Quaker Foundation

The Quaker Chemical Foundation (funded by The Quaker Chemical Corporation) does not issue an annual report.

The Foundation’s principal areas of interest for disbursement of funds are directed to organizations whose activities may be described as:

• Cultural
• Educational
• Health and Welfare
• Civic and Community
  

The following guidelines are offered as general information:

• Organizations must have charitable organization tax-exempt status 501(c)3 as defined by the Internal Revenue Service.
• As a broad rule, the Foundation does not support national organizations and limits the focus of interest to
  organizations affecting communities/areas in which Quaker Chemical Corporation has active operations.
• If your request is educational, the Foundation is particularly interested in granting awards related to chemistry or the physical sciences.
• All grant applications must contain the supporting documentation listed below. In the event this information is unavailable, a description explaining/answering the particular item may be substituted and attached:
  1. Project description with a pro-forma budget. (Note: The Foundation generally does NOT support brick and mortar projects and requests.)
  2. Current agency annual operating budget and audited financial statements.
  3. List of funding sources for the organization, including past major contributors with amounts, recent applications with results, and anticipated future funding sources.
  4. List of Board of Directors and officers.
• The Foundation’s Fiscal Year runs July 1st of the current year to June 30th of the following year. Grant
  Applications (complete with all required supporting documentation as indicated above) must be submitted on an annual basis and received not later than April 30th of each current fiscal year for inclusion in the fiscal year that commences July 1st. Grant requests not received by the April 30th deadline will not be considered for that fiscal year. As a general rule, the budget is fixed in advance of the upcoming fiscal year. Though some funds are allocated for contingency purposes, grants charged to such funds are very limited.
• In terms of grant size, the Foundation’s philosophy has been to make smaller grants to a large number of
  organizations, instead of larger grants to a small number of organizations. The average grant award is $1,500.
• Decisions on grant approval or non-approval will be communicated to submitting agencies during the month of July.

For further information please contact Patricia Green, Secretary to The Foundation, at 610-832-4301.