Responsible Sports Program & Grant

Posted by on September 24, 2012

Deadline: November 30, 2012

Responsible Sports Program Opens Fall 2012 Community Grants Program

Responsible Sports, a philanthropic program of insurance company Liberty Mutual, is accepting applications from youth sports organizations in the United States to participate in its Responsible Sports Community Grant program.

To be eligible for the program, league administrators must first register their youth sports organization at the Responsible Sports Web site. Once they do, coaches, parents, administrators, and youth sports supporters can participate in the Responsible Sports Parenting and/or Responsible Coaching coursework. Participants who then pass the ten-question Responsible Sport Parenting quiz or Responsible Coaching quiz can credit the successfully passed quiz to their favorite youth sports league. Fifteen youth sport organizations with the most credited certifications will earn a Responsible Sports Community Grant to help defray the costs of running their youth sports program.

To be eligible for a grant, organizations must be a registered nonprofit traditional youth sport organization or school athletic program recognized by the governing bodies of their sport(s) and operating in one of the fifty states of the United States or the District of Columbia. Eligible organizations include nonprofit youth sports teams or organizations, recreational departments, and high school athletic teams. Organizations must serve the community at large and must be open to the general public.

Adult sports organizations serving participants 18 years of age and older and for-profit programs are not eligible.

For the fall 2012 program, organizations will compete for grants in three categories. Large organizations of a hundred or more players will compete for one of five grants of $2,500; small organizations of under a hundred players will compete for one of five grants of $2,500; and school/educational organizations (including school athletic programs) will compete for one of five grants of $2,500.

See the Responsible Sports Web site for complete program information, coursework materials, and participation procedures.

http://www.responsiblesports.com/community_grants/community_grant_details.aspx