How the Old National Bank Foundation Funds Grants Supporting Women

Old National has always focused on strengthening and supporting the communities we serve. In 2025, we invested over $4.2 million in our communities via grants to 275 organizations, many of which are grants supporting women.

“In 2025, the Old National Bank Foundation focused on what it takes to create lasting change,” said Old National Bank Foundation President Joe Kiser. “This includes stable housing, access to economic opportunity and the tools people need to build financial security. By investing alongside trusted community partners, we’re helping move families and neighborhoods from resilience to real, long‑term progress.”

In 2025, 98% of all ONB Foundation grant funding supported CRA-eligible initiatives, and 72% of grants served underrepresented communities.

Here are just a handful of grants supporting women funded in 2025 through our foundation:

Chicago Women In Trades (CWIT) – Chicago, Illinois

CWIT’s pre‑apprenticeship and certification pathways prepare women to enter and succeed in high‑wage skilled trades. The model couples hands‑on training with recruitment, retention support, and strong employer partnerships, addressing both access and on‑the‑job persistence. By opening doors to careers with family‑sustaining wages and benefits, the program promotes gender equity, broadens the regional talent pipeline, and builds durable economic stability.

Crisis Center for South Suburbia – Chicago, Illinois

This program stabilizes survivors of domestic violence through housing coupled with financial counseling, employment readiness, and credit rebuilding. Safe housing is the foundation for economic recovery, allowing survivors to regain independence and participate fully in the local economy.

Funding community organizations that move the needle

The Old National Bank Foundation makes contributions to nonprofit organizations to fund widespread community impact programs and/or projects. The foundation is part of Old National’s overall charitable giving initiative, which enables us to support programs that improve quality of life in areas of:

• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Tennessee
• Wisconsin

Old National believes in supporting communities where our clients, team members and shareholders live and work.

Each year, the Old National Bank Foundation endeavors to fund as many initiatives that meet our funding priorities as possible across our footprint. Due to the volume of applications received, each is evaluated on a competitive basis as we strive to fund programs with strong impact and measurable outcomes.

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