Innovative Field Spaces

Posted by U.S. Soccer Foundation on January 9, 2017

U.S. Soccer Foundation Invites Applications for Innovative Field Spaces

Urban areas often lack available space for children to play outside. In order to provide an opportunity for all children to play soccer, the U.S. Soccer Foundation has awards grants to organizations in the United States for projects designed to keep children in underserved communities active, healthy, and safe.

To that end. the foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for its Safe Places to Play program, which provides grants to organizations to help them build or enhance a field space in their communities. In 2017, the program will begin accepting applications from organizations that are implementing innovative and/or non-traditional soccer programs in their communities.

Three year-grants ranging between $10,000 and $30,000 a year will be awarded for the purchase of soccer equipment and/or to cover operating expenses. Recipients will be required to send one person to the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Urban Soccer Symposium in Washington D.C., with the foundation covering expenses associated with attending the event.

To be eligible, applicants must operate in the United States; be an organization with IRS approved tax-exempt status at the time of application; offer soccer-specific programming directly or through partnerships; meet insurance and grant agreement requirements; and run programming consistent with the grant’s theme (innovative and/or non-traditional soccer programs).

Complete program guidelines and application materials are available at the U.S. Soccer Foundation website.

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 3, 2017

https://ussoccerfoundation.org/grants/innovative-and-non-traditional-soccer-program-grants