The purpose of the donation requested must be focused on:
- Education and youth development,
- Workforce development, or
- Community development
Organizations may request support in the form of monetary funds, goods, services, employee volunteers, promotional gifts branded with a cooperative logo, or other types of requests, as long as it fits in with the aforementioned guidelines.
All requests must be submitted using the online Donation Request form and must be received by the application deadlines outlined above in order to be considered.
- If the request is granted, the requesting organization must provide follow-up documentation demonstrating how the donation was put to the use specified in the donation request form (e.g., event or activity pictures, prepared reports documenting successful results of the event or activity).
- Organizations may request support in the form of monetary funds, goods, services, employee volunteers, promotional gifts branded with a cooperative logo, or other types of requests, as long as it fits in with the aforementioned guidelines.
All requests must be submitted using the online Donation Request form and must be received by the application deadlines outlined above in order to be considered. Donation request forms received after each quarterly submission deadline will not be considered. If the applicant wishes to be considered for future quarterly donation periods, they must submit a new application.
All donation requests will be reviewed by the co-op’s Philanthropic Giving committee and decisions will be communicated to the requesting organization in a timely manner.
For questions about our philanthropic giving process, call (252) 209-2236 or email. Please include the following information in your voicemail or e-mail:
- Organization Name
- Organizational representative – contact name and title
- Times between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday, when your contact will be available for a follow-up call
- Brief description of the nature of the request for which your organization is interested in applying