The Goodrich Foundation generally will not support:

• Multi-year grants in excess of five (5) years.
• Individuals, private foundations, endowments, churches or religious programs, fraternal, social or labor organizations.
• Grants to groups with unusually high fund raising or administrative expenses.
• Political parties, candidates or lobbying activities.
• Travel funds for tours, exhibitions or trips by individuals or special interest groups.
• Organizations that discriminate because of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or any areas covered by any applicable federal, state or local laws.
• Local athletic or sports programs or equipment, courtesy advertising benefits, raffle tickets and other fund raising events involving purchasing of tables, tickets or advertisements.
• Organizations that receive sizable portions of their support through municipal, county, state or federal dollars.
• Individual United Way agencies that already benefit from Goodrich contributions to the United Way Campaign.
• International organizations.

Administrative Guidelines

The Goodrich Foundation staff accepts and reviews grant requests quarterly. Deadlines for proposals are March 1 and August 1. Decisions are made by the members of the Goodrich Foundation Board of Trustees. Proposals funded in one year are not always assured of future funding. Because the Foundation receives far more proposals than it can possibly support, many requests are declined and every effort is made to provide written notification of the Foundation's decision promptly.