The Amgen Foundation, Inc. will consider grant requests from nonprofit organizations that are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt public charities under sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2), (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, located in the United States and Puerto Rico. In addition, the Amgen Foundation will consider requests for funding from governmental organizations located in the United States where the purpose of the grant is to support a charitable, educational, scientific or literary purpose. Thus, eligible grantees may include public elementary and secondary schools, as well as public colleges and universities, public libraries and public hospitals. Successful requests will fall within both the current eligibility guidelines and funding priority areas established by the Amgen Foundation. The Amgen Foundation has established a grantmaking partnership with United Way International (UWI) to manage donations to organizations chartered in Europe. 

• Organizations may only submit one request a year for funding.
• The Foundation's review committees meet quarterly.
• US/PR proposals must be submitted online by clicking here. Paper forms will not be evaluated.
• To request an application for an organization chartered in Europe*, please send an email to amgenfoundation@amgen.com. Please include information about your organization and a brief description of the proposed project as a one page letter of intent.

Please review the Grant Application Checklist to verify the information that you will need to provide as part of your grant proposal.

* Priority regions in Europe include: England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland.

Eligibility Limitations:

The Amgen Foundation will not consider requests for:

• Support to individuals
• Fundraising or sports-related events
• Corporate sponsorship requests
• Religious organizations unless the gift is designated to a program that is secular in nature and benefits a broad range of the community (e.g. soup kitchens and homeless shelters). Additionally the program must have a formal mission and separate budget and staff.
• Political organizations or lobbying activity
• Labor unions; fraternal, service or veterans’ organizations
• Private foundations
• Organizations not described in sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1), (2), (3) of the Internal Revenue Code

In addition, organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran or disability statuses are ineligible.

For more information, please call 805-447-4056 or email us at amgenfoundation@amgen.com.