Guidelines
Motorola Enterprise Mobility business awards two types of grants: Community and Diversity Grants. Through our grants program, Symbol funds innovative educational programs in academic institutions and community
organizations with special consideration given to programs that promote Math, Science, Engineering and Technology. The Diversity Grants must target one or more of the following under-represented
groups: African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, People with Disabilities, Gays and Lesbians, Asian Americans, Women and Indigenous/Native populations.
Organizations must meet the following criteria in order to qualify for funding:
- Must have tax exemption under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3) or be a publicly funded academic institution. All non-profit 501(c)(3) charities will be validated via www.guidestar.org .
- Qualified educational institutions and organizations may re-apply for funding up to three years, and then there must be at least a two-year gap before being reconsidered for funding. Repeat
applicants are not automatically funded each year; they must re-apply each fiscal year.
Motorola Enterprise Mobility business does not award grants or make in-kind donations to or for the following:
- Individuals or political, labor, religious, fraternal or sports groups
- Organizations that are not tax-exempt
- Fundraising events such as raffles, telethons, journal advertisements, walk-a-thons, tickets to dinners, or auctions
- Capital campaigns, operating expenses, construction or renovation projects
- Chairs, endowments or scholarships sponsored by academic or nonprofit institutions
- Academic or medical research projects
- Special events such as conferences, symposia or sports competitions
- Organizations that advocate, support or practice activities inconsistent with Motorola's non-discrimination policies, whether based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity
or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran
Notification process
Funding decisions are announced quarterly. Motorola will respond in writing or by telephone to each application.
Declining a request for funding
As you can imagine, Motorola is asked to support numerous causes. Some grant requests fall within our guidelines while others do not. In addition, we have a limited budget to fund grants.
Unfortunately, we must decline some requests for funding.
To apply for a grant, please fill out our online application .
