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How You Grow the Game
Committed to fueling the sport’s national growth and breaking down barriers to participation, US Lacrosse awarded 869 grants totaling $2.36 million to help grow the game at the community level during the 2019-20 grant cycle.
Funding for these grants is made possible through the support of US Lacrosse members, corporate partners and philanthropic donors. US Lacrosse has invested over $275 million into the sport’s national development since its founding in 1998.
”This is the type of impact our members and donors have always enabled,” US Lacrosse CEO Steve Stenersen said. “US Lacrosse relies on the investment of players, coaches, officials and fans — through their membership and donations — to effectively execute our mission to lead the sport’s continued growth and development.”
Discover more about the opportunities US Lacrosse can provide in your community at uslacrosse.org/grants.
Did You Know?
Bridge Lacrosse, an urban youth and high school lacrosse organization in Dallas, was named after US Lacrosse’s Building Relationships to Initiate Diversity, Growth and Enrichment (BRIDGE) program of the 2000s. US Lacrosse provides discounted membership to Bridge Lacrosse, which over the years has received AED, diversity and sportsmanship grants.
By The Numbers
50
US Lacrosse grants were awarded to organizations in all 50 states and Washington D.C. during the 2019-20 cycle.
$2M
Equipment costs can present the biggest barrier to participation. That’s why US Lacrosse awarded more than $2 million in equipment grants during the 2019-20 cycle.
219
Coach development clinics funded and hosted by US Lacrosse specifically for recipients of education grants during the 2019-20 cycle.
60,000
Pieces of equipment distributed to community and school programs, including sticks, balls and full protective gear.
4
Categories of grants offered by US Lacrosse. In addition to equipment, there are education, player development and financial grants.
Quotable
“This little girl, she had to have been 7 or 8 years old. She’s walking off the field and I hear her say, ‘Lacrosse is my favorite sport.’ I said, ‘Nailed it.’ That grant is an absolute homerun.” — Doug Sell, president of the South Jersey Youth Lacrosse League, which received a US Lacrosse TryLax Grant in 2018
2019-20 GRANTS AWARDED
Grant |
Quantity |
Worth |
|---|---|---|
| Player’s Pulse AED | 68 | $68,000 |
| Physical Education | 248 | $171,120 |
| TryLax | 139 | $519,220 |
| Starter Kit | 90 | $210,600 |
| Youth Equipment | 106 | $583,060 |
| HS Equipment | 62 | $451,321 |
| Coach Development | 128 | $318,553 |
| Diversity & Inclusion | 28 | $36,600 |
| TOTAL | 869 | $2,358,474 |
* Additional diversity initiatives included in the other grant programs
Fourth- and fifth-grade girls at Four Heroes Elementary School in Lakewood, Wash., show off their new sticks courtesy of the US Lacrosse First Stick Program and the University Place Lacrosse Club back in February. The equipment grants had enabled five area homeless students to join UPLC teams.
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