The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund is welcoming grant inquiries for support until August 1st for the 2011-12 season!


This is the fifth grant cycle for Ben’s Foundation. The majority of the grants we distribute help K-9 units to purchase dogs and dog safety vests, but other types of needs will be considered.

The Foundation will be distributing grants in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers during the 2011-12 season. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invites police and fire departments in these eight cities to submit proposals detailing their needs.

For the first time this year, if the Steelers make the playoffs, the Foundation will also make grants to two cities anywhere in the United States that would not otherwise be eligible to apply. In addition, the Foundation will continue to make grants to several police and fire department K-9 units in the Pittsburgh area following the Super Bowl XLVI.

The Foundation distributed more than $110,000 in grants to K-9 units around the country during the 2010-11 Season.

Eligible departments must apply to The Giving Back Fund by August 1, 2011. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.


To view the full grant requirements, eligibility and evaluation process, click here.


Would you like to donate to Ben’s Foundation? Click here.


For more information, please contact Jessica Duffaut at jduffaut@givingback.org