Grants, contracts and opportunities from Lebron James, ESPN, GIZ, AFD and eleven others.

The definitive guide to finding opportunities, building partnerships and generating new income in the sports industry.

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Hello!

On The Ball is a fortnightly newsletter and digital platform sharing opportunities, tools, tricks, and templates to help you unlock new income for your business or non-profit in sport.

This week we have another fourteen (!!) opportunities for you to consider, including:

- Six grants and/or funding competitions
- Three sport industry networking events
- One contract/supplier opportunity
- One investment fund
- Three resources and/or tools

Don’t forget, only paid members get full access to the list plus 24/7 access to the On The Ball + digital hub featuring a full events calendar, grants database and more.

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So, let’s get into it:

⛹️‍♀️ESPN and the Women’s Sport Foundation have launched a (minimum) fund of $280,000USD that will be distributed to sport participation projects serving Black, African-American, Hispanic, and/or Native American girls aged 11-18. Eligible applicants include nonprofit schools, parks and recreation departments, nonprofit organizations, or amateur sports leagues in the USA. Funding can be used for coaching, curriculum, equipment, uniforms, transportation, facility rental, tournaments and/or team-building activities. Submit a letter of intent via the Foundation’s online portal before April 7th.

💰The Mayor of London, London Marathon Foundation and Sport England have partnered to launch an unprecedented investment into community sport within London via the Go!London fund. £19.5m will be distributed through grants of up to £150,000 to support existing programmes or trial new activities that support under-served children and young people. To apply, you’ll first need to complete a “fit to fund” quiz which closes next week. The full application process closes later in April.

🤝In Dublin next week, more than 1000 people from across the sport industry are expected to come together at the One-Zero summit at the Aviva Stadium. Topics include sport tech, investment and growth, esports, and athlete entrepreneurship, and there will be speakers from Manchester United, Puma, the NBA, Twitter and more. Tickets are competitively priced at €249, which gets you 2.5 days of content, networking and food.

🥇On The Ball Plus launched a few weeks ago and you have just 9 days left to join at the launch price. Paid subscribers get 24/7 access to our online funding database and events calendar plus the full newsletter, and more. Thank-you to everyone who has joined so far, we’re well on our way to our target!