The primary mission of the Tony Hawk Foundation is to promote high-quality, public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States. While we realize that not every area can afford to build big, expensive skateparks, we feel strongly that public skateparks should be designed and constructed by experienced contractors. We also believe that local officials should treat public skateparks the same way they treat public basketball courts or tennis courts, meaning that anyone may show up and use them anytime, unsupervised. The foundation primarily considers skatepark projects that:
- are designed and built by qualified and experienced skatepark contractors.
- include local skaters in the design process.
- are in low-income areas, and/or areas with a high population of "at-risk" youth.
- can demonstrate a strong grassroots commitment to the project, particularly in the form of fund-raising by local skateboarders and other community groups.
- have a creative mix of street obstacles (rails, funboxes, launch ramps, etc..) and transition/vert terrain (quarterpipes, bowls, snake runs, halfpipes, etc..).
- don't require skaters or their parents to sign waivers.
- encourage skaters to look after their own safety and the safety of others without restricting their access to the park or over-regulating their use of it.
- are open during daylight hours, 365 days a year.
- don't charge an entrance fee.
- are in areas that currently have no skateboarding facilities.
SUPPLY VS. DEMAND
As skateparks grow in popularity, the demand for grants from the Tony Hawk Foundation is far exceeding our available resources. We have received as many as 450 applications in a single year, with the vast majority requesting our maximum $25,000 grant. In other words, the competition for THF funds is stiff, so please don't get your hopes too high. If your proposed skatepark is not located in a low-income area, if you are not able to illustrate strong community and grass-roots support for the project, and if your project does not meet the criteria listed above, you are unlikely to receive a significant grant from our foundation.
If you're still not sure if your project qualifies to apply for a Tony Hawk Foundation grant, please answer a short questionnaire.
Deadline: October 1, 2009. For more information and details please visit their web site.
To view other available grants please click here.
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