Weekly Funding Opportunity: Schering-Plough

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Each week, Neighborhood Networks provides potential funding sources to help centers develop and improve programs and services. Featured this week is Schering-Plough.

Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global healthcare company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. Headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey, Schering-Plough employs 55,000 people and has business operations in 140 countries.

Program Areas: Schering-Plough offers funding through the Schering-Plough Foundation and through its charitable contributions program. The Schering-Plough Foundation, a nonprofit membership corporation established in 1955, is dedicated to working with communities to help them realize their full potential and enhance their quality of life. The foundation targets its support in three major areas:

	Health.
	Education.
	Community initiatives, including social/civic welfare, public policy, culture and the arts and women and minorities.

Schering-Plough's charitable contributions program provides a variety of contributions, in-kind participation, and other support in health and education. Of particular interest are initiatives related to disease areas in which the company has an interest, including but not limited to, asthma and allergy, oncology, heart disease, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, infertility, women's health, and mental health. However, the company's funding and contributions program also provides support to local initiatives in culture and the arts, increasing opportunities for women and minorities, social/civic welfare, and public policy.

Schering-Plough funds organizations located in the communities in which it does business. These are located in the states of California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Tennessee.

Targeted Area: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, and West.

Eligibility: Schering-Plough considers requests from tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations located in the United States, or its possessions, whose goals and activities fall within its stated objectives and areas of interest. Support is not given to individuals.

To ensure eligibility for the Schering-Plough Foundation, review the foundation's funding guidelines. To ensure eligibility for Schering-Plough charitable contributions, review the company's funding guidelines.

Award Amount: Award amounts vary.

Application Process: After reviewing the guidelines, the next step is to complete Schering-Plough's online pre-application questionnaire. If an organization qualifies for funding, an application should be completed online. All requests for funding must be made online and include the following information:

	The specific purpose for which funding is being sought.
	Background information on the requesting organization.
	A statement of the major programs and services rendered by the organization.
	Evidence of the organization's tax-exempt status.
	The last audited financial statements.
	A program budget, if the application relates to a specific activity.
	Supportive material, including a copy of the organization's annual report, is desirable.

The pre-application questionnaire will allow organization's to obtain an online application.

Deadlines: Ongoing.

Contact: For more information on Schering-Plough's funding opportunities, contact:

Christine Fahey
Vice President Schering-Plough Foundation
1095 Morris Avenue
Union, N.J. 07083
(908) 629-3543
Fax: (908) 629-3564