Eligibility

To be considered for funding a program must do one of the following:

• Serve a community within a 50 mile/80 kilometer radius of a major Weyerhaeuser facility with 50 or more employees in the U.S. or Canada. If you are interested in applying for a grant, please review where we give. OR
• Support a state-wide issue of interest to Weyerhaeuser in U.S. key states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon or Washington.

NOTE: Support to organizations in our Headquarters communities in the Puget Sound region and for selected, high-priority national or international initiatives directly related to the sustainability and importance of working forests are considered by invitation only.

To be eligible to receive funding an organization must be one of the following:

• Tax-exempt, nonprofit public charity classified under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code
• A registered charity in Canada with a Canada Revenue Agency Number, or registered as a provincial nonprofit society
• Public education institutions or government entities qualified under Section 170(c)(1) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or qualified as a Canadian municipality

We do not fund:

• Projects, services and organizations outside a 50 mile/80 kilometer radius of a Weyerhaeuser community (See Where We Give)
• National campaigns and programs
• Activities that provide a direct or tangible benefit to Weyerhaeuser or its employees
• Conferences, forums or special events
• Individuals, including direct scholarship or bursary assistance
• Fraternal, social, labor or political organizations
• Activities that influence legislation
• Organizations seeking funds for theological purposes
• Disease specific support, including national health-related organizations and their local affiliates
• Groups or individuals seeking funds for sponsorships or to purchase tickets or tables at fundraising benefits
• Sports teams or athletic events
• Operating deficits or debt liquidation
• Hospital building or equipment campaigns resulting in higher costs to health-care users
• Services the public sector is reasonably expected to provide
• Endowments and memorials
• Capital campaigns
• Research or conferences unrelated to the forest products or homebuilding industries
• Multi-year Requests