{"id":29974,"date":"2025-06-26T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:12:17","slug":"fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Rogers Productions Receives $1.4 Million Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Rogers Productions has extended its partnership with PNC Foundation and received a $1.4 million grant through its Grow Up Great program.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will support <em>Alma\u2019s Way<\/em> and community events inspired by the series, as well as ongoing Fred Rogers Productions initiatives such as Be My Neighbor Day.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, the grant will support 49 Be My Neighbor Day events, the long-standing community-based initiative inspired by <em>Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood<\/em>. It will also support four other <em>Alma\u2019s Way<\/em> community events.<\/p>\n<p>PNC Foundation\u2019s Grow Up Great is a multi-year bilingual early education initiative that aims to help children from birth through age 5 develop a love for learning that lasts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so pleased to continue our partnership with the PNC Foundation, a valued supporter of educational and arts programs,\u201d said Paul Siefken, president and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. \u201cTheir sponsorship of our programming and outreach initiatives enables us to continue providing valuable content and hands-on experiences for children and families in their neighborhoods nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFred Rogers Productions has been a terrific collaborator from the earliest days of PNC Grow Up Great, creating quality programming that encourages young children to discover, learn and grow,\u201d added Sally McCrady, chair and president of the PNC Foundation. \u201cBe My Neighbor Days is one of my favorite initiatives across PNC\u2019s markets, helping families think about how they can be great neighbors and the importance of keeping kindness in mind. We\u2019re excited to see the <em>Alma\u2019s Way<\/em> Explore Your City events take shape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fred Rogers Productions has extended its partnership with PNC Foundation and received a $1.4 million grant through its Grow Up Great program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3658,11142,7585,11143,8230],"class_list":["post-29974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fred-rogers-productions","tag-grow-up-great","tag-paul-siefken","tag-pnc-foundation","tag-sally-mccrady","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fred Rogers Productions Receives $1.4 Million Grant - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives $1.4 Million Grant - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fred Rogers Productions has extended its partnership with PNC Foundation and received a $1.4 million grant through its Grow Up Great program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T14:08:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T15:12:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/FredRogersProductions-AlmasWay-0625.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/\",\"name\":\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives $1.4 Million Grant - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-26T14:08:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-26T15:12:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fred-rogers-productions-receives-1-4-million-grant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fred Rogers Productions Receives $1.4 Million Grant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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