A Nonprofit’s Guide to The Home Depot’s Donation Request

Home Depot—well known for being a hub of home improvement goods with many locations across the U.S could be a great match for your nonprofit organization. Learn more about what types of charitable community involvement The Home Depot participates in below.

Does Home Depot donate to nonprofits?

The Home Depot Foundation’s Veteran Housing Grants Program awards grants to nonprofit organizations specifically for the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans. Awards typically range from $100,000 to $500,000.

To qualify for this program, organizations must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and have previous experience of developing or owning veteran housing. Priority is given to organizations based in large cities.

For more information on how to apply for this grant program, click here.

What other nationwide stores donate to nonprofits?

If you are looking for product and gift card donations, the following companies are similar to The Home Depot and also donate. Select any of the links below to be directed to the company's donation program information.

• Target Donation Request
  • See our article on Target's donation program for more information.
• Walmart Donation Request
  • See our article on Walmart's donation program for more information.
• Costco Donation Request
  • See our article on Costco's donation program for more information.
• Big Lots Donation Request
• Also check out our article on Amazon's donation program for information on their in-kind and monetary contributions.

What are other ways in which The Home Depot interacts with communities and pursues social good?

The Home Depot Foundation focuses on supporting veteran causes, closing the labor gap, and rebuilding after natural disasters.

Veteran Causes

The Foundation has invested over $400 million and pledges to invest half a billion dollars to veterans causes by 2025, and has improved more than 50,000 veteran homes and facilities. Read more about their commitment to veterans here.

Closing the Labor Gap

The Home Depot has pledged $50 million in skills training through Path to Pro, which offers many programs including training for existing service members, high school and youth programs, training and certification for underserved communities, and scholarships. Read more about Path to Pro here.

Disaster Response

Through its nonprofit partners, The Home Depot is able to provide impacted communities with supplies through preventatively distributing relief supplies before natural disasters as well as continuing to support nonprofits in natural disaster impacted areas. Read more about their disaster relief efforts here.

Recently The Home Depot has partnered up with the nonprofit World Central Kitchen in Jackson, Mississippi, where children have started school without access to clean drinking water. Together they are designing and building a water distribution manifold to make safe drinking water easily accessible for both students and staff. Read more about this project here

Where can I find the aforementioned Home Depot donation request information?

• The Home Depot Foundation | The Home Depot
• Serving Veterans | The Home Depot
• Disaster Relief | The Home Depot
• Path to Pro | The Home Depot
• Grants | The Home Depot
• Veteran Housing Grants | The Home Depot

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