Saints and NFL Grassroots Grant Program//
Since 2006, the Following fields were installed from the Saints and NFL Grassroots Grant Program:

2006 - Green Charter Middle School

  • Green Charter School is a model institution and was awarded a Grassroots Grant by the Saints to install a smaller synthetic football field. Students from the school and surrounding community utilize the field.

2007-Pan American Stadium in City Park

  • A new state-of-the-art FieldTurf surface was installed at Pan American Stadium in New Orleans. Pan American is part of New Orleans’ 1300-acre City Park complex which was virtually wiped out by the damage incurred by Hurricane Katrina. Funds for the FieldTurf installation were provided by the National Football League Youth Football Fund on behalf of the New Orleans Saints. The new surface will enables Pan American to host a myriad of local sporting events, primarily at the high school and grass roots level.
  • Located in New Orleans’ Mid City district, Pan American Stadium has long been one of the city’s primary venues for local high school football and soccer games. The facility has also served as the home for various professional and semi-professional teams in those sports. Pan American is one of the primary venues in New Orleans for high school football, and it’s also the home stadium for the New Orleans Shell Shockers of the United Soccer League (USL).

2008-Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park

  • Tad Gormley Stadium is the premier stadium for high school football in the City of New Orleans. Built in 1937, It played host to the US Olympic Track & Field Trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Although Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the stadium, it remained structurally sound. Through the Saints, a new synthetic field was installed and centered for better fan and media access.
  • *In 2009, G.W. Carver was awarded a Grassroots Grant from the Saints. This Grant is pending a matching contribution to complete the project.
  • Also attached is a list of all of the schools that received a grant from the Saints in 2006 to help rebuild their football programs post Katrina. Over 1.5 million dollars was distributed. Of the donated funds, more than $670,000 was granted directly to 46 high school football programs in Louisiana and Mississippi; and $50,000 will be donated to Eleanor McMain High School and McDonogh 35 High School in New Orleans to hire Play It Smart academic coaches for their student-athletes.
The following Gulf Region high schools received grants from the Saints:

  • Archbishop Hannan High School, Covington, LA
  • Archbishop Rummel High School, Metairie, LA
  • Bay High School,  St. Louis, MS
  • Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Bogalusa High School, Bogalusa, LA
  • Carenco High School, Lafayette, LA
  • Chalmette High School, Chalmette, LA
  • De La Salle High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Delcambre High School, Delcambre, LA
  • DesLisle/Pass Christian High School, Pass Christian, MS
  • Desire Street Academy, New Orleans, LA
  • East Jefferson High School, Metairie, LA
  • East St. John High School, Reserve, LA
  • Eleanor McMain High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Erath High School Erath, LA
  • Fontainbleu High School, Mandeville, LA
  • Franklinton High School, Franklinton, LA
  • Helen Cox High School, Harvey, LA
  • Holy Cross High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Jesuit High School, New Orleans, LA
  • John Curtis Christian School, River Ridge, LA
  • John Ehret High School, Marrero, LA
  • Kinder High School, Kinder, LA
  • Lake Arthur High School, Lake Arthur, LA
  • Mandeville High School, Mandeville, LA
  • McComb High School, McComb, MS
  • McDonogh 35 High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Mercy Cross High School, Biloxi, MS
  • Moss Point Schools, Moss Point, MS
  • Natchitoches Central High School, Natchitoches, LA
  • O’Perry Walker Charter High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Pascagoula School District, Pascagoula, MS
  • Port Allen High School, Port Allen, LA
  • Riverdale High School Jefferson, LA
  • Robert E. Lee, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Saint Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Saint Charles Catholic High School, La Place, LA
  • Salmen High School, Slidell, LA
  • Slidell High School, Slidell, LA
  • South Cameron High School, Lake Charles, LA
  • South Plaquemines High School, Port Sulphur, LA
  • St. John High School, Gulfport, MS
  • St. Stanislaus St. Louis, MS
  • West Jefferson High School, Harvey, LA
  • West St. John High School, Edgard, LA
  • White Castle High School, White Castle, LA

OVERVIEW:

  • The NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program (the “NFL Grassroots Program”) is a partnership of the National Football League Youth Football Fund (NFL YFF), which provides funding for the Program, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), which provides technical assistance and manages the Program. The goal of the NFL Grassroots Program is to provide non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. The NFL Grassroots Program provides grants of up to $200,000 for capital improvement projects.
  • In order to be eligible for a grant under the NFL Grassroots Program, projects must be sponsored by non-profit community-based organizations registered as exempt from Federal Income Tax under Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501 (c)(3) or middle or high schools. In addition, all organizations applying for funds must be located specifically and exclusively within NFL Target Markets, listed in Attachment A and serve low to moderate income areas within those markets.
  • Strong preference will be given to those proposals that (1) seek to upgrade existing facilities that are in poor condition or otherwise underutilized; (2) demonstrate active use of the fields; (3) attract matching funding that exceeds the minimum required match of 1:1; (4) involve local partnerships with non-profit community partners (i.e. Parks and Recreational Departments, YMCA branches) to promote youth and community programming on the fields; and (5) provide for continuing maintenance and field safety. As noted above, grants are given only for capital expenditures. Applicants may request a maximum of $200,000 from the NFL Grassroots Program to be used for capital improvements. Please see “Availability of Funding” for stipulations involved with a $200,000 maximum grant request.

Application Procedures (Next available application time will be the Spring of 2010-RFP to be issued)

To apply for funding under the NFL Grassroots Program, please submit an original plus three (3) copies of each of the following:

Cover Sheet: A one-page cover sheet including the following information:

- Name, address, e-mail address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the organization
- Executive director and contact person (if different) for this application
- Brief description of proposed project
- Amount of funding requested

Narrative: In no more than five (5) typed pages, address the following:

  • Description of the organization: mission, history, and accomplishments, with a focus on capacity
  • to develop the proposed project.
  • Description of the neighborhood: boundaries of the catchment area, income levels and ethnicity
  • of the population served, condition of housing stock and main commercial areas, existence and
  • conditions of local parks and open spaces (including community facilities).
  • Description of the project: location, current condition, plans for site use, progress on this plan
  • (including status on site control, zoning, environmental review, and physical improvements),
  • project budget and match funding; community support for project, and agreements with partner
  • organizations.
  • Impact of the project and future sustainability: planned or anticipated programming in field
  • space, plans for continued maintenance and safety of field (including long-term maintenance
  • budget and timeline), and how project fits into community plans for neighborhood.
  • Please indicate how you learned about the NFL Grassroots Program.

Organizational Attachments: Please attach the following items:
• IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter
• Two most recent audited financial statements (preferably annual statements for 2007 and 2008)
• Most recent IRS 990 form (preferably 2008)
• Current List of organizations’ Board of Directors (contact information)
• IRS W-9 Form

Project Attachments: Please include a copy of the following items:
• Project budget
• Financing commitment letters from match funding sources
• Financial commitment letters and detailed maintenance plan from organizations responsible for field maintenance.
• Landscaping or park design plans
• Environmental reports (if necessary)
• Agreements and budgets for field programming (i.e. youth football)
• Letters of support from field users and other community organizations

Please submit three (3) copies of the completed application, including the relevant attachments to the address below. Proposals MUST BE MAILED. Emails will not be accepted.

Attn: NFL Grassroots Program
Beverly Smith, Senior Program Director
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
501 Seventh Avenue- 7th Floor
New York, NY 10018

 
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