Deadline: 01-Sep-20
Thunderbirds Charities is currently accepting grant proposals that support at-risk youth & families, community outreach/quality of life, education, improving the lives of the physically and mentally challenged and working to eliminate domestic violence, homelessness, and poverty.
Funding Information
- Their grant amounts vary, depending on revenues from the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Geographic Priorities
- Thunderbirds Charities accepts requests from organizations serving the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area unless the project/program primarily benefits Greater Phoenix Metropolitan residents. Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area is defined as Maricopa and Pinal Counties.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, a charity must hold a 501 (c) (3) non-profit status and be based in Arizona.
- Thunderbirds Charities reserves the right to accept or reject any application and to approve or disapprove any proposal for funding. Thunderbirds Charities also reserves the right to change the application criteria at any time.
- Other guidelines may apply and will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Thunderbirds Charities does not currently provide funding to the following:
- Nonprofit organizations whose 501 (c) (3) status has been in effect for less than three years.
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, marital status, age, disability or veteran status.
- Individuals.
- Political, labor or fraternal organizations.
- Advocacy or lobbying activities for issue related topics.
- Medical or scientific research.
- Religious organizations, churches or programs that are purely denominational in purpose.
- Foundations or organizations which are themselves, grant-making entities.
- Endowments, Fellowships or Scholarships (for college purposes).
- Individual schools: public, charter, private, colleges, universities, or their support organizations (including but not limited to; Booster Clubs, PTA/PTO’s, athletic teams, bands, performing arts groups, alumni associations or school foundations).
- Debt reduction campaigns.
- Ongoing support or multi-year support
- Projects or programs outside of Greater Phoenix Metropolitan area, unless the project/program primarily serves Greater Phoenix Metropolitan area residents.
For more information, visit https://thunderbirdscharities.org/apply-for-a-grant/