Victory Cup Initiative

The Victory Cup Initiative is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The organization states that contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Its 2027 Victory Cup Initiative application opens on August 24, 2026. The supplied information does not state an award amount, total program funding amount, number of awards, or specific monetary funding terms, so no financial award values can be verified from the source. Participation in the 2027 application is restricted to organizations that are registered 501(c)(3) organizations and are headquartered in Orange, Osceola, Brevard, or Seminole County in Florida. Applicants must have been established for at least three years, measured from the date on the organization's IRS Determination letter. Victory Cup Alumni are no longer eligible to reapply. Applicants must also be available for all mandatory dates associated with the program. Organizations considered Public Charities may apply, while Private Foundations are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. The application requires organizations to provide or confirm several compliance-related items. Applicants will be asked to upload their organization's current Form 990. They will also be asked to confirm whether the organization is registered with Check-A-Charity, which allows for solicitation of contributions in the state of Florida, and to include the applicable expiration date. The source also establishes nonprofit status, headquarters location, organizational age, Public Charity or Private Foundation classification, and availability for mandatory program dates as important eligibility considerations. No cost share, matching requirement, allowable spending rules, indirect cost provisions, or other funding-use restrictions are stated in the supplied information. The 2027 Victory Cup Initiative application opens August 24, 2026 and closes September 11, 2026. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline is identified. Applicants selected to advance will be notified when the Top 10 Finalists are announced on October 19, 2026. The source does not provide separate evaluation criteria or describe the process used to select those finalists. Finalists must participate in all listed mandatory dates without exception. The Finalist Briefing is scheduled for October 28, 2026, followed by an all-day Storytelling Workshop on November 18, 2026. Mandatory One-On-One Coaching sessions are scheduled for January 6, 2027, with that session identified as virtual, and January 29, 2027. Speak with Ease Coaching is scheduled for February 11, 2027. The finalist schedule concludes with the mandatory Victory Cup Breakfast on February 23, 2027. Applicants should therefore review their availability for the full finalist schedule before applying. The Victory Cup Initiative lists its mailing address as PO Box 1806, Winter Park, FL 32790 and provides info@victorycupinitiative.org as its contact email. No individual program contact or grantor telephone number is identified in the supplied application information. Although a Florida consumer-services telephone number and website appear in the nonprofit registration disclosure, those are state regulatory contact details rather than Victory Cup Initiative grant contacts and therefore are not treated as grantor contact information. No explicit PDF URL is supplied. The source provides dates for the 2027 application cycle but does not explicitly state that the opportunity recurs annually or at another defined frequency, so recurrence is not inferred.

Verify eligibility before applying, including the three-year requirement and eligible headquarters location. Have the current Form 990 ready and verify Check-A-Charity registration and expiration date. Review every mandatory finalist date before applying because the source states there are no exceptions. Victory Cup Alumni are not eligible to reapply.