ExxonMobil Foundation gives $403K to Cornell

The ExxonMobil Foundation has given Cornell $403,949 through its Educational Matching Gifts Program.

Rob Crane ’92, new product platform manager at ExxonMobil Chemical, presented the check to Lance Collins, dean of the College of Engineering, during a campus visit on April 23, 2019.

The grant is the result of a three-to-one match of donations to Cornell made in 2018 by ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses, many of whom are Cornell alumni. In the past five years alone, ExxonMobil has given more than $2.5 million to Cornell through the program.

The ExxonMobil Foundation reported that its matching gifts program this year netted $17 million in donations to 806 institutions, resulting in a total of $32 million in education grants. The foundation is working to improve U.S. math and science education through such programs.

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