Applications are now being accepted for the Youth Team Sports Funding.
Donor Name: Lewis County
State: New York
County: Lewis County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/20/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Youth team sports funding must be awarded to local community-based organizations and nonprofits.
Project Period
October 1, 2024- September 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
Programs eligible for funding must meet the criteria below:
- Provide team sports activities for youth under age 18 in under-resourced communities.
- Serve youth in New York State.
- Have a child protection policy in place that includes adherence to local city, agency, school district, and state child protection guidelines.
- Collect registration data, including participant demographic information, as required by OCFS in a manner that allows for accurate reporting of anonymized aggregate data.
- For funding purposes “team sport” is defined as organized physical activity in which groups of two or more individuals compete with two or more opposing individuals.
Line-item budgets should focus on programming costs, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Coaches/instructors/direct service staff/mentors (including training/professional development) necessary to support youth’s ability to participate in team sports.
- Referee fees.
- Purchase of equipment or uniforms.
- Capital investment (e.g., swimming facilities, fields, fences, storage, lighting).
- Facility/field space cost.
- Purchase of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) by local nonprofit or community-based organizations to support the requirements of Chapter 681 of the Laws of 2023, as amended by Chapter 9 of the Laws of 2024.
For more information, visit Lewis County.
