Application Guidelines

General Eligibility Requirements

Ineligible Applications

Application Requirements

General Eligibility Requirements:

• All applicants must be non-profit, charitable organizations tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• Applicants cannot discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, race, religious creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, martial status, age or gender.
• Applicants must acknowledge and confirm the company's support, in writing, in communications that typically recognize donors (e.g., annual reports, newsletters and Web sites). (see "Grant Attribution Guidelines")
• Applicants must have recent audited financials confirming that they are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Applicants must agree not to employ or deal with any entities or individuals known to the Grantee to support terrorism or to appear on any of the following lists:
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals List;
  • U.S. Department of Justice Terrorist Exclusion List;
  • United Nations List promulgated by the UN Security Council Resolutions 1267 and 1390;
  • The List promulgated by the European Union pursuant to EU Regulation 2580.

Related Information

Philip Morris USA Web Resources:

• Grant Criteria & Guidelines