Grants

Prairie View A&M University, the historically black educational institution in Texas, received a $32,000 grant from the Shell Oil Company. The grant will be used to fund programs at the College of Engineering.

Johnson C. Smith University, the historically black educational institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, received two grants to fund Saturday Academy for at-risk elementary school students. The university received a two-year, $50,000 grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation and a three-year, $145,000 grant from the Merancas Foundation of Huntersville, North Carolina.

The Saturday Academy enrolls 50 students from grades 3 to 5 from a local predominantly black elementary school who are performing below grade level.