Publix Grants: How Publix Super Markets Charities Gives and How to Apply

Publix grants come from Publix Super Markets Charities, the company's foundation, which takes requests from nonprofits in eight Southeast states through the Publix Charitable Donations website (Publix Super Markets Charities, Request Support, read November 2026). Its grants are mostly small and local: the median grant was $2,500 in both 2023 and 2024, and about 60% of the money went to Florida organizations.

Quick Answer: How do you get a grant from Publix?

Publix grants come from Publix Super Markets Charities. Register once on the Publix Charitable Donations website, then submit a request: hunger relief requests from March 1 to April 30, housing and shelter requests from July 1 to August 31, and other program requests any time. Your organization must operate or serve clients in one of eight Southeast states.

Does Publix give grants to nonprofits?

Yes. Publix Super Markets Charities paid 3,269 grants worth $52.5 million in tax year 2024, according to GrantCue's analysis of its IRS Form 990-PF return (IRS, read November 2026). Its request page says it supports nonprofits throughout the Southeast "with a primary focus on helping youth, promoting education, alleviating hunger, and reducing homelessness."

Publix has two front doors, and both use the same online registration:

Sources: Publix Super Markets Charities, Request Support, and Publix, Community Giving requests, both read November 2026.

Publix's community page sends grant and fundraising-event requests to Publix Charities and keeps donation, gift card and sponsorship requests on the company side. It also lists a third, separate door: Publix Marketing Sponsorships, where Publix pays to sponsor an event and gets promotional value in return. That route is for events, not for program funding.

Who can get a Publix Charities grant?

An organization qualifies if it operates or serves clients in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia or Kentucky, and its work fits youth, education, hunger or homelessness. Those are the eight states named on the request page, and they match where the grants went.

The Community Giving page adds two practical rules:

• Schools and school groups: donations for school clubs and teams are made payable to the school, not to a booster club. The school must be registered, and you apply on behalf of the school.
• 501(c)(3) status: Publix Charities is for "a nonprofit organization such as a school or a 501(c)(3) targeted to our areas of focus," in the page's words.

The 990-PF data shows the range of organizations it funds. In 2024 the foundation made 891 grants to K to 12 schools, 272 to youth organizations, 168 to arts groups, 153 to housing and homelessness organizations, 96 to colleges and universities and 90 to food banks and other hunger programs, by GrantCue's matching of recipient names. Schools and small youth programs are among its most frequent grantees. GrantCue lists open grants for schools and open grants for youth programs if you want to compare other sources.

When are the Publix Charities deadlines?

Publix Charities has two fixed windows and one year-round option, according to its request page (read November 2026):

Food banks and pantries should mark March 1 on next year's calendar, because hunger requests go in only between March 1 and April 30. Shelters and housing programs have the same kind of window, July 1 to August 31. The page also asks you to "include all applicable deadlines when making your request," so if you need an answer before an event or a program start date, say so in the request.

As of November 2026 both fixed windows for this year have closed. All other program requests, including youth and education programs, and sponsorship requests can still go in now.

How do you apply on the Publix Charitable Donations website?

You register your organization once, get a password, log in and submit the request; the registration needs an update each year. The steps on the request page:

1. Decide which registration fits you. Register as a nonprofit employee or board member if you work for the organization, hold a title, have access to its financial information, use an email address on the organization's own domain, or make decisions for it. Everyone else registers as a volunteer.
2. Volunteers wait for the organization. A volunteer can ask for a donation or sponsorship on behalf of a nonprofit, but someone who works for the organization must register it first. The Community Giving page gives two examples of volunteers: a parent volunteer for a school club, and a coach or student athlete for a youth sports team.
3. Register and get your password. You receive a password once the registration is done.
4. Log in and submit the request, with any deadline that matters to you.
5. Update the registration every year.

Questions go to the help address the page lists, charitable.donationshelp@publix.com. The request page also points to Publix's FAQs for more detail on donation requests.

Keep the request short and local. Publix makes thousands of small grants a year, so a clear, short request is easier to review. Say what the money pays for, how many people it serves, and in which county. GrantCue's donation proposal template fits a gift card or sponsorship request, and the sample food bank proposal and sample housing proposal fit the two seasonal windows, and the annotated sample grant proposal for a nonprofit explains what each section is for.

How much do Publix Charities grants give?

The typical Publix Charities grant is $2,500: that was the median in both 2023 and 2024. A few large grants, mostly to United Ways, carry much of the money.

Publix Super Markets Charities giving by year

Source: GrantCue's analysis of IRS Form 990-PF returns, tax years 2023 and 2024.

Publix Super Markets Charities grants by size, tax year 2024

Source: GrantCue's analysis of IRS Form 990-PF returns, tax year 2024.

The 1,901 grants under $5,000 made up 58% of the grants but only 3.5% of the dollars. The 147 grants of $100,000 or more took 55% of the dollars. Most of the very small grants went to schools: GrantCue's name matching finds 891 grants to K to 12 schools in 2024, totaling $497,050, an average of about $560.

Many organizations get money from Publix more than once. Florida Southern College received 14 grants over the two years and Bonnet Springs Park in Lakeland received 11. New organizations get in too: of about 2,560 recipients in 2024, 676 (about a quarter) had not received a grant in 2023.

Two years of data do not make a trend, so read the drop from $58.6 million in 2023 to $52.5 million in 2024 as a difference between two years, not a direction. The foundation's own news section reported in September 2026 that Publix Charities is donating $25 million to local food banks and other nonprofits, which falls outside the tax years on file here.

The return gives the same purpose line for every grant, "Organization's charitable purpose," so it does not show which program each grant paid for. The Publix Super Markets Charities profile on GrantCue shows its giving by year and its largest grants, and a free account opens the full list of recipients and amounts, which you can filter by purpose, state and year.

Where does Publix Charities give?

Publix Charities gives almost entirely in its eight states, and Florida, home to its Lakeland headquarters, received about 60% of the money over the two years.

Publix Super Markets Charities grants by state, tax years 2023 and 2024 combined

Source: GrantCue's analysis of IRS Form 990-PF returns, tax years 2023 and 2024.

The state totals follow where the big United Way grants went. United Way of Metro Atlanta received $4.2 million over five grants, and a string of Florida United Ways (Central Florida, Suncoast, Heart of Florida, Broward County, Miami, Palm Beach County) each received $1.6 million to $2.9 million over the two years. Virginia and Kentucky received far less than the other six states, which a Virginia or Kentucky applicant should keep in mind.

What kinds of organizations does Publix fund?

Publix Charities funds United Ways most heavily by dollars, and schools, youth groups and arts organizations most often by count. Its 2024 grants by type of recipient, by GrantCue's matching of recipient names:

Source: GrantCue's analysis of IRS Form 990-PF returns, tax year 2024. Types come from recipient names, so an organization can be missed or counted under a different type.

United Ways took about 35% of the 2024 dollars. For a United Way partner agency, that makes the local United Way's own grant process worth knowing, since United Ways are among Publix's largest grantees.

The $2,500 grants on the 2024 return show who a typical grantee is: 211 Brevard in Rockledge, Florida; the 4-H Georgia Foundation in Athens; the Adult Literacy League in Orlando; Alamance County Meals on Wheels in Burlington, North Carolina; the Asheville Symphony Society; Backpacks of Love in Powhatan, Virginia; Ballet Spartanburg in South Carolina; and the Arc of Tuscaloosa County in Alabama. These are community-sized organizations. GrantCue's guide on who funds organizations like yours shows how to find more funders with grantees like these.

How does Publix compare with other Southeast company foundations?

Publix Charities makes far more small grants than any other Southeast company foundation that itemizes its grants in GrantCue's data, which makes it a realistic first ask for a local nonprofit.

Southeast company foundations, latest tax year on file

Source: GrantCue's analysis of IRS Form 990-PF returns, tax year 2024 for every row; Publix's median covers 2023 and 2024. The UPS Foundation's return reports one total and puts its grant list in an attachment GrantCue cannot read, so it has no count or median here. The Coca-Cola Foundation's website note is from its foundation page, read November 2026.

The Kroger Co. Foundation, another grocery company foundation, itemized 253 grants with a median of $10,000 in 2024. GrantCue's guide to Kroger grants covers how it gives and how to apply. Dominion Energy's median of $5,000 is the closest in the Southeast table. The guide to corporate grants for nonprofits compares more company foundations, and the guide to grants for food banks covers the funders that pay hunger programs. For a broader search beyond company foundations, GrantCue's guide on how to find grants for nonprofits covers community foundations, family foundations and government grants.

FAQ

How do I apply for a Publix Charities grant online?

Register your organization once on the Publix Charitable Donations website from the Request Support page on publixcharities.org, choosing the nonprofit employee and board member option if you work for or govern the organization. After registering you receive a password; log in to submit the request and include any deadline you need met. The registration must be updated each year. Hunger relief and housing requests have fixed windows; other requests can go in any time.

What is the Publix Charitable Donations website?

It is the online system where nonprofits register and submit requests to Publix, for both Publix Super Markets Charities grants and Publix Community Giving donations, gift cards and sponsorships. Both the publixcharities.org Request Support page and the corporate.publix.com Community Giving page link to it. Registered organizations log in with the password they receive after registration. Help is available at charitable.donationshelp@publix.com, the address the request page lists.

When is the Publix Charities deadline for hunger relief grants?

Hunger relief requests must be submitted between March 1 and April 30, for a decision and announcement in September, according to the Publix Charities request page read in November 2026. Housing and shelter requests have their own window, July 1 to August 31, with an end-of-year decision. Requests in Publix's other focus areas, youth and education, can be submitted at any time of year, and Publix emails a decision once it is made.

How much does Publix Charities give per grant?

The median Publix Super Markets Charities grant was $2,500 in both 2023 and 2024, according to GrantCue's analysis of its Form 990-PF returns. In 2024, 1,901 of its 3,269 grants were under $5,000, while 147 grants of $100,000 or more, many to United Ways, took 55% of the $52.5 million paid. Plan a first request around the median, not around the large United Way grants.

Can a school club or sports team get a Publix donation?

Yes, through the school. Publix's Community Giving page says donations for school clubs and teams are made payable to the qualified school, not to booster clubs, and that the school must be registered so you can apply on its behalf. A parent volunteer or coach can register as a volunteer, but someone who works for the school has to register the school first.

Does Publix donate gift cards or sponsor events?

Publix Community Giving reviews requests for donations, gift cards, sponsorships, giveaways and program ads from nonprofits in its eight states, according to its Community Giving page read in November 2026. All requests are submitted online through the Publix Charitable Donations website, the same system Publix Charities uses for grants. The page does not list amounts. Grants and support for fundraising events go to Publix Super Markets Charities instead.

Which states does Publix Charities fund?

Publix Charities funds organizations that operate or serve clients in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky, the eight states its request page names. In 2023 and 2024 combined, Florida organizations received about 60% of its grant dollars, Georgia 14% and Alabama 7%. Virginia and Kentucky together received under 2%. Organizations outside these states do not qualify.

What should you do next?

If your organization works on youth, education, hunger or homelessness in one of Publix's eight states, register on the Publix Charitable Donations website this month, before you need the money, so the account is ready when you want to apply. Put March 1 and July 1 on next year's calendar if you run a hunger or housing program. Then compare other funders: check the free Florida foundation list or your own state's list, browse open grants on GrantCue, and create a free GrantCue account to save the grants that fit, track their deadlines and get alerts when new ones open.