Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative
Program Areas

Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative

  • Affordable Housing
  • AmeriCorps
  • Child Care & Early Learning
  • Community Leadership
  • Creative Placemaking
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Financial Stability
  • Health
  • Safety & Justice
  • Small Business
  • Sports & Recreation

    • Game On-Community Places to Play is an initiative of The DICK’s Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC. Launched in 2023, the initiative provides funding and technical assistance to community-rooted organizations working to create and renovate multi-use youth sport spaces in under-resourced communities across the country.   

    Through a competitive application process, which required applicants to secure 1:1 match funding, LISC and The DICK’S Foundation selected 15 community organizations in 14 cities and towns to receive grants ranging between $50,000 and $100,000. The total amount of grants awarded is $1.275 million. 

    The 15 organizations selected to receive funding through the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative include:  

    • Brooke Charter Schools (Boston, Mass.)
      Transform an unused four-acre portion of the former Boston State Hospital grounds into athletic fields and outdoor space.
    • Highline Public Schools (Burien, Wash.)
      Install additional lighting for six tennis courts at Highline High School.
    • The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
      Build new outdoor basketball courts at Blanchetta Park in Colerain Township.
    • The Urban Community School (Cleveland, Ohio)
      Create two mini pitch soccer fields on its campus in the Near West Side.
    • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, Texas)
      Install a natural grass multipurpose athletic field and sprinkler system at its Grand Prairie Club.
    • Detroit Horse Power (Detroit, Mich.)
      Build and activate an equestrian center for youth at a demolished school site in the Hope Village neighborhood.
    • KIPP Bold City High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
      Develop an athletic field for football and other community sports programs.
    • Memphis Business Academy Schools (Memphis, Tenn.)
      Install an outdoor natural grass multipurpose athletic field on its campus in the Frayser neighborhood.
    • The Police Athletic League (New York, N.Y.)
      Renovate and repurpose an undersized and underutilized gymnasium in Washington Heights into a multi-sport training facility.
    • Nicetown Community Development Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.)
      Install four basketball courts on underutilized land in the Nicetown neighborhood.
    • The Kingsley Association (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
      Renovate the gymnasium at its facility in the Larimer neighborhood.
    • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
      Renovate a baseball and softball facility at its Shadyside Clubhouse.
    • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego (San Diego, Calif.)
      Resurface the soccer arena at its branch in the Logan Heights neighborhood.
    • Spokane Hoopfest Association (Spokane, Wash.)
      Resurface two existing basketball courts and convert an unused tennis court into pickleball courts in the East Central neighborhood.
    • The Wichita Parks Foundation (Wichita, Kan.)
      Install programmable lighting at the largest baseball field at McAdams Park.

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