SC Johnson Grants

SC Johnson Grants

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: SC Johnson Giving, Inc.
Last Updated: February 26, 2026

Summary

SC Johnson Grants aim to enhance community welfare through charitable contributions, focusing on health, sustainability, and opportunity. Since 1937, the company has committed five percent of its pretax profits to support registered charities and nonprofit organizations, especially in areas where it operates. The grant program prioritizes initiatives addressing healthcare access, environmental conservation, and educational equity, ensuring that efforts align with the values of community service and corporate responsibility.

Overview

SC Johnson Grants and Product Donations Help Make Our Communities Better Wherever we operate, we want to help make that place better, because we are there. This aspiration began more than a century ago, with our founder, Samuel Curtis Johnson. It’s reinforced by our corporate values statement, and acted on by SC Johnson people around the globe. Since 1937, SC Johnson has given five percent of all pretax profits to charities. The year 2017 marked 80 years of company giving, and nearly six decades of our charitable foundation, SC Johnson Giving, Inc. Understanding SC Johnson Charitable Contributions Our primary corporate giving focus is on institutions or organizations that serve or directly affect communities where we have operations. Our areas of interest include: Areas of Focused Giving A Healthier World: Help society thrive by addressing vector-borne disease, strengthening healthcare systems with increased access, addressing food insecurity and enabling healthier outcomes.A More Sustainable World: Promote sustainability, with a focus on reducing, reusing and recycling plastic waste and supporting environmental conservation with a focus on healthy oceans and forests and carbon reduction initiativesA World with More Opportunity: Open doors for those in need by strengthening communities while advancing economic and social mobility through equal access to education and housing. Some SC Johnson contributions are the result of grant requests, which also include U.S. requests for product contributions. Others are designed to meet needs identified by the company directly.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Your organization must be a registered, qualified tax-exempt, section 501(c)(3) charity based in the United States, or a government entity such as a school, library, or public agency.SC Johnson predominately supports institutions or organizations that serve or directly impact communities where we have major operations.While we put emphasis on geographic areas where we have major operations, we do entertain requests that are regional or national in scope.

Ineligibility

What organizations or programs will not be considered for an SC Johnson grant IndividualsSocial, athletic, labor, fraternal organizations or religious groups, as such, but will consider programs that are documented to show they benefit the community as a whole.Organizations based outside the United States. Political action groups, candidates or lobbying efforts. Salary or wage support for staff or administrative personnel other than what might be needed for administration of specific programs or projects.  General operating support for organizations that are supported by the United Way, but consideration will be given to specific programs that are not funded by the United Way.  Conferences, seminars or workshops since this is the primary function of The Johnson Foundation(Opens in a new tab), an operating foundation based in Racine, Wisconsin, that receives major support from SC Johnson. SC Johnson may consider requests for support of conferences, seminars or workshops outside of Racine on a case-by-case basis.  Any program, initiative, or effort that might pose a possible conflict of interest for SC Johnson or any of its businesses (e.g., programs that provide a direct benefit to the company). SC Johnson does not support organizations that have a policy of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in any active or reserve component of the U.S. or state military forces, genetic history or information or any other category protected by law.