Grant Requirements

Please carefully read the following general requirements in their entirety before submitting a grant proposal. If your organization does not meet all of these requirements it will not be considered for funding from the Tiger Woods Foundation.

·         Organizations must be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3), not a 509(a) private foundation, and must submit a letter from the IRS declaring this status.

·         Organizations must submit a recent completed IRS 990 Form.

·         Organizations must have IRS qualifying public support of over $100,000 from the preceding year.

·         An organization’s personnel costs (salaries, benefits, & payroll taxes) must be less than 50% of their total expenses.

·         Organizations must have been in existence for at least one (1) year.

·         TWF will not provide more than 25% of an organization’s general operating budget.

·         Grants are for one (1) year and are not automatically renewable for multiple years.

·         Organizations are limited to one (1) grant application per calendar year.

We Do Fund:

·         Non-salary programmatic support (such as materials, equipment, activities, scholarships, etc.)

·         Year round programs and projects that enhance learning for children

·         Year round transitional programs for youth to become productive adults

·         Programs and projects that develop self esteem, positive values while expanding opportunities.

·         Volunteer based mentoring, tutoring programs and community service projects.

 

 

We Do Not Fund:

 

 

·         Staff positions, salaries or other personnel related costs.

·         General operating support

·         Travel or transportation

·         Pilot programs

·         Individuals

·         Research projects

·         Athletic teams

·         Programs that are not year-round

·         Publications or audiovisual projects

·         Purchasing, construction of or renovation of buildings and capital projects

·         Endowment funds, annual fund drives or fundraising events

·         Organizations that are not 501(c)(3), but have a fiscal sponsor that is

·         Community services such as police or fire protection

·         Religious organizations, although programs with religious affiliation are eligible if the program benefits a larger community, not just members of the religious group or adherents

·         Organizations that discriminate unfairly because of age, race, creed, gender, national origin, handicap or ethnicity