Overview
The local tennis courts – whether at the public park, nearby school or within the community – are the gathering places for everyday fun, competition, healthy activity and building bonds. These spaces bring together families, friends, coworkers and neighbors no matter their background or ability. To ensure people have well maintained, safe and quality courts for play the USTA Mid-Atlantic offers grants up to $10,000 to support:
- Basic facility improvements, including fixed court amenities (i.e. backboards, fencing, windscreens, etc.)
- Resurfacing of existing 36’, 60’, 78’ courts
- Converting an existing 78’ court to stand-alone 36’ courts.
- Lighting
- New construction or existing facility construction
Funding priority is given to program proposals which will impact the long-term growth and diversity of tennis in the Mid-Atlantic region. All funding decisions are final and may not be appealed.
Limited funds are available.
NEW IN 2019: Please note that you must also fill out the USTA Facility Assistance Form found at: http://ct.usta.com/pfa/
Rolling deadline: Applications will be accepted year-round and will be reviewed quarterly.
Eligibility
- Financial support is awarded only to organizations; individuals seeking grant funding are not eligible.
- Recipient organizations must be registered with the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization or a public agency (i.e public schools, or parks and recreation departments).
- Organizations seeking financial support that are not classified as a non-profit may use a non-profit partner organization as a fiscal agent to receive and administer funds. Click here for more information on fiscal agents.
- An organization is not allowed to receive grant funding for three or more years in a five year span.
- Recipient organizations are required to have accessible and affordable programming for youth in the community. If the organization applying for the grant does not already have programming, the organization is required to partner with an organization that can implement/manage programming for them. For all programming, registration fees should be reasonable to encourage greater participation.