Does Big 5 Sporting Goods donate to fundraisers?

Big 5 limits its charitable contributions to fundraisers and to donations in the form of Big 5 cards.

The cards can be used for raffles, auctions, prize giveaways and drawings, and expire five to six months after they are issued.

Big 5 limits donations to once a year for every organization.

Tips from the program page: Big 5 says you may get a response two to four weeks before your event date, so submit well before that. · Plan to use the cards soon: they expire five to six months after issue.

What Big 5 Sporting Goods donates

Big 5 Sporting Goods has typically donated: Gift Cards.

How to apply

Big 5 Sporting Goods asks every request to include the following.

• Create an account on Big 5's online request system and submit your request there. Big 5 says this is the only way it considers a donation.
• Big 5 no longer takes requests at its stores, or by email, phone or fax.
• Give your event date: donations are processed based on it.

What Big 5 Sporting Goods will not fund

Big 5 Sporting Goods states in its own published guidelines that it will not fund the following.

• More than one donation per organization per year
• Requests made at stores or by email, phone or fax (online system only)

This covers only what Big 5 Sporting Goods states. A request can still be turned down for reasons a company does not publish.

Common questions

Can a school, team, or individual apply to Big 5 Sporting Goods?

Big 5 Sporting Goods states that it will not fund: More than one donation per organization per year; Requests made at stores or by email, phone or fax (online system only). Check your organization and your event against that list before you apply — those are the restrictions Big 5 Sporting Goods publishes itself.