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Corporate Citizenship Committee

Avtec's Corporate Citizenship Committee is responsible for identifying community involvement activities and evaluating application requests for financial or volunteer support.

Eligibility Criteria

The following criteria will be used in selecting appropriate charitable causes:

• Underprivileged groups.
• Disaster Relief — Relieve human suffering that may be caused by a natural disaster, civil disaster or an emergency hardship. These disasters may be caused by floods, fires, riots, storms, earthquakes or similar large-scale adversities.
• Medical Relief / Health Programs — Preference to be given to organizations where Avtec employees volunteer their time.
• Educational / Other Programs — For sponsoring educational programs and other charitable activities where Avtec employees volunteer their time.
• Environmental — Initiatives and programs that benefit the ecological state of the environment for the overall benefit of the community.
• Athletics (limited) — Events such as local children's organized leagues or charitable events to benefit one or more of the above listed causes.

The organization should meet the following criteria to qualify for financial resources or volunteer support:

• The organization must qualify as a nonprofit organization or exclusively public institution or comparable charitable organization registered and recognized by law.
• The organization should provide services within the areas in which Avtec personnel live and work and/or where Avtec suppliers and customers live and work. Preference is given to those charitable organizations where Avtec employees donate their time and are actively involved.
• The organization must be competent in the sound financial management of the organization.

Non-Qualifying Organizations and Activities

• Organizations that do not come under the nonprofit or exclusively public institutions or comparable charitable organization.
• Organizations that have received funds from Avtec within the last year.
• Religious (sectarian) and political groups.
• For-profit organizations or ventures, advertising, athletic events or league sponsorships, conventions, conferences, meetings or seminars, clubs, contests, field trips, film and/or video projects, marketing, travel and/or travel expenses and other similar activities.
• Organizations that discriminate or any other reason that Avtec deems as not aligned with Avtec guidelines, fundamentals or brand.

The following requirements must be met by the requesting organization:

• Organization qualifies as a 501(c)(3) organization.
• Organization has not received funds from Avtec within the last year.
• Requester is not an individual, private secondary school or religious organization.
• Grant fulfills an area of need categorized above.