The Wawa Foundation and Wawa Community Care are committed to building and maintaining strong relationships with local communities and national partners. To achieve this, we provide focused financial and in-kind support for non-profit and community organizations.

The Wawa Foundation supports organizations making a difference in our focus areas of health, hunger, and everyday heroes.

We provide financial grants on a local, regional and national level ensuring that our commitment extends from the local communities Wawa serves to the regional footprint Wawa occupies in the mid-Atlantic and Florida. Only registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations operating in Wawa’s six-state area are eligible to apply.

We provide three types of support:

• Financial Grants- For local, state, and national partners (through The Wawa Foundation). 

• In-kind Support- For local community events and organizations (through Wawa Community Care). Please ensure your event date is at least 3 weeks from the date of your online submission. 

Our submission windows for grants over $2,500 for the year will be the months of January, April, July, and October. Qualified organizations can submit grant requests and Letters of Inquiry during those timeframes.

Local Connection Grants

Financial grants less than $2,500 are available to local non-profit organizations. After submitting an online inquiry, you should hear back from a representative from The Wawa Foundation within 4 weeks. Local connection grant inquiries are considered on an ongoing basis while budgeted funds last. Once the budget is reached, further inquiries will be declined for the current year and encouraged to re-apply for the following year.

In-Kind Support: Wawa Community Care

Wawa Community Care considers requests for in-kind donations to help community and youth organizations in our neighborhoods.

In-Kind Support will be available to qualifying organizations as long as the budget for the applicable store/area/region has not been exhausted and the event date is not less than 3 weeks away:

-Product Donations: Wawa brand fruit drinks, teas, or water. Wawa products must be picked up at a local store and cannot be resold at a program or event.

-Wawa Gift Basket/Free Hot Beverage Coupons: A selection of Wawa gift items and coupons for a silent auction or fundraising event.