Funding Guidelines

Husky Energy provides donations to registered and non-profit organizations that have a direct social impact strengthening the communities where our employees live and work. Each year the number of organizations seeking donations increases. While Husky is not able to offer support to all organizations seeking funding, it does focus on those that best fit its community investment strategy. As a first step, it is important to find out if your organization fits Husky’s donations profile.

Husky contributes to registered non-profit organizations that meet the following guidelines:

• Organizations in locations where the Company has a business presence and or employees who reside where the request is being made
• Organizations that are registered charities or established non-profit community organizations
• The program or project benefits a wide cross-section of the population
• Organizations that are able to effectively measure their programs, are cost-effective and offer donor recognition
• Requests can be for financial, product or in-kind contributions
• Husky’s major funding categories are:
  
  
  • Education and Youth Programs
  • Health and Welfare, including Disabled and Seniors
  • Community Services
  • Aboriginal
  • Environment
  • Arts and Culture

Husky does not provide support for:

• Individuals or individual pursuits 
• Golf tournaments, rodeos or air shows 
• Sports - professional, recreational or minor sports teams
• Operating costs
• For-profit organizations
• Trips or tours 
• Mass mailings or solicitations
• Third party fundraisers 
• Advertising, film, video, television and book productions 
• Private schools or clubs, or private clubs through membership fees
• Organizations focused on lobbying governments or the public at large on policy issues
• Projects or organizations whose budget reports monies may leave Canada
• Religious organizations (except where they represent non-denominational community and social support services such as Salvation Army, food banks, etc.)
• Conferences, forums, tradeshows, conventions, seminars (unless industry-related)
• Service clubs, except in smaller communities where they are the major focus of most fundraising activities