Does Kansas City Chiefs donate to fundraisers?

The Chiefs accommodate requests within the states of Kansas and Missouri only, and are unable to honor other out-of-state requests.

The Chiefs do not support businesses or family reunions.

Your organization must not have received a donation from the Chiefs during the current calendar year; each organization can receive one donated item per year.

The Chiefs are unable to donate game admission, jerseys or footballs.

Outside items mailed or dropped off to be autographed by a player or coach are not accepted.

Monetary requests are not handled through the online form; they must be submitted in writing on organizational letterhead.

Tips from the program page: Donated items are typically sent about two weeks before your event date. · The Chiefs recommend that a donated item be a complementary part of your event rather than the thing it is built around. · There are no exceptions to the guidelines, no phone calls, and submitting a request does not guarantee a donation.

What Kansas City Chiefs donates

Kansas City Chiefs donates item.

Kansas City Chiefs has typically donated: Chiefs memorabilia.

Who can apply

Kansas City Chiefs donates to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

Kansas City Chiefs limits donation requests by area: Kansas and Missouri.

How to apply

Kansas City Chiefs asks every request to include the following.

• Submit through the online Donation Request Form; written or phone requests are not accepted, and the form must be filled out completely.
• The request must be received at least six weeks before the charitable event date.
• The event must benefit a nonprofit organization located in Kansas or Missouri.
• 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, with a valid Tax Exempt ID number entered on the form. A business organizing a charitable event should ask the benefiting charity to complete the form or provide its Tax Exempt ID.

What Kansas City Chiefs will not fund

Kansas City Chiefs states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• Out-of-state requests (outside Kansas and Missouri)
• Businesses and family reunions
• Game admission, jerseys or footballs
• Organizations that already received a Chiefs donation in the current calendar year

This covers only what Kansas City Chiefs states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

When to ask

Kansas City Chiefs states a lead time of 6 weeks. 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

Do I need to be a 501(c)(3) to request a donation from Kansas City Chiefs?

Yes. Kansas City Chiefs' donation program is limited to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, so you will need your determination letter and Tax ID before you apply.

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Kansas City Chiefs?

Kansas City Chiefs states that it will not fund: Out-of-state requests (outside Kansas and Missouri); Businesses and family reunions; Game admission, jerseys or footballs; Organizations that already received a Chiefs donation in the current calendar year. Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Kansas City Chiefs publishes itself.

How far ahead should we ask Kansas City Chiefs for a donation?

Kansas City Chiefs' stated lead time is 6 weeks. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.