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Exelon Announces 27 Green Lab Grant Winners for 2022, Plans to Advance STEM Education in Under-Resourced Communities
Twenty-seven schools and education-focused nonprofits in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia will receive grants totaling
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nTwenty-seven schools and education-focused nonprofits in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia will receive grants totaling $868,000 to modernize or create state-of-the-art science labs\n\n CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExelon (Nasdaq: EXC), the nation’s largest energy delivery company, and the Exelon Foundation announced they will award a total of $868,000 in Green Lab Grants to 27 education-focused organizations. The grants will go toward investments in hands-on educational spaces where high school students can prepare for careers in STEM (science, technology, math and engineering).\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130005819/en/\n“We are partnering with local high schools and education-focused nonprofits, providing resources that will equip young people in our communities with the critically important STEM skills necessary to succeed in family-supporting careers,” said Calvin Butler, president and chief operating officer of Exelon. “We want these students to one day work for us, and help Exelon lead the clean energy transformation.”\n\nPublic and private schools, as well as nonprofit organizations that run out-of-school programs serving Title I-eligible students, can apply for Green Lab Grants of up to $50,000 each. The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, conducts an independent review of grant applications and administers the program, which benefits organizations based in Exelon’s service territories in Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.\n\nThis year’s Green Lab Grants recipients are:\n\nDelaware\nPartnership for the Delaware Estuary, Wilmington\n$15,000; Mussels for Clean Water Initiative – Research Lab\n\nDistrict of Columbia\nSTEM4US!, Washington\n$50,000; Green Construction Training Lab for Anacostia-area high school students\n\nThe Swaliga Foundation, Washington\n$25,000; OuterSpace Lab at Potomac Gardens Housing Development\n\nIllinois\nAfter School Matters, Chicago\n$35,000; Urban STEM space and gardening apprenticeship program\n\nCalculated Genius, Chicago\n$50,000; Free STEM lab for Chicago Public Schools students, housed at KDM Engineering\n\nChicago Youth Centers, Chicago\n$36,000; Addition of a Green Lab to the Chicago Youth Center\n\nCurie High Sc...