Nike and National Recreation and Park Association grants are available to parks and recreation agencies and nonprofit organizations to pilot activities that will increase the participation of girls in sports. Funding is intended to improve equitable access to sports for girls, as well as to increase the number of women in coaching positions.
The goal of the Advancing Gender Equity in Youth Sports Community of Practice (CoP) is to
test and pilot activities that increase access to sports for girls. Ultimately through its work with the CoP, NRPA will develop a supplement to NRPA’s Youth Sports Equity Framework.
The applicant must be a local government agency that plans, builds, and/or operates parks (e.g., municipal park and recreation department, tribal recreation department, park district, public works department that manages parks, etc.) OR an affiliated 501c(3) non-profit organization (e.g., youth sports nonprofit that partners with a local P&R agency).
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