Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status
California (Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco)
LISC and Foot Locker, Inc., through the Foot Locker Foundation, are launching a fourth round of grants for the Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program, which funds nonprofit community organizations offering a range of services for young people, including health and wellness, education and life skills, mentoring, and career development. The program is part of Foot Locker Inc.’s Leading Education and Economic Development (LEED) initiative, a $200 million commitment to enhance the lives of their team members and the communities they serve. To check out the grantees from rounds one, two and three, click here.
In its fourth round, the Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program will provide grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 to organizations in 13 cities. The funding will help organizations create opportunities for youth to learn, grow and thrive.
What we’re offering
The Foot Locker Foundation Community Empowerment Program offers two types of grants:
1) Grants to support current youth programming, create new programming or extend existing programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $75,000 over one year.
2) Grants to support capital improvement projects that enhance the impact of youth programming. These grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000 over one year.
Grants cannot be used to pay administrative costs (e.g., salaries, overhead). All grant proceeds must support the proposed project or programming.