Submission open for Pure Leaf Tea Break Grants Program (US)

The Pure Leaf Tea Break Grants Program funds ideas that foster healthier workplace culture and norms. Ideas can be new or already underway, can come from HR, C-level, or the frontline–as long as they improve employee wellbeing through culture change.

Guiding Principle 

• Winning ideas will include these guiding principles:
  • Effective
    • They have a clearly-defined goal and solve a specific problem.
  • Grounded in workers’ voices
    • They are informed by the perspectives and the experiences of the people they seek to benefit.
  • Sustainable
    • They are set up for success by key players across the organization.

Funding Information 

• Grand Prize winners will be determined based on the Judging Criteria scores only. Number of employees is not factored into Judging Criteria scores. There are a minimum of five (5) Grand Prizes available and a maximum of twenty (20) Grand Prizes available. A maximum of $100,000 in grant funding is allotted overall. The total number of Grand Prizes will be determined by Sponsor and/or Mind Share Partners and will be based on the total number of employees at the winning Eligible Organizations. For instance, if it is determined that Scenario 3 has one (1) winner, $20,000 is already allocated so there is only $80,000 left for the remainder of the prizes and so on.
  • The Grand Prize consists of a single payment (awarded in the form of a check made payable to the Eligible Organization) in one of the following amounts:
  • Scenario 1 – Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) grant(s) (for Eligible Organizations with 10-29 employees)
  • Scenario 2 – Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) grant(s) (for Eligible Organizations with 30-99 employees)
  • Scenario 3 – Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) grant(s) (for Eligible Organizations with 100-249 employees) (collectively, “prize” or “grant”).
• All Prizes will be awarded to the Eligible Organizations only and not individual Entrants. Limit one (1) Grand Prize per Eligible Organization.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Entrants must be legal residents of the United States residing in one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older (19 years of age or older in Alabama and Nebraska) as of date of entry, and are employed by an Eligible Organization, as defined below (“Entrant”). Prizes are awarded only to Eligible Organizations, not to Entrants. Officers, directors, and employees of PepsiCo, Inc., Pepsi-Cola Company  (“Sponsor”), its bottlers, Mind Share Partners, Conopco, Inc., d/b/a Unilever, Daniel J. Edelman, Inc., and each of their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, suppliers, distributors and advertising, promotional and judging agencies (all such individuals and entities collectively referred to herein as the “Released Parties”), and each of their respective shareholders, directors, officers, members and agents and their immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, and siblings and their spouses) and/or those living in the same household of each, are not eligible to participate or win. Void where prohibited by law and subject to all federal, state and local laws.
• Eligible Organization Definition: For the purposes of this Contest, an Eligible Organization is defined as a small business that:
  • Is a United States Entity organized under the laws of the one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia that has been operating for at least one (1) year.
  • Has at least 10 full time employees.
  • Has fewer than 250 employees
  • Had gross revenues of less than $20 million in 2022 and $20 million in 2023.
  • Or a nonprofit organization that:
  • Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the US Internal Revenue Service.
  • Is a United States Entity organized under the laws of the one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia that has been operating for at least one (1) year.
  • Has at least 10 full time employees.
  • Has fewer than 250 employees
  • Had gross revenues below $10 million in 2022 and $10 million in 2023
  • Eligible Organizations exclude tobacco, firearms, pornography, cannabis and coal production organizations.

For more information, visit Pure Leaf.