Called The Pittsburgh Promise™, the program is designed to help students and families of the Pittsburgh Public Schools plan, prepare and pay for education beyond high school at accredited post-secondary institutions within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

UPMC will contribute an initial $10 million to mobilize The Pittsburgh Promise in time to support 2008 graduates of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The remaining $90 million is a challenge grant intended to spur a community-wide campaign to raise a total of $250 million that will create a permanent endowment to fund future generations of graduates from the Pittsburgh Public Schools.

Read more at http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/14311021813202277/site/default.asp?1431Nav=%7C&NodeID=3079