Good Neighbor Grant Program

Are you a person that signs up to purchase, bake, and deliver items for classroom parties, school fundraisers, or school programs? Do you like to help teachers with classroom duties, at school or at home? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, then you should sign up for this program!

How the program works
Through the Good Neighbor Grant Program, the State Farm Companies Foundation awards a $500 grant on behalf of each eligible State Farm associate (active employee, agent, or retiree) who volunteers a minimum of 40 hours a year to an eligible nonprofit organization.

All grants will be paid directly to the official organization. For example, a grant request for a public school will be sent directly to the respective school district. The grant can be designated for the specific school or program where the hours were accumulated by simply including this information in the Purpose field of the on-line form. This information will be sent to the official organization along with the grant.

State Farm Companies Foundation must receive completed applications with required documentation by March 31 of the following year in which services were volunteered.

Applications received after this date will NOT be accepted.
Eligible Participants
All State Farm active employees, agents, and retirees are eligible to participate. A retiree is an individual who retired from the Company in an active status and is eligible for retiree benefits other than retirement/Savings & Thrift payments. Spouses, family members, and staff employees of agents are not eligible.

Participants are limited to one grant per calendar year.
Eligible Hours and Types of Service

• Eligible participants must volunteer a minimum of 40 hours for the same organization from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
• Volunteer service may include (but is not limited to) board service, committee work, and fundraising.
• Participation in a one-time event, such as a walk-a-thon, is not eligible.
• Employees may not include educational support time or time for which they are paid, except personal time or paid vacation.

What types of activities could you help out with in order to complete 40 hours? You could:

become the room parent or help coordinate parties, purchase, bake, and deliver baked goods, go to PTO meetings, help PTO with fundraisers, carnival, etc., work with the kids, help the teacher with stapling, copying, and organizing, putting up or taking down bulletin boards, help with editing or typing students’ stories, going on a field trip with the class . . . these are just a few of the things you could do to help earn $500.00 for our school!

We appreciate your support!