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      For Your Business February 5, 2026

      How the Old National Bank Foundation Funds Workforce Development

      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 in the workforce development category.

      “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 workforce development initiatives funded in 2025 through our foundation:

       

      Safer Foundation – Iowa / Quad Cities

      ONB Foundation support strengthens Safer Foundation’s comprehensive workforce and reentry services, helping justice‑involved individuals overcome practical barriers that often derail training and early employment. Funding for transportation, work attire, testing fees, and emergency needs ensures participants can remain engaged and move steadily toward job readiness and credential completion. With strong outcomes including job placement, retention, diploma achievement, and recidivism reduction, the program delivers meaningful progress toward long‑term economic stability.

      Fort Wayne Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Trust – Fort Wayne, Indiana

      This investment expands access to high quality, registered apprenticeships by helping cover textbooks, lab materials, and other essential instructional supports for trainees entering the electrical trades. The program opens competitive, well‑paid career pathways for low‑income and underrepresented students, helping them enter a field with strong long‑term demand and earning potential. By reducing financial barriers to training, the initiative strengthens the regional talent pipeline and promotes equitable access to skilled‑trade careers.

       

      Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) – Louisville, Kentucky

      CEO’s model combines immediate transitional employment with coaching, job placement, and a full year of retention support for justice‑impacted adults. Participants earn wages while building skills and work history, then transition to unsubsidized roles with ongoing guidance to navigate challenges that can disrupt employment. By combining opportunity with sustained follow‑through, the program strengthens income stability, reduces recidivism, and supports lasting community reintegration.

       

      Televerde Foundation – Indianapolis, Indiana

      The PATHS Workforce Development program equips incarcerated women with market‑relevant training, industry certifications, mentorship, and financial literacy before and after release. Participants develop technical and professional skills alongside credit‑building and budgeting tools that support a successful transition into the workforce. By aligning talent preparation with employer needs and reentry support, the initiative advances economic independence and helps break cycles that lead back to incarceration.

       

      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.

      For more information on grants or the Old National Bank Foundation click here.

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