Soccer Foundation: Safe Places to Play

Safe Places to Play transforms abandoned courts, empty schoolyards, vacant lots, and the like into state-of-the-art soccer fields for kids. The Foundation awards grants three times a year to underserved communities to help cover the costs of lighting, irrigation, construction, surfacing, and enhancement.

Safe Places to Play grants are available in three categories:

• Lighting: Grants are awarded for the purchase of Musco Lighting products to light fields
• Irrigation: Grants are awarded for the purchase of Hunter Industries irrigation products
• Modular athletic flooring: Grants are awarded for the installation of Sport Court, which is an innovative, modular sport surface (non-turf) that delivers superior playability, speed, safety, shock absorption, and traction

Amount: Varies by type:

• Irrigation: Up to $15,000 per grant
• Lighting: Up to $25,000 per grant for single field projects and up to $50,000 for multi-field projects
• Sport Court: Up to 33% of PowerGame™ material cost

Eligibility: Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations located in and proposing a project in the United States. Applicants should have at least 50% of the total project cost secured at time of application. Applicants must own or hold a 10+ year lease on field space.

Link: http://ussoccerfoundation.org/programs/safe-places-to-play

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