Organizations applying for funding from the US Airways Community Foundation must be IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that are located in and provide services to the major metropolitan cities of Charlotte, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Organizations must improve the quality and availability of charitable health care, artistic and cultural organizations, education and community services for multi-year capital campaigns only.

Funding restrictions

  • Organizations not located in and providing services to the major metropolitan cites of Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC
  • Individuals, including support for hardship or medical travel, students, researchers or conference fees
  • Auxiliary organizations, third party/ pass-through fundraisers and individuals or organizations fundraising on behalf of a nonprofit, organization or individual
  • Individual schools or universities including their support organizations (i.e. Boosters, PTA/PTO’s, athletic teams, clubs, bands, performing arts groups, alumni associations or reunions)
  • Political, labor or fraternal organizations, associations or service clubs (i.e. Junior League, Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis)
  • Start-up organizations as defined as a nonprofit organizations whose 501(c)(3) status has been granted by the IRS for less than three years
  • Foundations or organizations which are grant-making entities or distribute funds to another nonprofit organization
  • Religious organizations, churches and programs that are purely denominational in purpose
  • Organizations funded 50% or more by government sources
  • Organizations whose primary mission is funding medical or scientific research
  • Organizations that primarily provide advocacy for issue related topics
  • Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, marital status, age, disability or veteran status
  • Sports teams or sporting programs
  • Scouting troops
  • Scholarships and camperships
  • Competitions, beauty pageants or talent contests
  • Hospitals and medical centers
  • YMCAs