Additional Funding Opportunities
See below for some potential fundraising ideas and opportunities for your program. Also be sure to sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter, as we have a section devoted to seeking funds for your program. For first time fundraisers, take advantage of the PE4life Fundraising PowerPoint.
Seeking support is an art as much as it is a science, but it doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Be sure to visit our Pro Shop and purchase the booklet - PE4life Seeking Donor Support for your School Wellness Program. This handbook refines the process, providing eight easy-to-follow steps. It’s also available as a downloadable PDF.
Websites to Research
National Fund Opportunities
Grants 4 Teachers
Use this website to search for grants.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Program And Field Grant Awards
National Gardening Association and Home Depot Announce 2009 Youth Garden Grants Program
Bikes Belong Facility and Advocacy Grants
Shade Structure Grant Program For Organizations Serving Children and Youth
Athletics and Wellness Support Grants
NIKE Bowerman Track Renovation Program
Baseball Tomorrow Fund Offers Support for Youth Baseball and Softball Programs
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation- Health and Education Grants
2009 Hidden Valley Love Your Veggies Grant Program
NFL Network, "Keep Gym in School: Physical Education Program Grants"
ING Run For Something Better School Awards Program
Live, Learn and Play Grant Program
PE4life/Speed Stacks Sport Pack Grant Program
The PE4life/Speed Stacks Sport Pack Grant Program awards Sport Packs to schools highly motivated to start a Sport Stacking program but not able to fund it themselves. A PE4life/Speed Stacks Sport Pack includes everything you need to offer a comprehensive Sport Stacking program: 30 sets of Speed Stacks®, a StackMat®, StackPod®, Speed Stacks Minis and Mini-Mat, Super Minis, Stacker Training DVD, 5-day Unit Plans, the “On the Move with Speed Stacks” Activity Guide, WSSA Stack Meet Manual and Group Order information. A PE4life/Speed Stacks Sport Pack allows schools to incorporate Sport Stacking into their physical education programs year after year. Sport Stacking is credited with helping students improve fitness, motor skills, patterning, sequencing, focus and concentration. Sport Stacking also helps hand-eye coordination and ambidexterity and allows students to use both sides of their body and brain to improve bilateral proficiency as well as encourages students to set goals through establishing personal records.
To download the grant application, click here.
Please call 1-877-468-2877 ext 204 or email if you have any questions.
The Sprint Foundation accepts grant requests from January through November each year. Regional and Local grants focus on those areas as well as K-12 education more broadly, youth development, and arts & culture. Recipient organizations must be tax exempt and tax deductible, have auditable financial results and comply with all necessary laws regarding registration and reporting. A more complete listing is provided in the Sprint Foundation section of the Sprint.com website. Generally grants are provided for specific program support not for operating expenses or events.
eSchool News Online Grants & Funding Center
Faith Based and Community Initatives
Hundreds of federal grant programs
The FedEx Global Community Relations department contributes to the following core giving areas: 1) Health and Human Services: Youth development organizations and others that meet basic health needs; 2) Pedestrian and Child Safety: Enhance the safety of our children and transportation systems; 3) Emergency and Disaster Relief: Provides contributions and logistics/transportation support; and 4) Education: Technology, global economics and trade, cultural diversity, and innovative programs to enhance learning.
Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing--New York City Opportunities Fund
One of the best comprehensive resources around. This is a great site, even beyond grants.
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
Lowe’s will donate $5 million to public schools and public school parent teacher groups - at more than 1,000 different public schools in 2006 and 2007.
MetLife Foundation was established for the purpose of supporting educational, health, civic, and cultural organizations. Their goals are to strengthen communities, promote good health and improve education.
In fiscal year 2005, Nike contributed $46.1 million in cash and products to non-profit partners around the world. Part of Nike’s corporate giving focuses on programs that support youth and physical activity, and the positive effects of the two when they are truly in sync. Programs should increase and promote physical activity in some way - indoor, outdoors or both -- whether it’s something as traditional as soccer or a basketball camp, the fluidity and passion of dance, or jumping rope, riding a unicycle or something completely fresh and new.
The purpose of this grant is to support local community coalitions that promote physical activity and healthy eating through social, organizational, physical, and policy environments. Priority is given to interventions that provide for multiple settings, such as worksites, schools and neighborhoods.
Don’t forget to go to our website grant page for additional information and grant writing templates which include narrative language, budgets and research on our programs: Peaceful Playgrounds, We Count Pedometer Wellness Program and Fundamental Movement.
The Bowling Foundation
The Milagro Foundation is accepting applications for the Grants for Children and Youth Programs. The purpose of this grant is to support non-profit, community-based organizations that work with at-risk and disadvantaged youth due to factors such as poor health, illiteracy or poor educational and cultural opportunities.
The Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation was founded in 1991 with a commitment to improving the quality of life in the communities served by Ralphs and Food 4 Less. The Foundation focuses on the needs of those living in areas served by Ralphs, Food 4 Less, and Foods Co stores. In 2005, the Foundation awarded $3.2 million to nonprofit organizations.
USA Football is giving away equipment grants to your organization. Find out how you can get your youth or high school team brand new helmets, shoulder pads and more.
A new comprehensive web site contains information about finding and applying for all federal grant programs. The web site has information about more than 800 available grant programs involving all 26 federal grant-making agencies.
Federal, NY State, Private Sector Resources, and Foundations
From The Grantsmanship Center. (just the abstracts are available for free; full proposals must be purchased on CD-ROM.)
Arkansas Funding Opportunities
Arkansas Child Wellness Intervention Program
Kansas City Funding Opportunities
Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
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