Your organization must be:

1. ​​Located and serving communities within the vicinity of CPKC operations.
2. A federally registered charity or non-profit. 
3. In sound financial standing.

Our priority is saving lives through:

• ​​Research
• Better access to cardiac emergency response equipment, treatment and care

​Except in special circumstances as may be determined by CPKC, donations will not be made in support of the following:

• ​Advertising
• Capital campaigns (brick-and-mortar projects)
• Door prizes, raffle or auction items
• Fraternal and partisan organizations
• Individuals and/or individual families
• Political events
• Professional conventions, conferences or seminars, unless industry-related​
• ​Professional trade groups
• Programs located outside of the regions or communities where CPKC does business
• Religious organizations (except for those with non-faith based purposes)
• Travel for individuals or groups

​Many of our employees donate their time to non-profit and charitable organizations from coaching youth sports teams to board participation. Organizations should not assume that CPKC employee participation automatically pre-qualifies them for funding.

Our Community Investment Team reviews requests from January 1 to October 30 of each year. Any applications submitted in November or December will be reviewed in January of the following year. Please be aware that we require at least 60 days to review a request and respond with a funding decision. For larger requests, it could take up to six months before a decision is made depending on whether additional information is required or other factors. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of a request as soon as a decision is made.

​​The completed form must be submitted through the link provided below.  Due to the nature of our evaluation process, applications sent by e-mail, phone, fax or regular mail cannot be accepted and will not be evaluated.​

Our online funding application takes about 30 minutes to complete, depending on the details of your request. The following steps are recommended:

1. ​​Review our guidelines (listed above) to ensure your organization is eligible.
2. Complete our online application form​. Before you submit the application, make sure all fields are completed. 
3. Once the application is submitted, you will receive an email confirming it has been received. Once the review process begins, we will periodically send emails to update you on the status of your request.

We do our best to review applications in a timely manner, but please expect our review process to take at least 60 days.

If you have any questions please email CommunityInvestment@cpkcr.com.  Please do NOT send applications to this email.