The Genentech Foundation funds organizations that support Health Science Education, Patient Education and Advocacy, and Community Support.

The Genentech Foundation is a U.S.-based, private charitable foundation that was established in 2002 by Genentech, a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes biotherapeutics for significant unmet medical needs. A majority of Genentech's giving is through corporate grants. We recommend that you review the "Charitable Contributions" content on our Corporate Giving site to become familiar with the types of funding provided through Genentech's corporate grants programs.

The Genentech Foundation will consider solicited and unsolicited grant requests from nonprofit organizations that are located in the United States. In addition, the Foundation will consider requests for funding from governmental organizations located in the United States where the purpose of the grant is to support a charitable, educational or scientific purpose. Thus, eligible grantees may include public elementary and secondary schools, as well as public colleges and universities, public libraries, and public hospitals.

Applicants will be required to submit an Intent to Apply proposal as the first step in the application process. If approved, you will be invited to submit a full proposal for further consideration by the grant review committee. The foundation will review proposals on a rolling deadline and will meet quarterly to approve or decline submissions.

The Foundation welcomes applications at any time of year, however, the Board meets once per quarter and has established the following deadlines for review in 2008:

• December 1, 2007: for Q1 2008 review
• March 14, 2008: for Q2 2008 review
• June 6, 2008: for Q3 2008 review
• September 5, 2008: for Q4 2008 review

We suggest thoroughly reviewing our Application Guidelines prior to applying.