THE PROGRAM:
Non-profit organizations committed to growing the sport of swimming and/or encouraging children to live healthy, active lives and/or providing mental health support can apply to receive a signed Michael Phelps swim cap for silent or live auction at their fundraising event.
To qualify for a cap, the organization must meet all of the guidelines below.
- Promote water safety; and/or
- Provide support and/or services to at-risk and under served children; and/or
- Provide pool and swimming activities that encourage increased participation in the sport of swimming, especially for children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience the sport; and/or
- Provide mental health support to individuals in need
- Benefit a charitable organization with IRS 501 c(3) status. Fundraisers to benefit an individual person or families are ineligible.
- The applicant must be the organization receiving the auction item. Individuals raising funds on behalf of an organization are ineligible.
PLEASE NOTE:
We only accept the application form. Supplementary information will not be considered or reviewed.
All accepted applications must submit the amount raised within 60 days of the event. If not submitted within 60 days after the event, the organization will be ineligible to receive signed auction item in the future.
We receive hundreds of auction item requests per year. Due to the limited number of items available, we are sometimes unable to fulfill all requests even if the organization meets all of the criteria listed above. If you do not hear from us, we have not been able to meet your request.
Selected organizations will receive only one cap per the calendar year. This helps us in our attempt to help the greatest number of organizations as possible. If the item is lost, stolen or misplaced, we will not be able to replace it.
We will not accept personal items to be autographed. Due to the volume and frequency of requests, any item MPF receives will not be returned.
Caps may not be resold in any fashion except for fundraising by the applying organization.
Receipt of an autographed item in previous years does not guarantee subsequent donations.
Caps for a Cause
THE PROGRAM:
Non-profit organizations committed to growing the sport of swimming and/or encouraging children to live healthy, active lives and/or providing mental health support can apply to receive a signed Michael Phelps swim cap for silent or live auction at their fundraising event.
To qualify for a cap, the organization must meet all of the guidelines below.
- Promote water safety; and/or
- Provide support and/or services to at-risk and under served children; and/or
- Provide pool and swimming activities that encourage increased participation in the sport of swimming, especially for children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience the sport; and/or
- Provide mental health support to individuals in need
- Benefit a charitable organization with IRS 501 c(3) status. Fundraisers to benefit an individual person or families are ineligible.
- The applicant must be the organization receiving the auction item. Individuals raising funds on behalf of an organization are ineligible.
PLEASE NOTE:
We only accept the application form. Supplementary information will not be considered or reviewed.
All accepted applications must submit the amount raised within 60 days of the event. If not submitted within 60 days after the event, the organization will be ineligible to receive signed auction item in the future.
We receive hundreds of auction item requests per year. Due to the limited number of items available, we are sometimes unable to fulfill all requests even if the organization meets all of the criteria listed above. If you do not hear from us, we have not been able to meet your request.
Selected organizations will receive only one cap per the calendar year. This helps us in our attempt to help the greatest number of organizations as possible. If the item is lost, stolen or misplaced, we will not be able to replace it.
We will not accept personal items to be autographed. Due to the volume and frequency of requests, any item MPF receives will not be returned.
Caps may not be resold in any fashion except for fundraising by the applying organization.
Receipt of an autographed item in previous years does not guarantee subsequent donations.