The Bayer Fund (formerly known as the Monsanto Fund) strengthens the communities where Bayer customers and employees live and work. Their primary focus is to address families in under-resourced areas within the communities served, with an emphasis on children. Bayer Fund's charitable giving strategy has a strong alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They provide support to eligible nonprofit organizations with innovative programs.
Current programs of the fund are:
The impact of Bayer Fund can be viewed at: http://www.monsantofund.org/global-impact/features/.
The Bayer Fund will not support:
Eligible applicants are organizations are 501(c)(3) organizations, units of local government, public schools, and libraries are eligible for funding. The majority of our investment focuses on programs offered in the communities where most of our employees live and work. Applicants must be located within approximately 55 miles of an eligible Bayer site community.
Bayer Fund also offers grants in their smaller Bayer communities (http://www.fund.bayer.us/s/2020_Eligible_Bayer_Sites.pdf). Applications are accepted by invitation only.
Grant programs are by invitation only.
For most grant programs, applications are accepted from organizations twice annually:
Individual awards vary based on program category. Interested applicants are encouraged to view the fund's website for more information.