The Olympic Club Foundation

Founded in 1992, The Olympic Club Foundation is a grant-making foundation based in San Francisco, United States working on sport for development, children & youth.

The Olympic Club Foundation is a US 501(c)(3) public charity based in San Francisco that financially supports Bay Area non-profit programmes providing organised youth athletics. It provides grants, with requests up to $25,000 and an average grant of about $9,500, to organisations serving youth in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Sonoma counties. Funded costs include uniforms, equipment, coaching, facility rentals, entrance fees, team travel and referees. Priority is given to programmes serving K-12 youth, particularly at-risk youth and children from low-income households. The foundation was founded in 1992 by a committee of members of The Olympic Club, but it is a separate legal entity. It states it has supported more than 350,000 young people across 40 sports at over 200 non-profit organisations. Grant applications are accepted annually, with recipients notified in October.