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Get Started Wal-Mart Community Grants Program

  • To apply, contact the "community involvement coordinator" in your area Wal-Mart store, SAM's Club or Wal-Mart Distribution Center
  • All Law Enforcement and Fire/EMS agencies are eligible
  • Wal-Mart Community Grants

How can the Wal-Mart Community Grants Program help your Public Safety department?

  • Includes both matching and direct grants for community safety departments
  • Easy to apply: just contact the "community involvement coordinator" at your local Wal-Mart
  • Matching Grant program allows local nonprofit organizations to hold fundraisers outside their local Wal-Mart or SAM'S CLUB
  • CHIEF offers the free services of grant consultants to assist you throughout the application process **

How to Apply
Get the name and address of the "community involvement coordinator" or store manager for your local Wal-Mart. On department letterhead, compose a letter telling them some basic information such as:

  • Who you are
  • Who you serve
  • What the problem is that you are trying to solve
  • What Wal-Mart can do to help you (e.g., either donating a check or merchandise)
  • Tell them you will make a public press release about their help if they award you – this gets both you and them some good press
  • Have the Chief sign it
  • Take it to Wal-Mart and hand-deliver it to the "community involvement coordinator" or store manager
  • Tell them what you are applying for and then leave the letter with them
  • Graciously thank them for any assistance they can offer and then bow out the door

Remember: the maximum amount they can give is $1,000... but how much they give depends upon how many other public safety agencies in their area request help. Be reasonable in your request.

Kurt Bradley says: "Sometimes it is better to ask for merchandise, and then sell tickets and conduct a raffle. Between Halloween and Christmas, with a properly run raffle you can usually turn $1,000 worth of merchandise into $3,000 - 5,000 in cash very quickly."

For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, contact the "community involvement coordinator" in your area Wal-Mart store, SAM's Club or Wal-Mart Distribution Center.

Application Deadline: ONGOING/VARIES BY STORE

Sponsor:
Wal-Mart

What is it?

The Community Grant Program is the largest program funded by the Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB Foundation and includes both matching and direct grants.

The Matching Grant program allows local nonprofit organizations to hold fundraisers outside their local Wal-Mart or SAM'S CLUB. Wal-Mart and SAM'S can elect to match a portion of the funds raised up to $1,000. Events held off the premises of a Wal-Mart store or SAM'S CLUB are also eligible for funding when a Wal-Mart or SAM'S CLUB associate is actively involved in the event.

Additionally, once the Wal-Mart or SAM'S CLUB has met certain criteria in the Matching Grant Program each year, a second source of funding, direct grants, is awarded to the store / club to use in the community. These funds do not require a fundraiser to be held; instead the funds can be awarded directly to a deserving organization.

More than 80,000 grants, totaling $61 million, were awarded through the Community Grant program last year. Additional funds were also raised by participating community organizations who received matching funds.

Links to help with your Wal-Mart Community Grants Program application: ***