DONATIONS
Thank you for your interest in Knott’s Berry Farm. We receive numerous requests for charitable donations each year. To carefully manage our limited resources, donation requests are only granted to local, major organizations and 501 C3 non-profit charities that are requesting assistance with their fundraising efforts.
Knott’s Berry Farm donates a limited number of tickets per school year to public and private schools (grades K through 12) in approved surrounding counties. Submitting a donation request does not guarantee that the request will be filled. If your school is a public or private school in grades K through 12 in either Los Angeles County, Inland Empire, San Diego, and Orange County, please review the criteria listed below.
If you are interested in receiving an in-kind donation. We ask that you please fill out an official donation request through our Donation Match profile to be considered. Thank you!
- Customary donation is our (4) Knott’s Berry Farm Regular Single Day Admission tickets per request. Only one (1) request per organization will be accepted within a twelve (12) month period.
- One request per school will be accepted within each school year. Ticket contributions must be used for school fundraising efforts only.
- Requests must be received a minimum of 60 days prior to the date of the event
- Donation e-tickets will be emailed directly to the non-profit organization email address, no residential addresses are accepted
- Donations will only be made to federally licensed 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organizations. An organization’s 501(c)(3) tax organization number will be required.
- Ticket contributions must be made directly to a K through 12 public or private schools in Los Angeles County, Inland Empire, San Diego, and Orange County.
- Donation requests will only be accepted through this online submission form.
- Due to the large number of requests, we receive, only submissions that contain all requested information will be reviewed. We do not accept in mailed-in donation requests.
- Out-of-area/state organizations (Only California organizations located in Los Angeles County, Inland Empire, San Diego, and Orange County are qualified.)
- High Schools requesting Grad Night Tickets
- School sports/music programs or booster programs
- All sports league programs
- All music/theatre programs
- Sponsorships or donations for individuals, teams, or families (i.e. walk-a-thons, contests, pageants, and scholarships) are not eligible
- Activities such as competitions, recognition events, door prizes, giveaways, free raffles, or other incentives incentive programs are not eligible for a ticket contribution.
- Those organizations raising funds on behalf of another benefiting group
- Individuals or organizations raising funds on behalf of another benefiting group are not eligible and will not be considered.
- Donations for individuals or teams (for example, football, baseball, other sports teams, booster clubs, bands, cheerleading, pageants, scholarships, or ambassador programs) are not eligible.