Program Areas

Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative

Game On-Community Places to Play is an initiative of The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC. To date, the initiative has provided funding and technical assistance to community-rooted organizations working to create and renovate multi-use youth sport spaces for youth ages 6-24 years old in under-resourced communities across the country with special consideration given to groups that demonstrated how their capital projects supported additional youth development programming.

About the Program

Funding Details

Grants ranged from $50,000 to $100,000 to be used toward the cost of building or refurbishing a sport court facility or athletic field whose main usage was committed to organized youth sports; including but not limited to basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyball.

Eligibility Criteria

Non-profit community-based organizations, including schools and local parks and recreation departments (working in collaboration with local non-profit community-based organizations) were considered and selected for funding.

News & Stories

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Press Release

The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC Award $1.7 Million to Upgrade Under-Resourced Community Sporting Spaces in 20 Cities and Towns

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Our Impact

Invested

over $2.9 million

Funded & Currently in Development

35 Sport court facilities or athletic fields funded to date in 28 cities

Served

130,000+ youths

Contact Us

Contact LISC Sports & Recreation Department for more information about The Dick’s Sporting Good Foundation/LISC Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative, please email SportsandRec@LISC.org.

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