The Easton Foundations Hit $10 Million in Grants and Programs

Posted Thursday 06-17-2010

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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THE EASTON FOUNDATIONS HIT $10 MILLION MARK IN GRANTS AND PROGRAMS

Los Angeles - The Easton Foundations is honored to announce that over the last year it has funded over $4.8 million in grants and programs. The Foundations funding supports archery, youth baseball, softball and cycling, as well as education and medical research. Since 2007, total grants and programs of over $10 million have been provided to community and non-profit organizations. Grant and program recipients include, but are not limited to:

2010 Archery World Cup (Utah)
$105,000
Sponsorship of the 2010 Archery World Cup, which for the first time in history, will be held in the United States. The competition will include elite archers from over 30 countries as they compete in Ogden, Utah from August 3 -7, 2010.

2009 Youth World Archery Championships (Utah)
$500,000
Sponsorship of the 2009 Youth Archery World Championships, which included over 450 athletes, between the ages of 14 and 18, from more than 50 different countries to compete for a Youth World Champion title and vie for coveted slots in the first-ever Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore in 2010.

Easton - Newberry Sports Complex (Florida)
$1,800,000
In cooperation with the City of Newberry, the Easton Foundations constructed a regional archery center as a cornerstone of the Easton-Newberry Sports Complex. The center includes indoor and outdoor ranges, 3D ranges and sport science resources dedicated to further develop athletes' and coaches' skills.

Olympic Archery in the Schools (California and Florida)
$190,000
Creation, operation and funding of the school program, which provides all necessary equipment and professional training to the school's designated coach to instruct the students in target archery skills.

Michigan State University (Michigan)
$250,000
Construction of a shooting sports, education and training center on campus.

National Field Archery Association Foundation (South Dakota)
$350,000
Construction of a regional archery center, which houses the NFAA national office, a museum, and an indoor archery range. There will also be five permanent outdoor field or 3-D archery ranges, youth shooting and bowhunting practice areas, plus an Olympic archery training and competition field.

Bowhunting Preservation Alliance (Minnesota)
$200,000
Support of coaching programs and community archery centers.

National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP - United States)
Funding for over 170 schools across the US participating in NASP

US Archery - Paralympics (Colorado)
$145,500
Support of training camps and tournaments for athletes and coaches.

US Collegiate Archery (Colorado)
$238,000
Funding for the growth and development of college archery.

US Archery Association (Colorado)
$585,000
Support for various programs including USAT (US Archery Team), CHAMPS, Junior Dream Team, Resident Athletes and for training and tournaments.

After School Archery Program (ASAP - United States)
$518,000
Support for the development of the After School Archery Program throughout the US, co-sponsored by NFAA, USAA, ASA, ATA and NADA.

Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD - United States)
$111,000
Funding for JOAD through USAA and NADA.

National Parks and Recreation Programs (United States)
$164,000
Support of NRPA (National Recreation and Parks Association) coordinated through NADA.

NorCal High School Mountain Bike League (National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA - California)
$175,000
Funding for the development and growth of organized and competitive youth mountain biking.

College Archery Programs (United States)
$244,700
Direct support to over 35 colleges and universities across the US as well as the National Junior College Athletic Association for collegiate archery.

LA84 FUND (California)
$73,800
Partnership funding to 'Save our Sports,' an initiative to preserve high school sports in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD through the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program)

Archery Scholarships (United States)
$173,000

Scholarship support through various groups including the NFAA Foundation and NASP

Other programs supported by the Easton Foundations include:

* $1,500,000 for Little League baseball and softball
* $326,600 to various youth archery groups including 4-H associations, summer camps, schools, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
* $97,000 to the National Alliance for the Development of Archery (NADA) as support for archery programs, including the training of archery coaches
* $280,000 for various other archery programs and groups
* $443,000 for community archery programs in association with cities, park and recreation groups, and community based non-profits
* $364,000 in support of various archery programs and tournaments
* $380,000 for community archery ranges and facilities
* $195,000 for other programs including American Cancer Society, Hoag Hospital, UNICEF, American Red Cross, Special Olympics and Orangewood Children's Foundation, plus others
* $100,000 in support of education to the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Northridge
* $76,000 in continued maintenance and upgrades to the three archery ranges (located at Woodley Park, Rancho Park and El Dorado Park) initially developed by the Foundation for the 1984 Olympics.

For more information on the Easton Foundations, a full listing of grant recipients and / or information on the grant selection process please visit www.EastonFoundations.org or contact Ms.Caren Sawyer at (818) 901-0127 ext. 104 or via email at csawyer@esdf.org.

ABOUT THE EASTON FOUNDATIONS
The Easton Foundations' aim is to keep archery a viable part of the sporting culture in communities across the United States. Founded during the 1982 Olympics by Jim Easton, the founder and former CEO of Easton Sports, Inc, the Foundation actively works to introduce the Olympic sport of archery to communities across the country. It supports the training of aspiring archers, trainers, coaches, and administrators and building of indoor archery facilities at city parks, schools, universities and sports complexes.

The Easton Foundations encourages and engages youth to participate and develop skills in the sports of archery, baseball, softball, ice hockey, and cycling. It contributes to selected 501(c)(3) charitable groups and universities that share its vision of excellence and innovation in sports programs, business and engineering education, and medical research.

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