Albertsons Corporate Contributions Program

Overview: Albertson's primarily supports nonprofit organizations in the communities where their employees and customers live and work. The company's charitable support is focused in the following areas.

Hunger Relief
Albertson's is committed to contributing to hunger relief efforts in their operating areas through a variety of programs. Their distribution centers, in conjunction with their suppliers, routinely collect and donate products to Second Harvest-affiliated food banks, churches and other community based hunger-relief operations.

Education & the Development of Our Youth
This category includes assistance to public and private educational institutions, employee educational matching gifts program, scholarship programs, and contributions to other education-related organizations.

Health & Nutrition
Albertson's is committed to promoting good health and nutrition. For example, Albertson's grants may help fund health and nutrition-oriented programs or community resources that affect the availability of adequate health care and human service support, or organizations that provide valuable information and services to help customers and employees maintain active, healthy lifestyles.

• Education:
• Food Banks:
• Food Services:
• Food and Nutrition:
• Health:
• Health Care, Nutrition:
• Housing/Shelter, Affordable Housing:
• Housing/Shelter, Homelessness:
• Human Services:
• Hunger:

Application Procedures:: Guidelines must be obtained prior to submitting a request. All requests must be made in writing on your organization's letterhead, including a proposal summary and the amount requested. The Executive Director or Board President must sign this document.

Applications must include the following information:
1. Brief summary of your history, including mission, goals, & objectives
2. Overview of current programs, activities, & accomplishments
3. Description of organizational structure, board/staff responsibilities, & level of volunteer involvement
4. Description of agency affiliation with public agencies
5. Statement of need to be addressed
6. Description of constituency served/target population & benefits to constituents
7. Description of program goals & measurable objectives
8. Description of program activities planned to accomplish goals; identify activity as new or ongoing
9. Timetable for implementation
10. List of other organizations, if any, participating in the planned program
11. List of names & qualifications of key staff members & volunteers responsible for project
12. Project budget

Also please include the following information with your grant proposal:
1. Board of Directors (names, occupations, & community affiliations of board members as well as committee assignments & criteria for board selection)
2. Finances (current annual operation budget, with summary of itemized revenues & expenses)
3. Funding sources for the organization, with listing of past major contributions, including amounts, & anticipated future funding sources
4. Annual Report, (most recent annual financial statement)
5. Copy of original IRS determination letter indicating tax-exempt status

Notification: 6-8 weeks

Jewel-Osco has its own corporate giving program

All requests must be made in writing and include the following information:

1. Cover Letter:
Include a proposal summary and amount requested on the requesting organization's letterhead and signed by the executive director or board president.

2. Narrative:
No more than five pages, which include the following information:
A. Agency Information:
1. Brief summary of agency history including mission, goals and objectives.
2. Description of current programs, activities and accomplishments
3. Overall agency plans for the coming year
4. Description of organizational structure, board/staff responsibilities and level of volunteer involvement
5. Agency affiliation with public agencies

B. Purpose of the Grant:
1. Statement of need or problem to be addressed; description of constituency served/target population and how they will benefit
2. Description of program goals and measurable objectives
3. Description of program and activities planned to accomplish these goals; description of whether this is a new or ongoing activity
4. Timetable for implementation
5. Other organizations, if any, participating in the program
6. List of names and qualifications of key staff and volunteers responsible for project implementation
7. Long-term sources and strategies for funding of this project
8. Projected project budget

C. Evaluation:
1. Expected results during the funding period
2. How success will be defined and how it will be measured
3. How the project's results will be used and disseminated

3. Attachments:
Attach the following information:
A. Board of Directors
1. Occupations and community affiliations; board committee assignments
2. Criteria for board selection

B. Finances:
1. Agency's current annual operating budget with summary of itemized expenses and revenues
2. Funding sources for the organization with a listing of past major contributions with amounts and anticipated future funding sources
3. Most recent annual financial statement
4. Annual Report
5. A copy of the original IRS determination letter indicating 501(c)3 tax-exempt status

Please allow six to eight weeks for processing contribution requests. All proposals will receive a response in writing after the Corporate Contributions Committee makes a decision. When an organization seeks to renew a contribution, information will be required on how Jewel-Osco's previous donations were used and the value they provided. Program effectiveness and results will be used in evaluating requests for future grants.
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Where to send the request:
Send two copies of the request to:

Jewel-Osco Public Relations
1955 W. North Ave.
Melrose Park, IL 60160

Grants Paid

2002 ($1,600,000 )

2003 ($1,600,000 )

2004 ($25,916,351 )

2005 ($28,341,552 )

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