The PepsiCo Foundation Announces Grant to the Robin Hood Foundation

May 24, 2018 11:10 AM ET

The PepsiCo Foundation today announced a $4 million grant to the Robin Hood Foundation – New York City's largest poverty-fighting organization – to support high-quality education and workforce training programs for young women and girls in the Bronx. The grant will fund initiatives to help 20,000 females ages 13-24 in the Bronx increase their earning potential, addressing an acute need in New York City's poorest borough in which 1 in 3 women – more than 220,000 women – are living in poverty.

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The PepsiCo Foundation Announces Grant to the Robin Hood Foundation

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