VOLUNTEER GRANT PROGRAM: YOUR TIME IS MONEY
HOW THE VOLUNTEER GRANTS PROGRAM WORKS
Through the Volunteer Grant Program, the Gray Reed Foundation will consider donations to charities where attorneys and staff have completed volunteer hours.
An example of our volunteer grants – if you volunteer 40 hours a year at Big Brothers Big Sisters, you make a request of the Foundation and the Foundation will make a $1,000 donation to the charity in recognition of your volunteering efforts.
Attorneys and staff can donate up to $2,000 in volunteer grants per year per charity. Some form of evidence must exist to prove the hours given to the charity.
HOW DO I MAKE A REQUEST FOR A VOLUNTEER GRANT?
Please complete the Volunteer Grant Request Form. You will be notified once the Foundation directors review the request. The gift from the Foundation to the charity will be made within 60 days of request.
LIMITATIONS
Eligible charitable organizations must be recognized by and registered with the United States I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. To confirm eligibility, please run a search on the IRS’s Non-Profit Database. In addtion, organizations that are not supported by our Match Request Program include:
Political organizations (partisan organizations or those supporting specific candidates or legislation).
Schools, universities and/or athletic programs (unless there is the creation of a scholarship or endowment).
Religious organizations (churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship), or other organizations primarily promoting religious purposes. Other faith-based community service organizations or schools may be considered eligible if their programs: a. are open to all individuals in the community regardless of religious belief; b. serve a secular purpose, such as homelessness projects, food banks, shelters and literacy programs; c. do not require participation in prayer, worship or other religious activities as a condition of receiving service(s) offered; and d. do not use the individual donation or resulting match for religious purposes.
Donor-advised funds, private foundations, personal trusts.
Organizations that do not comply with Gray Reed’s non-discrimination policy (for example, organizations that discriminate on the basis of a person’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic(s) protected by law).
Organizations that do not comply with the USA Patriot Act (or other applicable anti-terrorism rules/laws). The Foundation Directors will make the final decision with regards to whether an organization or charity is eligible for a gift.