Toyota Grant Program

Our corporate giving and community engagement is focused on organizations that support the following strategic pillars: workforce readiness, inclusive mobility, financial inclusion and community resilience including environmental sustainability and driver/passenger safety. Our portfolio of partners also reflects our commitment to serving diverse and underserved populations.

Eligibility: Toyota will not make grants to organizations that discriminate in its programs, activities or hiring policies, or those affiliated with any national organization or chapter that discriminates on the basis of race, color, age, religion, or any other characterstic; Organizations that will use the grant to support political parties, candidates or lobbying activities; those not recognized as charitable by the Internal Revenue Service.

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Lottery for Education: Afterschool Programs (LEAPs)

The overall goal of Lottery for Education: Afterschool Programs (LEAPs) is to provide Tennessee students with academic enrichment opportunities that reinforce and complement the regular academic program. rograms established must be designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students. All activities must be educationally based. Such programs must include: Services to students on an average of 15 hrs. per week; Reading skills development and enhancement; Math or science skills development and enhancement; Computer literacy and skills development; Academic mentoring or tutorial assistance; and Sports or leisure opportunities.

Eligibility: Public and Not-for-Profit Organizations that provide, or propose to provide, afterschool educational programs within Tennessee may apply for these funds. 50 percent of students enrolled must also meet one of the following criteria: qualify for free/reduced lunch; be at risk of educational disadvantage and failure due to circumstances of abuse, neglect or disability; be at risk of state custody due to family dysfunction; be enrolled in and attending a public school failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP); be attending a public school, including a public charter school, instead of a public school failing to make AYP as a result of parent choice; or be at risk of failing one or more subjects or are behind grade level by at least one year However, preference shall be given to programs that maintain an enrollment of children of which at least 80 percent of the students enrolled meet one of the criteria above.

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