Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award
Deadline: 5/5/2021
Amount: $25,000
Website: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/features/sportsaward.html?rid=0034400001rmILZAA2&et_cid=1238135
Description:
The program recognizes professional sports teams, athletes, coaches and community-based organizations that use sports to catalyze and sustain changes to make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play. Through this Award the foundation lifts up community-based organizations that bring a deep understanding of community needs and acknowledge the power of sports to connect us and make us healthier, no matter our race, gender, abilities, or economic background.
Eligible applicants:
- A professional sports team community relations department or foundation based in the United States or Canada.
- An individual athlete or professional coach based in the United States or Canada.
- An organization in the United States or Canada that is an influential leader* and model for improving community health through sports.