NFL Foundation Grassroots Program
The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program provides non-profit, neighborhood-based organizations with financial and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of local football fields. The program is a partnership of the National Football League Foundation, which provides funding, and LISC, which provides technical assistance and manages the program.
Athletic fields can help transform neighborhoods by offering opportunities for recreation, education and relaxation that contribute to the local quality of life. The NFL Foundation Grassroots Program seeks to redress the shortage of clean, safe and accessible football fields in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
Kansas City’s Center High School will get a new synthetic turf field thanks in part to a $250,000 grant by the Kansas City Chiefs through the National Football League (NFL) Foundation Grassroots Program.
Kansas City Public School’s Lincoln Tigers will soon be practicing and competing on a new synthetic turf field, thanks to a $250,000 grant from the Kansas City Chiefs and the Greater Kansas City Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).
University Academy, located at 68th and Holmes was one of only 17 schools across the country to receive an NFL Grassroots grant. They received the maximum grant amount of $250,000 to install a new synthetic turf, replacing what once was an unleveled field with rocks and potholes – an unsafe place for their athletes to practice.
LISC Greater Kansas City joined the Kansas City Chiefs at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy and together we presented Kansas City Missouri Public Schools a check for $250,000 to refurbish the high school’s football field.
