SHE FLIES is an initiative under the Sport Oregon Foundation umbrella to support, engage, and celebrate girls and women’s participation in sports across Oregon.
Donor Name: Sport Oregon Foundation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/07/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $25,000
Details:
Grant seeking organizations must align with one of the following focus areas to be considered:
Keeping Girls in the Game
- Girls are twice as likely than boys to drop out of sports participation by age 14.
- SHE FLIES supports community programs that are specifically working to keep girls ages 10-16 active (i.e. a summer camp, sports tournament, after school clinic).
Empowering Women Coaches
- Coaches have the power to keep girls in the game. Less than 30% of youth sports coaches are women.
- SHE FLIES supports community programs that are specifically working to educate and empower a community of coaches or officials that work with girls and women (i.e. professional development, trainings, workshops).
Fit for Life
- Fitness is a lifelong journey. Among adults, men are twice as likely as women to report that they “play sports.”
- SHE FLIES supports community programs that specifically work to keep women of all ages engaged in healthy physical and mental wellness activities and to help them re-discover the positive benefits of activity later on in life (i.e. Zumba classes for seniors, wellness series for incarcerated women, running club for mothers).
Funding Information
SHE FLIES Community Grants range from $5,000 – $25,000. You may apply for one grant type (Keeping Girls in the Game, Empowering Women Coaches, Fit for Life) per year. Grant recipients must wait one year before reapplying.
Eligibility Criteria
An Oregon based and/or serving organization that is certified as tax exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of that Code is eligible for consideration.
Grants are Specifically Not Made:
- To organizations that discriminate against certain groups or individuals in the delivery of programs and services on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability
- To individuals, individual schools, or PTO/PTA organizations
- For endowment funds
- For Political organizations
For more information, visit SHE FLIES Community Grant.
