At The Home Depot Foundation, we understand the impact of hard work and sweat equity. We believe in neighbors giving up their time, rolling up their shirt sleeves and getting dirty to improve their community.
More importantly, we understand that volunteering to improve the physical health of your neighborhood and community creates a healthier, more stable environment where families can thrive.
We recognize that committed and motivated neighbors accomplish an enormous amount of important work in communities across the country. That's why we support these efforts by lending a hand or a hammer...or a shovel...or flats of perennials.
Given the realities of the current housing market, we are also turning our attention to military veterans, and prioritizing projects that help them stay in their homes comfortably, such as home repair, modification and weatherization projects.
Community Impact Grants Program
Grants, up to $5,000, are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools, or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.
The Home Depot Foundation’s Community Impact Grant Program will accept proposals for grants beginning February 6, 2012 through August 13, 2012.
Application Considerations
We receive many worthwhile requests and cannot accommodate all of them. More competitive grant proposals will specifically identify projects for veterans and will include housing repairs, modifications, and weatherization work.
Once grant applications are reviewed, all applicants will receive a written response within six weeks of receipt of a request. Please do not contact your local store or The Home Depot Customer Care helpline to inquire about the status of your application. Should you have any questions about this grant program please e-mail the Foundation by clicking here.Only proposals submitted through the online application process will be considered for funding. Donation requests submitted by mail, phone, or e-mail will not receive funding and will be directed to the online application process.
Grant Guidelines
Only registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, tax-exempt public schools and tax-exempt public agencies in the U.S. are eligible to apply.
- Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools, and tax-exempt public service agencies (e.g. Police/Fire Departments) in the U.S. are eligible to apply. In very limited circumstances, applications that are submitted by organizations that do not meet this guideline will be considered, but only to the extent that they are requesting funds to support a charitable purpose as defined by the IRS.
- Proposals for the following community improvement activities will be considered:
- Repairs, refurbishments, and modifications to low-income and/or transitional veteran's housing, or community facilities (schools, community centers, senior centers, etc.)
- Weatherizing or increasing energy efficiency of low-income and/or transitional veterans' housing, or community facilities
- Planting trees or community gardens and/or landscaping community facilities that serve veterans - Grants must support work completed by community volunteers in the U.S.
- Projects must be completed within six months following notification that the grant has been awarded, with reporting requirements due 30 days following the completion of the project.
- Grants are solely given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.
- Organizations who have received funding through The Home Depot Foundation’s Community Impact Grant Program must wait 12 months after notification of award before applying for additional grants through this program. Each approved applicant must complete a Final Report before additional funding requests will be considered.
The Home Depot Foundation’s Community Impact Grant Program DOES NOT make grants to support the following:
- Nonprofit organizations that have been in existence for less than one year
- Churches and religious organizations whose improvement project primarily serves their congregation and not the overall community
- Scholarships or other direct support to individuals or families
- Fraternal, political, labor, athletic or social organizations, civic clubs, candidates or projects
- Sponsorship or prizes for events such as conferences, festivals, dinners, sports competitions, art exhibits, fundraisers (e.g. dinners, walks/runs/relays, golf tournaments and auctions)
- Requests for The Home Depot’s Kids Workshop kits and/or aprons
- Capital campaigns, endowments or endowed chairs
- Film, music, television, video or media production projects or broadcast underwriting
- Goodwill advertising or marketing
- Any other support that does not meet the IRS’s definition of a charitable purpose.
» Click here to start the application.
» Click here for Grant FAQs
» Click here to access your account to do any of the following:
- Return to an application you have saved but not submitted
- Access record of your previous submissions
- Access requirement forms
