Community Grantmaking

	With Team-Up support, the Jack London Aquatic Center changed the face of the Oakland waterfront.

Team-Up’s Community Grantmaking Program awards grants to nonprofit organizations that offer after-school sports programs to young people living in low-income communities in Alameda, San Francisco, and Santa Clara Counties.  In 2006, the Community Grantmaking Program awarded over $1 million in grants, which has helped sports providers do the following:

• Level the playing field by creating hundreds of new opportunities for girls in low-income communities to play sports
• Provide thousands of kids a chance to play sports for the first time  and exposed them to non-traditional sports such as crew, yoga, circus arts, and Capoeira
• Create new opportunities for youth leadership and parent involvement

Team-Up believes that organized sports and physical activities are a catalyst for providing more of the support that young people need during their out-of-school hours to become strong and healthy adults.  We envision every young person with an interest in sports, regardless of their athletic talent, playing in a high-quality program that helps them develop strong bodies, minds, and character.  The array of activities they can choose from is broad, ranging from team sports such as soccer to individual sports such as martial arts, to organized physical activity such as dance and rock climbing.

The Community Grantmaking program supports the efforts of established organizations to expand their sports programs to more kids, and to strengthen the quality and long-term sustainability of their programs.

1. Expansion: Getting More Young People into the Game

2. Quality: Making a Difference in the Lives of Young People

3. Sustainability: Building Internal Capacity to Support and Sustain Programs

There are two types of grants under the Community Grantmaking Program, each for different kinds of organizations working with low-income communities.  The table below offers guidance for determining the grant best suited to your organization.