Callaway Golf Donation Request: How the Product Donations Portal Works (2026 Guide)

Callaway Golf takes donation requests through one online form, its Product Donations Portal, and gives golf equipment to U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits for their events. Your organization has to fit one of five focus areas: youth development, military and veterans, disability advocacy, health and wellness, or growth of the game. Callaway gives to each organization only once per calendar year and asks for 6–8 weeks to process a request. The odds are long: about 3.6% of Callaway donation requests tracked on TheShareWay succeed. You can submit a request through Callaway's portal and track it on Callaway Golf's TheShareWay page.

What are your odds?

Figures as of October 2026, from applications tracked on TheShareWay.

Approvals have become rarer still: nonprofits logged 225 Callaway requests on TheShareWay in the last 12 months, and very few of them were approved. Send the request, but don't build your prize table around it.

What Callaway donates

Callaway donates its own golf product, at its discretion and subject to what it has available. You can't ask for a specific product or model. Nonprofits approved on TheShareWay most often describe one of two donations:

• A putter or single club, usually logged at around $270.
• A driver with a stand bag, logged at $750–$850.

Callaway donations tracked on TheShareWay are typically worth $270–$750, with a median of $270, and they arrive by shipment.

The Callaway Golf Company Foundation is a separate route with different rules. It doesn't accept unsolicited grant requests, and it doesn't donate product to or sponsor benefit golf tournaments and fundraisers. Product requests for events go through Callaway's Employee Community Giving program and the portal, so that is the route for a charity golf tournament.

Who can request a Callaway donation

• U.S. 501(c)(3)s only. The portal's first question asks whether the donation is for a U.S.-based, IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) organization.
• One of five focus areas. Youth development, military and veterans, disability advocacy, health and wellness, or growth of the game. Say plainly in your request which one you serve.
• Once a year. Callaway gives to an organization once per calendar year, so save your request for the event where golf gear matters most.

Nonprofits logging Callaway declines on TheShareWay most often say they fell outside the guidelines, and schools, PTAs and PTOs, sports leagues and religious organizations are among those turned away.

How to submit a Callaway donation request

1. Count back about three months. Callaway asks for 6–8 weeks, but approved Callaway requests tracked on TheShareWay were submitted a median of 93 days before the event, and some recent approvals arrived two to three months after the request.
2. Confirm your fit. Match your mission to one of the five focus areas before you start. A request that doesn't fit one is unlikely to get past review.
3. Have your 501(c)(3) details ready. If you need your IRS paperwork, see our guide to the 501(c)(3) determination letter.
4. Submit through the portal. Callaway's Commitment to Community page links the portal from its "Submit a request" line. Describe your event, how the product will be used (a raffle, auction or hole prize), and which focus area you serve. TheShareWay's donation request letter template covers the same ground and is easy to adapt.
5. Log the request on Callaway Golf's TheShareWay page so you have a record of the date you applied and a reminder to follow up.

After you apply

Callaway Golf responds to donation requests in a median of 21.5 days, based on applications tracked on TheShareWay. Callaway's own guidance is to allow 6–8 weeks.

If the answer is no, the decline email explains that Callaway receives thousands of product donation requests a year and can't respond to further inquiries, so treat it as final for that event rather than appealing. If you're approved, the product ships to you. Display it with a silent auction bid sheet and send a thank-you letter afterward.

Callaway and Topgolf

For several years Callaway's parent company was Topgolf Callaway Brands. In 2026 it sold a majority stake in Topgolf and went back to the name Callaway Golf Company. Topgolf runs its own donation program, which gives Game Play certificates rather than equipment, and about 19% of Topgolf donation requests tracked on TheShareWay succeed. Our Topgolf donation request guide walks through it.

If Callaway isn't an option

Callaway doesn't take unsolicited grant requests through its foundation, and TheShareWay's directory has no Callaway funder record, so the portal is the whole program. If you're outside the focus areas, have already received a Callaway donation this year, or want better odds for your golf event, these donors are worth a request:

• Dixon Golf donates an Amateur Endorsement package (a hat, golf balls and 50% off golf gear) and supports charity golf tournaments. About 66% of requests succeed.
• 4imprint donates pre-imprinted promotional products that work as player gifts. About 38% of requests succeed.
• Topgolf donates Game Play certificates at most of its U.S. venues. About 19% of requests succeed.
• Dick's Sporting Goods donates sports equipment and gift cards. About 9% of requests succeed.

For more ideas, see 24 golf donation request ideas, the Golf Galaxy donation request guide, and our guide to planning a charity golf tournament.

How TheShareWay helps with your Callaway request

Callaway Golf's page on TheShareWay keeps the portal link, eligibility rules and outcome data in one place, and lets you track this request next to every other ask for your tournament. To fill out the rest of your prize table, browse popular in-kind donors by state or city.