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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Community, Youth Health & Wellness, Education, Job/Career Training, Mentoring
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024
“LISC and Foot Locker, Inc., through the Foot Locker Foundation, are launching a fourth round of grants for the Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program, which funds nonprofit community organizations offering a range of services for young people, including health and wellness, education and life skills, mentoring, and career development. The program is part of Foot Locker Inc.’s Leading Education and Economic Development (LEED) initiative. The Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program offers two types of grants:
- Grants to support current youth programming, create new programming or extend existing programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $75,000 over one year.
- Grants to support capital improvement projects that enhance the impact of youth programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000 over one year.
Grants cannot be used to pay administrative costs (e.g., salaries, overhead). All grant proceeds must support the proposed project or programming.”
Funder: Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and the Foot Locker Foundation
Eligibility: “This funding opportunity is open to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that: (1) Primarily serve youth in underserved communities where support and opportunity are scarce; (2) Deliver programs and services to youth focused on health and wellness, education and life skills support, mentoring, or career development; (3) Maintain at least one full-time staff person focused on youth programming; (4) Can engage local Foot Locker store team members in volunteer activities tied to the proposed program; (5) Operate in underserved communities within the following 13 cities: Atlanta, GA | Baltimore, MD | Chicago, IL | Dallas, TX | Detroit, MI | Houston, TX | Los Angeles, CA | New York City, NY | Newark, NJ | Oakland, CA | Philadelphia, PA | San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC. If a potential applicant does not have its own 501c3 status, it may apply through a fiscal agent, which must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization. If awarded, the entire grant must pass through the fiscal agent to the applicant.”
Amount: $25,000 – $100,000
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