Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
ActivePrivate FoundationPhilanthropy & Voluntarism
Coraopolis, PAWebsite
About Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
Inspire and enable youth sports participation by addressing barriers and creating awareness through grants, partnerships, storytelling and community investments.
Focus Areas
Youth sports participationFacility development and upgradesEquipment and uniformsCoach development and capacityMental health and wellbeing for student athletesEquitable access for low-income youth
Who They Fund
youth athletesstudent athleteslow-income youthcoachescommunity sports organizations
Funding Style
About Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation
A $2.5 million grant to Every Kid Sport sits at the top of Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation's recent giving and points to the foundation's core pattern: large, sports-centered grants aimed at removing barriers for young people. The foundation backs youth sports participation through programs that cover registration costs, equipment, coaching capacity, and facility access, with a clear emphasis on under-resourced communities. It also uses partnership funding for facility transformations, as seen in its work with local community sport centers. Recent grants show the foundation supporting both direct service organizations and school-based programs. Local Initiatives Support Corp received $2 million, and Good Sports Inc also received $2 million, both through Sports Matter discretionary funding. The foundation also funded McKeesport Area School District with $930,000 for wraparound and engagement support, showing that school-linked sports access can sit alongside nonprofit partnerships in its portfolio. Its multi-year Sports Matter Impact League further signals a preference for transformative, collaborative relationships rather than isolated one-off awards. Across these grants, the throughline is consistent: youth sports access, especially where cost or infrastructure blocks participation.
What Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation Funds
Facility development is a visible part of the foundation's work. It provided matching Sports Matter support tied to a community sport center project with the Josh Gibson Foundation, including up to $2 million for a Champions Club and Sports Matter Center in McKees Rocks. School-based athletics and youth programming also receive support. McKeesport High School received $275,000 for a summer camp, while Martin Luther King High School Football received $100,000 through an anniversary grant. The foundation also funds intermediaries that expand access at scale. DonorsChooseorg received $500,000, and Good Sports Inc received $2 million to support youth sports participation and access to equipment and other resources. In addition, the grant record includes support for organizations serving specific youth communities, such as Camp Kesem National and Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership, each funded at $100,000.
How Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation Gives
Recent grant sizes cluster from five figures into the low millions, with the largest awards at $2.5 million and $2 million, and many others at $100,000 to $500,000. The foundation is a private foundation and a regular funder, not a program-related investment maker. Its Sports Matter Impact League points to recurring, multi-year partnerships rather than only one-off grants, and the site also describes matching-fund structures for facility projects. Unsolicited applications are not accepted for the core Sports Matter and partnership programs shown here.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18M
Total Assets
$34.5M
Total Revenue
$20.5M
Total Expenses
$19.4M
Geographic Reach
National51 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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