Deadline: 21-Sep-22
The Ball Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Grant Program.
Key Areas
The Ball Foundation funds programs that create a positive, measurable impact in three key areas linked to Ball Corporation’s business and strategy:
- Recycling: Cleaning up in Tampa – Recycling is core to Ball’s overall sustainability commitment, it’s good for the planet and important to the success. In addition to reducing the own environmental footprint, they work to educated employees and communities about the benefits of aluminum. They are proud to support Can’d Aid, a long standing partner, at events such as River Crest Park, where volunteers collect trash and recyclables.
- Education: Brothers with a Bright Future – Meet brothers Lazarus and Lawrence West, young men from challenging backgrounds on their way to careers in mechanical engineering and medicine. They are proud to support the Denver Scholarship Foundation, and to have Lazarus continue his journey with Ball Aerospace.
- Disaster Relief & Preparedness: Standing with the Red Cross – Natural disasters are increasingly intense, and the damage they cause is widening by the year. By supporting organizations like the American Red Cross, Ball provides support ahead of disasters with materials and money to ensure those in crisis receive refuge, food and emotional support.
Specifically, grants are awarded in the communities in which they operate in the United States.
The Ball Foundation funds specific projects and programs rather than sponsorships (i.e., tables, golf tournaments, etc.). Funding to individual schools is limited to higher educational institutions, except when the Foundation matches qualifying contributions made to schools through manufacturing facilities.
The Ball Foundation does not Fund
The Ball Foundation does not support organizations that discriminate against a person or a group on the basis of age, political affiliation, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
In order to maintain its focus and achieve a greater impact through the use of its funds, the Ball Foundation also will generally not support:
- Individuals
- Religious groups for religious purposes
- Programs targeted for people with specific physical, medical or psychological conditions
- Medical research
- Grant requests for production of audio, film or video
- Grant request for capital campaigns or projects
- Grant requests for museum exhibits or similar displays
- Requests to support travel
- Lobbying, political or fraternal activities
- Organizations not exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code or unaccredited public/private schools
- Programs or organizations for which the Ball Foundation is asked to serve as the sole funding source
For more information, visit https://www.ball.com/our-company/ball-in-the-community/the-ball-foundation