Laureus Sport for Good USA Announces 2025 Grant Award Recipients

Laureus Sport for Good USA Announces 2025 Grant Award Recipients

Non-profit organizations awarded are using sport as a tool for youth development across the United States, including our key Sport for Good Cities.

For the 2025 grant cycle, Laureus USA is proud to announce grant support to a wide range of sports-based youth development programs in our four Sport for Good cities of Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans and New York, as well as nationally across other key cities. 

Funding through this program will support projects across more than 35 different sports, ranging from Olympic weightlifting and mountaineering, to boxing and adaptive running. Below is a full list of funded organizations: 

Atlanta

Atlanta Police Athletic League, Atlanta Track Club Foundation, Atlanta Youth Tennis & Education Foundation (AYTEF), Bearings Bike Works,  Blaze Sports Academy, Girls on the Run Georgia, First Tee-Metro Atlanta, LEAD Center for Youth, Soccer in the Streets, and Swem Kids.

Chicago & Illinois

ABC Pilsen, America SCORES Chicago, Beat the Streets Chicago, Beyond the Ball, BUILD, Inc, The Center for Healing & Justice Through Sport, Chicago Run, Chicago Youth Boxing Club, CircEsteem, FOUS Youth Development, Generations for Peace, Girls in the Game, Girls on the Run of Illinois, Girls on the Run of Chicago, Heart of the City Sports, KEEN Chicago, KTs Kids, Lost Boyz Inc, MetroSquash, PeacePlayers Chicago, REACH, Rockford Barbell, The Out Our Front Door Organization, The Puerto Rican Cultural Center, The Bloc, UCAN, Urban Initiatives, USTA / Midwest Tennis, Play Like a Champion Today, and Soccer without Borders.

New Orleans

A’s & Aces, Dancing Grounds, Excite All Stars, Girls on the Run of New Orleans, LOOP NOLA, YEAH! Yoga, and Youth Run NOLA.

New York

Active Plus, Brooklyn Youth Sports Club, Bronx Lacrosse, Figure Skating in Harlem, GallopNYC, Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program, Grand Slam Bronx Foundation, Grow Our Game, Hit The Books, Inc., I Challenge Myself, Jeuness Track Club, DREAM, Kings County Tennis League, Legacy Volleyball, Mary Mitchell Center, Neighborhood United, New Heights, PISTE – Fencing in the Park, Play Rugby USA, STEM From Dance, South Bronx United, Urban Dove, We Run Brownsville, and We Got Next Sports

National

Beyond the Ball, PeacePlayers Los Angeles, Bridge Lacrosse, Heritage Youth Sports Foundation, Sanneh Foundation, FCC USA, and Woodcraft Rangers.

About Laureus Sport for Good USA 

Laureus USA is a non-profit, grant-making organization that works to improve the lives of youth and unite communities through the power of sport. Since 2012, we have impacted the lives of over one million youth by investing $33 million in sports-based youth development organizations around the country that unleash the power of sport to enhance physical and mental health, improve educational and employment outcomes, and address critical social justice issues. Laureus USA is a member of the global Laureus network, which includes 7 National Laureus Sport for Good Foundations, 1 Global Foundation, the Laureus World Sports Academy (and Ambassadors), and the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Learn more about Sport for Good at www.LaureusUSA.com.