Funding Opportunities: Recreation/Nutrition

Below is a list of funding opportunities related to providing medical homes for children with special needs.

Saucony Run For Good Foundation Offers Funding for Children's Running Program
Deadline: June 13, 2008

The Saucony Run For Good Foundation, established to help end childhood obesity by providing financial support to nonprofits across the United States that support children’s running and fitness programs, is accepting applications for its grant program. Saucony, Inc., a subsidiary of the Stride Rite Corporation, is a global supplier of performance athletic footwear and apparel.

The grants are open to nonprofit organizations that initiate and support running and fitness programs for kids. Eligible applicants are programs whose participants are 18 years of age or less, have 501(c)(3) status, and can demonstrate their program positively impacts the lives of participants through their increased participation in running.

The foundation has two grant cycles per year, with up to seven awards granted each cycle. Grants are in amounts up to a maximum of $10,000 each.
Visit the Saucony Run For Good Foundation Web site for complete program information and details on previous grants.

For more information visit: http://www.sauconyrunforgood.com/

KaBOOM! Playground Build Opportunity
KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit that creates great places for children to play through the participation and leadership of their communities. Every year KaBOOM! helps organizations build safe and accessible playgrounds throughout North America through a series of grants, training's, and technical assistance and a limited number of funding partnerships.

KaBOOM! is pleased to announce playground partnership opportunities for 2006 in Chicago, IL and San Diego, CA. To learn more about how KaBOOM! can help your community build a safe new playspace, visit KaBOOM! on the web at www.kaboom.org or contact Ascala Tsegaye, Client Services Coordinator, at 202-464-6076 or ascala@kaboom.org.

Nike Accepting Applications for Bowerman Track Renovation Program
Deadline: Open

A philanthropic initiative of Nike, Inc., the Bowerman Track Renovation Program provides matching cash grants to community-based, youth-oriented organizations that seek to refurbish or construct running tracks. Organizations applying for the grant must demonstrate a need for running track refurbishment or construction. Grant recipients will provide track access to neighboring communities. Other contributors must match Bowerman Track Renovation Program funds in some amount by an agreed-upon deadline. Recipients of a Bowerman Track Renovation grant are encouraged, but not required, to use Nike Grind technology to resurface their track. Nike Grind material is made of recycled athletic shoes sliced and ground into rubber granules, providing a superior, environmentally conscious all-weather track surface.

To learn about further requirements for this grant and obtain an application, go to: fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/5001340/nike/bowerman

Stewardship Council Launches Grant Program to Connect Youth With the Outdoors in Northern and Central California
Deadline(s): Various

The Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council, a collaborative land conservation and youth investment foundation, has launched a new grantmaking program that will provide $2.6 million in 2006 to connect underserved youth with the outdoors. The Youth Investment Program will support open space, parks, and programs in both urban and rural areas of Northern and Central California. This funding is the first phase of a ten-year, $30 million commitment by the Stewardship Council.

The council intends to fund programs that give underserved youth in Northern and/or Central California greater access to meaningful outdoor experiences in urban or rural settings. The foundation also seeks to improve the cultural relevance of programs to better serve California's diverse youth; make the outdoors a more integral part of young people's lives to improve their general health and well-being; help young people develop the curiosity, self-confidence, and leadership skills that will help them thrive; and improve the infrastructure of urban parks and open spaces.

For complete program information, eligibility restrictions, and application procedures go to: www.stewardshipcouncil.org/youth_investment/index.htm

Last Updated March 25, 2008