African American and Caucasian teenage girls youth sports basketball players practicing basketball in a scrimmage on a basketball court

Every kid deserves
a gamble to play.

However, we recognize the rising cost of youth sports has left some families and communities behind.

All Kids Play provides funding to families and communities who lack the resources to pay for youth sports. Grants are available to qualifying families with kids in class Thou-12 and not-for-turn a profit community-based recreational sports organizations in depression income areas on a demand and outset-come, first served ground as funds are available. Individual grants can be used for registration, equipment and other associated fees for sports classes, recreational leagues, and travel sports. Please check out our FAQs below for more than data on qualification and the process.

Youth Sports Grant Program FAQs

We provide individual grants to families in demand for youth athletes in grades K-12. Nosotros also provide organizational grants for non-profit organizations in low income communities that provide community-based recreational level sports for kids in grades G-12 on a example-past-case basis. For each of these types of grants, we provide full and partial grants, depending on qualification.

We are focused nationally on families that lack sufficient resources to pay for youth sports. Our qualification criteria include, but are non limited to, following the most recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Estimated State Median Income past Household Size equally guidelines to determine qualification for a grant. To authorize for a full grant, you must make less than 60% of the estimated median income by household size for your state. To qualify for a partial grant (50% of the toll), you lot must brand less than the estimated median income by household size for your state. For more than information on income qualification, please visit the U.Due south. Section of Health and Homo Services Low Income Home Free energy Aid Program State Median Income past Household Page or contact us at info@allkidsplay.org to decide if you qualify. All Kids Play reserves the right to make exceptions to eligibility guidelines for reasonable extenuating circumstances.

To qualify for an organizational grant, your organisation must exist a non-turn a profit organization, school sports program, or government-run program (i.e. community park district) in a low income community that provides community-based recreational level or school sports for kids in grades K-12. We practise not fund travel, elite, or AAU sports or training programs at the organizational level. You lot must provide proof of upkeep constraints, and yous must operate in an expanse in which the local school commune has a higher percent of low income students than the state average or the average household income in the customs is lower than 60% of the estimated state median income by household size based on the near contempo data from the U.S. Department of Wellness and Human Services Low Income Home Free energy Assistance Program. For more information on income guidelines, please visit the U.South. Department of Health and Human Services Low Income Abode Free energy Assist ProgramState Median Income by Household Folio or contact united states of america at info@allkidsplay.org to determine if your organization qualifies. All Kids Play reserves the right to make exceptions to eligibility guidelines for reasonable extenuating circumstances.

  • A family may apply upwardly to 4 times per year for each kid for recreational sports (capped at $350 per sport per session) or
  • A family may utilise 1 time per yr for a travel sport and two times per twelvemonth for recreational sports for each child that are different from the travel sport.
  • A family can more often than not but utilize for a grant for one sport at a fourth dimension per kid. All Kids Play reserves the correct to evaluate overlapping grant applications and approve at its discretion, considering many sports seasons accept at least some overlap.
  • All Kids Play reserves the right to cap total almanac grant distributions to $3500 per child per family.
    An awarding is required for each grant and for each child.
  • Confidential grant applications are addressed on a needs and first-come up, first-served basis as funds are available.

The first step is to fill up out a contact form by clicking on Apply For A Grant. You volition fill out some basic data, and a member of the All Kids Play team will evaluate your initial data and contact you lot to allow you know if we demand more than information, if your family unit or organization doesn't qualify or if nosotros tin't fund your grant at that time.  If the initial evaluation indicates you are a potential candidate for a grant, we will then send you a grant application, which will also include requirements for income verification documents. You will submit the application to our Programs team, and they volition review the application. A member of the team will so contact you to let you know the outcome of the review. If a grant is awarded, our squad will make arrangements for payment directly to the organization and whatsoever sports equipment will be purchased and shipped straight to yous.

Once approved for a grant, All Kids Play volition pay registration and associated fees directly to the sports organization. If the grant includes equipment, All Kids Play volition purchase the equipment and have it shipped directly to y'all. You will be required to consummate a mid-flavor and mail-season survey and submit to All Kids Play so we can learn about your athlete's experience. Your jitney may also exist required to complete a survey virtually your athlete's participation.

While we will make every effort to review grants on short observe, nosotros generally require grant applications to be submitted at least 30 days prior to the sport program registration borderline.