The BAYS Foundation awarded its first round of grants totaling $50,000 to five innovative non-profit youth sports and education programs targeting low-income children in the San Francisco Bay Area in December, 2009. The five recipients are East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring (EPATT); Girls on the Run Bay Area; Lacrosse for LIFE; Oakland Community Pools Project; and Real Options for City Kids (ROCK). Each organization has been awarded a $10,000 grant. Read more about our program partners here.

Check our event page for more information and press about the 2010 San Francisco Fall Lacrosse Classic on October 16. You can also watch a great video and learn more about how the BAYS Foundation supports innovative sports programs for low-income kids in the Bay Area.

The Bay Area Youth Sports Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.  All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.  EIN 77-0710219.

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.