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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LISC and The DICKS Sporting Goods Foundation announced grant recipients from the second round of the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative. Twenty communities across the country will use $1.7 million in grants to fund renovation of facilities for basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyball.Initiative will fund renovation of facilities for basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, football, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyballNEW YORK (December 5, 2024)Community organizations, schools, and parks in 20 cities and towns across the country are using $1.7 million in new grants from The DICKS Sporting Goods Foundation to improve sports facilities in under-resourced neighborhoods.The awards represent the second round of funding through the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative, a partnership of The DICKS Sporting Goods Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). Madison Square Boys & Girls Club Foundation, Inc. (New York, NY): Upgrading the gym at a Brooklyn clubhouse for various sports and activities. We work with residents and partners to close systemic gaps in health, wealth and opportunity and advance racial equity so that people and places can thrive. Since our founding in 1979, LISC has invested $32 billion to create more than 506,000 affordable homes and apartments, develop 82.5 million square feet of retail, community and educational space, and help tens of thousands of people find employment and improve their finances.