Andermax Grantmaking Guidelines

The Andermax Foundation grants money to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and organizations exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) and to individual researchers sponsored by a qualified organization. In selecting grantees, The Andermax Foundation uses its mission statement as a guideline.

The mission of The Andermax Foundation is to enable healthy and hope-filled lives for all individuals and families. To this end, the Foundation supports efforts in three priority areas of giving:

Medical Advancement
The Foundation seeks to advance diagnostics and cures of major illnesses. The Fightin’ Bob Fund, named after the founder’s husband who died of colon cancer, distributes funds specifically to organizations improving cancer diagnostics or developing a cure for cancer.

Nature and Arts
The Foundation believes there is tremendous power in the natural world and creative arts (music, poetry, painting, etc.) to help children and adults through life’s challenges and to empower all people with an inner source of peace and hope that has far-reaching positive effects on individuals, families, and communities. The Foundation has a special interest in programs that use nature and the arts to physically, emotionally, and spiritually heal individuals and families. We favor programs that help bring people through major crises or transitions, grief, and chronic illnesses.

Human Services
The Foundation has a special concern for people living in poverty, especially children. The Foundation believes that each person has a right and responsibility to obtain the skills and means to meet their own basic needs and that communities have an obligation to share resources with one another for the good of the whole. Priority is given to programs that offer practical, sustainable fundamental improvements in communities that enable the self-sufficiency of all people to meet basic needs of food, shelter, safety, and a sense of hope and peace.

We consider grant requests for any dollar amount. Requests must include a detailed description of your program. Your description must include who will benefit, what the program contributes, the duration and location of the program, long-term goals of the program, how it is administered, and the operating budget of the program and parent organization. If the program spends more than 10% of the budget on general and administrative costs, please include a detailed explanation of why and whether or not there is an option for this grant money to be used for program activities only.