We put our resources to work. Otis Elevator Company supports a variety of community and charitable organizations worldwide. Generally only nonprofit organizations with U.S. Internal Revenue Service tax-exempt designation are eligible to receive grants. Otis concentrates its giving in the areas of education, especially engineering, science, and technology; health and human services; arts and culture; community and public policy; and international programs.

How to Apply for a Grant (U.S.-Based Organizations) All organizations must complete a grant application online between March 1 and June 1 of the current year for consideration in the following year's budget. United Technologies and its business units-Carrier, Hamilton Sundstrand, UTC Fuel Cells, Otis Elevator, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky and the United Technologies Research Center-accept grant applications through our online form. 

Review Process
Applications will be reviewed in the fall. If additional information is required as part of the review process, a staff member will contact the applicant.

Notification
Funding decisions are announced to applicants in the first quarter of the calendar year in which funding will occur. We ask that you please do not contact the company for status reports.

Eligibility
Otis Elevator Company is proud to support a number of worthwhile organizations. However, we do not fund the following entities.

•	Partisan political organizations
•	Individuals
•	Religious organizations with programs limited to or expressly for their membership
•	Controversial social causes on which there are strong differences of opinion
•	Endowment campaigns