What does the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation support?
Our Mission is to impact the lifesaving capabilities, and the lives of local heroes and their communities. This is accomplished by providing lifesaving equipment and prevention education tools to first responders and public safety organizations. All requests must fall within our Foundation's funding guidelines which can be found on our website via firehousesubsfoundation.org/about-us/funding-areas. See below for information regarding items that are not supported by our grants program.
Are there items that your Foundation does not support?
All requests must fall within our Foundation's funding guidelines which can be found on our website via firehousesubsfoundation.org/about-us/funding-areas. Examples of items that are not supported by our board of directors at this time include body cameras, building exhaust removal systems, crash data boxes, dash cams, drones and drone accessories, exercise equipment, goodie bags, guns/firearms/use of force equipment, riot gear, laser pointers (designators), inflatable bounce houses, license plate readers, Narcan, portable message signs, Pluggie the fire plug robot, Polar Breeze thermal rehabilitation systems, power load stretchers, radar detectors, recording devices, refurbished equipment, security systems, surveillance equipment, Sparky the Fire Dog robots and costumes, stop sticks, tasers, throw bots, traffic road barriers, TruNar analyzers, t-shirts & polos, etc. Note: Our organization is unable to accept requests for Scott SCBA Model AP50 at this time. All other Scott product requests are acceptable.
Is this grant only available for Fire Departments?
No. Law enforcement, EMS, public safety organizations, non-profits and schools are encouraged to apply for life saving equipment.
If my organization has received a grant award from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation in the past, when can we reapply?
We ask that grant recipients wait a minimum of three years from the date of approval before reapplying.
Does the Foundation provide reimbursements for purchased equipment?
Our program DOES NOT provide reimbursements for purchased equipment. If your organization has already purchased the equipment and is requesting reimbursement, please DO NOT apply.
What are the most common reasons a grant application is marked incomplete?
The requested equipment does not fall within the Foundation’s funding guidelines
Quote is missing vendor sales representative first and last name & vendor email address
Quote is missing name & physical address of the applying organization, and a contact person from the organization
Online quotes are not permissible
Quote does not match the dollar amount or quantity requested in the grant application
Quote includes item(s) that are not being requested in the grant
Attachments that are not saved as .doc, .pdf, .jpeg or .xlsx
Financials are outdated and/or do not include both revenues and expenses
Alternate contact information is the same contact information as the main contact information
Can my organization submit multiple grant applications?
No, the Foundation does not accept more than one grant request per organization. The Foundation is unable to make exceptions to this rule.
Is the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation grant a matching grant?
There are no matching funds involved in our organization’s grants program.
If my request is more or less than $20,000 will it be denied?
$15,000-$25,000 is a guideline. Requests exceeding $45,000 will not be accepted.