Does Benchmade Knife Company donate to fundraisers?

Benchmade's request form currently says donation requests are on hold until further notice and closed to new submissions.

The form says a product or knife is the most commonly approved donation.

Benchmade typically needs at least 60 days to process a request; later requests can be submitted but are much less likely to be approved.

Benchmade does not approve requests for religious organizations, overtly political causes, or personal events such as weddings, bachelor parties and graduations.

Benchmade says it cannot respond to every request and generally only replies if a request is approved.

Tips from the program page: Check Benchmade's donations page before your next event to see whether the form has reopened. · Have your W-9 ready in advance; it is the one document the form accepts.

What Benchmade Knife Company donates

Benchmade Knife Company donates item (knife/product).

Benchmade Knife Company has typically donated: In-Kind.

Who can apply

Benchmade Knife Company limits donation requests by area: National.

How to apply

Benchmade Knife Company asks every request to include the following.

• When the form reopens: attach a completed W-9 with a Tax ID (not a personal SSN). Requests without a W-9 are disqualified, and flyers or substitute documents are not accepted.
• Give the date you need the item in hand, not just the event date.

What Benchmade Knife Company will not fund

Benchmade Knife Company states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• Religious organizations
• Overtly political causes
• Personal events such as weddings, bachelor parties and graduations
• Requests without a W-9

This covers only what Benchmade Knife Company states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

When to ask

Benchmade Knife Company states a lead time of 60 days. Count back that far from your event date and send the request no later than then.

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.

Work backwards from your event rather than forwards from today, and if your event falls in the spring peak, ask earlier than the stated lead time rather than later.

Common questions

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Benchmade Knife Company?

Benchmade Knife Company states that it will not fund: Religious organizations; Overtly political causes; Personal events such as weddings, bachelor parties and graduations; Requests without a W-9. Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Benchmade Knife Company publishes itself.

How far ahead should we ask Benchmade Knife Company for a donation?

Benchmade Knife Company's stated lead time is 60 days. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.