September 5, 2025

Youth Learn to Swim Grants – Due Nov. 15

Grants are available to USA swim lesson providers to offer free or low-cost swimming programs to youth from underserved backgrounds. Applicants must be pre-approved as a provider prior to applying.

Through grants and program support, the USA Swimming Foundation uplifts these organizations and helps ensure cost is never a reason why an individual does not learn to swim. One month of formal swimming lessons can cost as little as $50 per child within the USA Swimming Foundation lesson provider network. That month of lessons can make the difference in the safety of a child.

The Facts

• No child is ever water safe. 

• The goal of swim lessons is to make children SAFER in, on, and around water.

• 79% of children in households with incomes less than $50,000 have little-to-no swimming ability.

• Research shows 64% of African American, 45% of Hispanic/Latino, and 40% of Caucasian children have little to no swimming ability.
• 10 people drown each day in the United States. 


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