Dow in the Delaware Valley Grant

Dow in the Delaware Valley Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Dow Company Foundation
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: January 18, 2026

Summary

The Dow in the Delaware Valley Grant focuses on fostering collaboration and innovation to address local challenges while promoting sustainability. With over a century of commitment to the region, Dow aims to empower communities through partnerships that enhance disaster resilience, support STEM education, and drive sustainability initiatives. By aligning investments with the needs of the community, Dow is committed to creating equitable opportunities for all, ensuring a brighter future for the Delaware Valley.

Overview

Dow in the Delaware Valley How do you transform challenges into opportunities, redefine what’s possible and help create a more efficient, more sustainable world at the same time? It takes collaboration, teamwork and a belief that the next breakthrough is only a moment of inspiration away. For more than 100 years, chemistry and manufacturing have played an integral part in the growth of this region. The Delaware Valley has been the birthplace of solutions and home to some of the greatest minds in history. This is still true today. We are guided by our ambition to become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Innovative: Alongside our customers, we create the materials and solutions that transform our world. Customer-Centric: We aim to be easy, enjoyable and effective to do business with through all our interactions. Inclusive: We champion a fully inclusive workforce that reflects the world in which we do business, because it’s the right thing and smart thing to do. Sustainable: In everything we do, we strive for positive impact on society and the planet. Across our footprint in the Delaware Valley and around the world, Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. We are proud to call the Delaware Valley home. Partnering to solve local challenges We have seen time and again that by listening and collaborating, we can discover the solutions for what’s needed next. Whether you partner with us, work at Dow, or experience our materials in your favorite brands, we are relentlessly working to make the world and this community better. Our community partnerships and investments are aligned to our company’s ambition and fueled by volunteer service. We strive to actively apply our innovative technology, employee expertise and culture of inclusion to drive our citizenship priorities and investments forward, generating transformational social impact in the Delaware Valley and around the world. Commitment and Priority Areas Aligned to Dow's ambition, our enhanced Global Citizenship strategy, launched in 2024, supports an innovative, sustainable, and inclusive future where our communities can thrive, everyone has equitable access to STEM & skilled trades careers, and our employees are empowered to accelerate change. Thriving Communities We address community-identified needs and support disaster resiliency & response while advancing equitable opportunities in the communities in which Dow operates. Opportunities include: Help individuals access immediate, basic needs and environments that are inclusive, healthy and safe so all can thriveReduce the impact of disasters and humanitarian crises affecting Dow communities and colleaguesAdvance long-term, community change through breakthrough solutions and collaborations STEM & Skilled Trades We work to build and diversify STEM & skilled trade education pipelines and connect students with innovation-based jobs, with an emphasis on underrepresented populations and youth. Opportunities include: Connect students to post-secondary careers in STEM & skilled tradesExpand access to quality STEM and skilled trades secondary educationExpand and diversify STEM primary education teacher pipelines Sustainability We promote circularity, decarbonization, water stewardship and healthy ecosystems with a focus on communities that experience disproportionate environmental risks and burdens. Opportunities include: Foster efficient circular systems, with an emphasis on waste collection and management infrastructureAdvance water stewardship and habitat conservation Additionally, we believe, whether through the dedication of time, talent or expertise, that volunteering promotes a positive employee experience, further supports the global citizenship priorities and investments, and, ultimately, advances Dow’s ambition.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. In the Delaware Valley, Dow emphasizes partnerships that serve communities where Dow employees live and work, including:Bristol, PA Collegeville, PA Spring House, PA Wilmington, DEApplicants must adhere to the company’s non-discrimination policy and be a charitable or non-profit organization with a 501(c)3 designation or eligible government or school with required tax documentation. Note – faith-based organizations may qualify, provided their proposed project is for the benefit of the community as a whole rather than just the members of the congregation.Organizations who serve and are based in communities where Dow employees live and work.

Ineligibility

Examples of charitable organizations and/or activities that would not qualify for funding include:Proposals submitted by for-profit businesses, religious organizations for the sole benefit of the organization, individual sports teams, political organizations or candidates, labor unions, homeowners' associations, or individuals.Operating expenses, personal computers, travel expenses, conferences, advertising, fundraising events, walks or runs, giveaways or prizes, individual scholarships, dues and memberships, lobbying expenses or capital campaigns.Opportunities for support of Dow Promise, FIRST Robotics Teams, #PullingOurWeight cleanup efforts and Bristol CAC grant are managed outside of this process.