Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The LA84 Foundation is proud to support youth sports in Southern California through grantmaking.
The LA84 Foundation believes in the transformational power of sport. As a legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games, the LA84 Foundation makes grants to organizations that focus on youth development through sport. The Olympic and Paralympic Values are fundamental to the work of the foundation and the organizations they support: Friendship; Respect; Excellence; Determination; Courage; Equality.
The foundation welcomes applications from organizations and agencies throughout Southern California to support youth sports programs and activities. In general, LA84 makes grants to support program costs, sports equipment, and the renovation of sports facilities or refurbishment of fields of play.
Priority Areas
The Foundation fund a variety of sports for a broad range of youth, primarily in under-resourced communities. However, in keeping withb the belief in leveling the field, special consideration is given to two key priority areas:
- School-based Sports Programs – Grantmaking in this area seeks to provide youth, particularly in communities that are under-resourced, with maximum access to sports opportunities in a place where they spend most of their day.
- Girls in Sports – Grantmaking in this area is designed to increase participation as way to promote leadership through sports and coaching opportunities.
Funding Information
- The majority of grants that are made are $10,000 or less. However, they also make larger grants for more complex programs.
- That depends upon the size and complexity of the grant request. The entire application and approval process generally happens within 3-6 months.
The Foundation does not Fund
Grants are not made:
- To football programs that include tackle football for youth ages 6-7
- To organizations that discriminate against certain groups or individuals in the delivery of programs and services on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability
- To individual public or private schools, or single-school sites
- To individual persons
- For travel outside of Southern California
- To purchase land
- For debt recovery or incurring debt liability
- For endowments
- For influencing legislation and/or elections; for political campaigns or candidates
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must provide structured sports activities for youth ages 6 – 17
- Organizations must provide programs and activities in one of Southern California’s eight counties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, or Ventura
- Organizations must be certified as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the US Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation, as defined in section 509(a) of that code
- Organizations must be in good standing with the California Franchise Tax Board through the California Secretary of State
- Organizations must have a written policy that addresses its commitment to keep children safe from sexual abuse by preventing, recognizing, and responding to situations both on and off the playing field that in any way compromises their safety.
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