Does Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream donate to fundraisers?

Food companies that do donate

Our directory lists 49 food companies with a published donation program. Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar (APPLE AMERICAN GROUP), Benihana and Bob's Red Mill are among them.

Those food companies are listed further down this page, with what each one gives and how much notice each one asks for.

How to ask a company with no published program

Nothing recorded here says Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream refuses donation requests — only that we found no company-wide program at our last check. National chains often leave small community donations to individual locations, and that is a different ask from a corporate one: a different person, a different budget, and usually no form at all.

• Ask a local store or franchise manager directly. National chains often leave small community donations to individual locations even where there is no company-wide program, so an in-person ask is a different route from a corporate request.
• Check Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream's own website for a giving or community page. Programs change and are not always announced — our directory records what we found at the last check, not what is true today.
• Give as much notice as you can. Programs that do publish requirements commonly ask for several weeks, and a late request is refused on timing alone regardless of the cause.
• Ask a Food company that does publish a program — 49 companies in our directory do.

When to ask

The food companies in our directory that do publish a program state lead times of 4 weeks and 6 weeks — a local ask has no published deadline of its own, so use those as the guide.

Across more than 25,000 fundraising events in our own records over fifteen years, March, April and May are the busiest months for fundraisers, October is the next busiest, and July and December are the quietest.

Start from the event date and count backwards, not from today. Spring is the busiest stretch of the year, so an event in March, April or May needs a longer run-up than the figures above imply.

Common questions

Why is no donation program listed for Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream?

Ultimate Donations records what a company publishes about donation requests, and at our last check we found no published program for Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. That is a record of what we found, not a statement from Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream: programs start, change and end, and they are not always announced.

Can we still ask Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream for a donation?

Nothing recorded here says Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream turns down donation requests — only that we found no company-wide program. National chains often leave small community donations to individual locations, so a local store or franchise manager is a different route from a corporate request, and it is the one worth trying when no program is published.

Which Food companies donate to fundraisers instead of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream?

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar (APPLE AMERICAN GROUP), Benihana, Bob's Red Mill, Bonefish Grill, Brinker International, Cabot Cheese. Each one has a donation program recorded in our directory, with what it gives and how much notice it asks for.