Guidelines and Limitations

Sponsorship and charitable contribution funding adheres to the following guidelines and limitations:

• In order to be considered, all requests must be received via the online sponsorship form.
• Awarded organizations must submit a follow-up within 90 days of project completion, to outline the degree to which awarded funds impacted the community or health of the community.
• Funding is only considered for tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations. (Please attach a letter of tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or W9 form)
• Sponsorship and charitable contribution funding will be limited to one time per fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) for each recipient organization.
• Sponsorship funding is not available for:
  • Programs or projects outside the communities Guthrie serves
  • Programs or projects already completed
  • Administrative or operational costs
  • Individual fundraising
  • Individual elementary, middle and high school academic or extracurricular activities and clubs, and sports teams.
  • Golf outings
  • Yearbook ads
  • Membership fees or association fees
  • Political campaigns, candidates, parties or partisan activities
  • Sectarian, denomination, or religious organizations for support of theological functions