 2009 “In just five years, they have built the largest, most credible corporate commitment to early education in the country.” Gary Knell, President, Sesame Street

Grow Up Great Board Presentation Five Years of Progress  Over 8,445 employees (30%) have participated in the program  Logged over 100,000 volunteer hours  95 Individual Grants and 21 Team Grants awarded  Built an infrastructure that maintains over 4,000 volunteer opportunities at over 700 qualified centers  Collected over 100,000 items in drives  Strong positive correlation exists between Grow Up Great and Employee Engagement. VOLUNTEERISM

Grow Up Great Board Presentation Five Years of Progress  Innovative grant process yielded gains in math/science  $17 million+ to early learning is taking success to scale  Our Kids and the Arts – A Great Early Start  Grow Up Great with Science and One World, One Sky announcement April 21st GRANTS

Grow Up Great Board Presentation Five Years of Progress ADVOCACY  Served as a convener  Advisory Council of 12 renowned experts  Sponsored first-ever early education economic summit  Engaged national leaders  Only corporate presenter at National Summit on America’s Children in May 2007  PNC executives placed on influential boards  Sponsored early education research – Harris and Rand  Supported increased investment in ECE  $75 million early education PA budget line item