Pitney Bowes Foundation Grant

The Pitney Bowes Foundation Grant, established in 2005, focuses on enhancing education within communities where Pitney Bowes operates. Annually, the foundation allocates around $1.8 million to support literacy, STEM, and job training initiatives, emphasizing early childhood education and mentoring programs. Grants are designed to foster measurable outcomes that address educational disparities, particularly for underserved populations, ensuring a brighter future for the workforce.

Background
In 2005, Pitney Bowes formed the Pitney Bowes Foundation, an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) private corporate foundation. The Foundation enables Pitney Bowes to focus its philanthropic efforts and be strategic about its support for our communities.
Grants
The Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations that make a difference in education in targeted communities where the company has a presence. Each year, the Foundation provides approximately $1.8M in direct grants for literacy and education initiatives. Priority is given to requests that support early childhood education, literacy, STEM, after-school, mentoring and job training programs. All Foundation grantees have defined measurable outcomes that help address the opportunity gap and prepare the future workforce. Grants are targeted to support diverse populations, particularly under-served communities.

Application Details

Pitney Bowes Foundation Grant Program Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in the Pitney Bowes Foundation grant program. Please review the following information to
understand our giving priorities, the geographic locations where we focus our grants, and to learn how to apply for a
grant. Grant applications are reviewed twice a year. All applications must be submitted online. Our application
deadlines are:

• • January 15 (decisions announced May / June)
• • July 15 (decisions announced November / December)
• Geographic Scope
• We provide grants to qualified organizations at the national level and local levels, including public education
• foundations, community organizations, and after-school programs serving the following locations:
• Bridgeport, CT Indianapolis, IN Dallas, TX
• Shelton, CT Detroit / Grand Rapids, MI Spokane, WA
• Stamford, CT Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN Appleton, WI
• Fairfield County, CT Omaha, NE Milwaukee, WI
• Atlanta, GA
• Types of Support
• We award grants to organizations that have been approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as 501(c)(3) charities.
• Priority will be given to requests that:
• • Support early childhood education, after-school, mentoring, literacy, STEM and job training programs
• • Target diverse populations with a focus on underserved school districts
• • Have defined measurable outcomes that help close the academic opportunity gap and prepare the future
• workforce
• • Increase and enhance the scope of services offered by a qualified organization
• • Effectively engage Pitney Bowes employee volunteers
• • Demonstrate a broad base of donors
• Restrictions
• The Pitney Bowes Foundation does not provide support for:
• • Organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
• • Private schools
• • Individuals
• • Political candidates or lobbying organizations
• • Religious organizations unless formed for educational or community purposes (e.g., a soup kitchen, shelter, etc.)
• • Organizations that discriminate against any person or persons on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender,
• sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnic background, age, veteran status, citizenship status, marital status,
• disabilities (mental or physical), genetic information, gender identity, gender expression or any other
• characteristic protected by law
• • Organizations with a limited constituency, such as fraternal, labor or veteran groups
• • Single disease health organizations.
• • Anti-business groups
• • Advertising or television programming
• • Conferences, sporting events, auctions and other one-time, short-term events
• • Fundraising events
• • Sponsorships

• Travel by groups or individuals

• Indirect costs that exceed 20% of the total program budget

Pitney Bowes Foundation – How to Apply
Step 1: Review the guidelines and restrictions above to ensure that your program fits the Pitney Bowes Foundation’s
interests.
Step 2: Assemble all necessary information needed to complete the online application based on the size of your grant
request. All documents must be provided in electronic form. Files with extensions of .exe, .com, .vbs, or .bat may NOT
be included, and the combined size of all files may not exceed 25MB.
Required for grants <$25,000 Required for grants $25,000- Required for grants > $50,000
$49,999

• List of Board of Directors • List of Board of Directors • List of Board of Directors

• List of other funders
Step 3: Begin the online grant application process.

• You will be asked to log in. Click on “New Applicant” if this is the first time your organization is applying for a

grant. [Note: We recommend one account per charity using a shared e-mail account (e.g.,
development@charityname.org) so that applications and history can be maintained through staffing transitions.]

• Select the size range for your grant and provide your organization’s U.S. Federal Tax ID Number (EIN) or NCES ID

Number. If the number matches a qualified organization in the IRS / NCES database, you will then be asked to
answer questions regarding your organization, the program / project you are requesting funding for, your
organization’s religious status, and the geographic scope that the program/project you are seeking funding for
will serve.

• Successful responses will bring you to the grant application form for your size grant. A sample grant application

follows to help you prepare your grant application.
In fairness to all of our prospective grantees, we do not take calls or meet with new grantees.
your best application forward that aligns with our guidelines and priorities. We look forward to receiving your grant
application and wish your organization every success with this highly competitive grant process.