Does Home Depot donate to fundraisers?

The Home Depot Foundation says its work focuses on improving the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, training skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap, and supporting communities affected by natural disasters.

Veteran Housing Grants go to nonprofit organizations for the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans. The Foundation says awards typically range from $100,000 to $500,000.

Retool Your School funds campus projects at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs); program details are published at RetoolYourSchool.com.

Path to Pro is the Foundation's skilled-trades training program, backed by a stated $50 million commitment to training the next generation of tradespeople.

The Home Depot's grants page lists those three programs only. The Community Impact Grants program — gift cards of up to $5,000 for volunteer repair projects, which this page used to describe — is no longer listed there.

Tips from the program page: Grantees report back: the Foundation publishes interim and final reporting templates, including a PR reporting template and a final report budget template. · Team Depot, The Home Depot's associate volunteer program, is listed alongside the grant documents and is how the company's own employees take part in Foundation projects.

What Home Depot donates

Home Depot has typically donated: Grants are solely given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services.

Who can apply

Home Depot donates to organizations with 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

Home Depot limits donation requests by area: National.

How to apply

Home Depot asks every request to include the following.

• Veteran Housing Grant applicants apply online and submit the documents the Foundation lists: a project budget on its budget template and a board of directors list on its board template.
• The Foundation's required-documents page also lists an IRS determination letter and a certificate of liability insurance.
• Programmatic Veteran Housing Grants also require the Foundation's project worksheet.

When to ask

Home Depot 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 Home Depot?

Yes. Home Depot's 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.

How far ahead should we ask Home Depot for a donation?

Home Depot's 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.