Corporate Contributions Guidelines

Corporate Citizenship at Northrop Grumman is rooted in the success of people—the people we employ, the people in our communities and the people who may become part of our workforce.  All partner together on the mission to make our communities stronger.

One way we support the needs of our communities is through strategic charitable giving. Northrop Grumman, the Northrop Grumman Foundation and our generous employees contribute to our core giving areas and programs.

Northrop Grumman contributes to organizations defined as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service.  Our funding falls into three focus areas:

• Increasing Access to the Tech Workforce for active-duty military transitioning to civilian careers, military spouses, veterans, or low-income students, through STEM education and workforce development programs.
• Addressing Barriers to Education and the Workforce for military families, veterans, or low-income students, by supporting access to childcare, mental health, food security and housing stability programs.
• Building Healthy, Sustainable Communities by supporting community-based environmental initiatives and disaster response.

What We Will Not Fund

Within our focus areas, we will not consider funding for the following:

• Organizations whose programs are not open to all
• Individuals
• Fundraising events and activities such as bake sales, raffles, auctions, and sporting events/tournaments
• Non-public K-12 schools
• Religious organizations, schools, colleges, universities or departments (within eligible schools) whose primary focus is to promote religious beliefs (includes seminaries)
• Extracurricular activities apart from STEM-focused clubs, teams and projects, including:
  • Athletic teams, support organizations or scholarships designed to benefit student athletes
  • Bands, choirs, TV/radio stations, theatre, drill teams or scholarships designed to benefit band, choir or theatre students
  • Campus student organizations (such as fraternities, sororities, honor societies, recreational clubs)
  • School/Mission trips
• Advertising or underwriting expenses
• Capital campaigns (building projects or expansion/renovation of existing facilities)
• Endowments
• Pledges or bequests

All charitable grants are by invitation only.   We do not accept or acknowledge unsolicited requests for funding.

For More Information:

Questions regarding charitable giving at Northrop Grumman can be directed to CorporateCitizenship@ngc.com.