Does Oriental Trading Company donate to fundraisers?

The program supports organizations and programs in Education, Youth, Healthcare, and Human Services, with emphasis on improving the lives of children and youth.

Eligible recipients must have current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code, or be a public school, college, or university operated exclusively for public purposes.

The page does not specify what items or amounts are donated.

Tips from the program page: Allow 4 weeks for the request to be processed. · Requests with event dates falling within that 4-week processing period will not be considered, so apply well in advance of the event date.

What Oriental Trading Company donates

Oriental Trading Company donates item.

Oriental Trading Company has typically donated: Cash and/or Oriental Trading product.

Who can apply

Oriental Trading Company does not donate to individuals. Oriental Trading Company does not support events run for profit.

Oriental Trading Company limits donation requests by area: National.

How to apply

Oriental Trading Company asks every request to include the following.

• Submit a completed online donation request form.
• Attach a 501(c)(3) determination letter or proof of tax-exempt status as a single PDF or Word document.
• Provide organization details: name, website, EIN (optional), applicant's role, and organization's cause category.
• Provide contact information: name, email, phone, address.
• Provide event details: event name, website, date, expected attendance, fundraising goal, and event type.
• Explain the organization's work, how the donation will be acknowledged at the event, and fundraising goals (up to 4000 characters).

When to ask

Oriental Trading Company states a lead time of 4 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

How far ahead should we ask Oriental Trading Company for a donation?

Oriental Trading Company's stated lead time is 4 weeks. Work backwards from your event date: count back that far from the day of the event and send your request before that point.