Playground Grants
The Ultimate List of Playground Grants and Fund Raisers
Below is a list of playground equipment grants and fundraising resources for your school, church, daycare or non-profit. While every attempt will be made to keep this current, your support & response is appreciated to make sure all links are current. If you’re looking for a fund raising partner or program, don’t forget to review the Fund raising Resources page. Let’s get our kids back outside again!!!
- Kaboom Fundraising Resources: http://kaboom.org/build_playspace/get_funding
- http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/playground.htm
- http://www.boundlessplaygrounds.org/partners/foundation.php
- http://www.grants.gov/
- http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants
- http://www.nikebiz.com/responsibility/nike_giving_guidelines.html
- http://www.aad.org/public/sun/grants.html
- http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4048063/
- http://www.atlantafalcons.com/Community/Youth_Foundation.aspx
- http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pg&p=AboutLowes/outdoor/index.html
- http://corporate.mattel.com/about-us/philanthropy/grantmaking.aspx
- http://www.nrpa.org/newsletter/storyViewer.aspx?templateId=3&editionId=276&contentId=2633
- http://www.peacefulplaygrounds.com/grants.htm
- www.cbocenter.org/docs/policyday/HEALBrochure(4-07).pdf
- http://www.legochildrensfund.org/Guidelines.html
- http://hiltonworldwide.hilton.com/en/ww/company_info/ContributionRequestApplication.pdf

- CVS & Caremark
- General Mills-Champions for Healthy Kids
- NFL Keep Gym in School Grant
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Grants.gov source for federal grants
- Responsible Sports Grants – Youth Sports Grants from Liberty Mutual
- Youth Garden Grants
- Office of Head Start Expansion Grants Program
- National Recess Week
- Frosted Flakes – for baseball or football fields
- NFL Play 60
- PNC Grow Up Great
- Akron Community Foundation
- Shade Structure Grant Program
- Access to Recreation
- Federal Government Grants
- Home Depot Grant Opportunity
- Nike Grant Program
- U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- Grants for Shade Structure
- Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation: Quality of Life Grant Program
- Grant Opportunities Publicized by NRPA
- Lowe’s Outdoor Playground Grant
- Hasbro Children’s Fund
- CVS Caremark
- Land and Water Conservation Fund
- Recreation Trails Program
- Lowe’s Outdoor Classroom Grant Program
- Lowe’s Toolbox for Education
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bay Watershed Education and Training Program (B-WET)
- L.L. Bean Conservation and Recreation Grants
- Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Education Grants
- Toyota Tapestry Grants
- Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation – Early Childhood Care and Education Grants
- General Mills Youth Nutrition and Fitness Grants
- NRPA Step Up to Health Healthy Communities Start in Parks Grants
- Reader’s Digest Make it Matter Grant
- National Education Association Student Achievement Grants
- American Academy of Dermatology’s Shade Structure Grants
- Youth Garden Grants
- Captain Planet Foundation Grants
- The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Educational Grant
- Lowe’s Outdoor Classroom Grant Program
- GreenWorks! Grant Program
- American Honda Foundation
- Staples Foundation For Learning
- Pay it Forward Foundation Mini Grants
- DonorsChoose.org
- ING Unsung Heros
- Kids in Need Teacher Grants
- Education Mini Grants Funded by the Entomological Society of America
- The Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation
- Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Awards
- Operation Green Planet Free Seed Grants
- Fiskars’ Project Orange Thumb to Support Garden Programs
- Grants up to $24,999 available to North Carolina municipalities
- Pepsi Grant Refresheverything
If you are located in Georgia/Alabama/Tennessee/North Carolina/Kentucky/Florida and would like additional advice to make the most of an existing playground budget, please contact us at www.korkat.com.

