USTA Serves Awards $15,000 Grant To Aceing Autism

Written by: Staff on 30th January 2014

USTA Serves Awards $15,000 Grant To Aceing Autism |

USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the United States Tennis Association, today announced it has awarded ACEing Autism in West Hollywood, Calif., a $15,000 grant. The foundation concluded its 2013 grant funding cycle by awarding $450,000 in grants to 40 organizations that provide tennis and education to under-served youth and people with disabilities.

Since its inception five years ago, ACEing Autism has grown to provide recreational tennis programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in 25 locations across the United States. The grant money will be used to add 12 new program locations, with more growth planned, according to Executive Director Richard Spurling. The growth strategy aims at launching programs in tennis clubs, public schools, colleges and autism schools. This is the second USTA Serves grant for ACEing Autism, which previously received a $12,000 award.

“USTA Serves is proud to end the year by awarding and recognizing some of the country’s most phenomenal programs for their efforts toward impacting the lives of youth through tennis and education,” said Dan Faber, Executive Director, USTA Serves. “These programs have a solid foundation and exhibit tremendous dedication to serving children who deserve a life filled with education and physical activities. For this, we thank them for leading the way in designing a nurturing environment where students can thrive and succeed on and off the tennis court.”

The biannual grant process, a national initiative of USTA Serves, was established to award organizations that successfully combine tennis and education for underserved youth as well as people with disabilities to gain an opportunity to play tennis and improve their academic skills in a structured format. These programs also strive to help combat childhood obesity by promoting healthy lifestyles. To date, USTA Serves has awarded more than $17 million in grants and scholarships to standout players and programs throughout the country in order to provide at-risk and underserved youth with greater opportunities to achieve success.

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USTA Serves, the national charitable foundation of the USTA, provides financial support for disadvantaged youth and people with disabilities through tennis and education programs designed to improve health, build character, teach life skills and motivate students to strive for academic excellence. For more information on USTA Serves, visit www.ustaserves.com.

The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level, from local communities to the highest level of the professional game. A not-for-profit organization with more than 770,000 members, it invests 100 percent of its proceeds in growing the game. It owns and operates the US Open, the highest-attended annual sporting event in the world, and launched the Emirates Airline US Open Series, linking eight summer tournaments to the US Open. In addition, it owns approximately 90 Pro Circuit events throughout the U.S. and selects the teams for the Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Olympic and Paralympic Games. The USTA’s national charitable foundation, USTA Serves, provides grants and scholarships and helps underserved youth and people with disabilities. For more information on the USTA, log on to usta.com, “like” the official Facebook page, facebook.com/usta, or follow @usta on Twitter.

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The following programs were awarded 2013 year-end grants by USTA Serves:

1. Aceing Autism Inc. – West Hollywood, CA

2. Adaptive Tennis Association Of North Carolina – Raleigh, NC

3. Black Women In Sport Foundation – Philadelphia, PA

4. California Police Activities League – San Leandro, CA

5. Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead, – Atlanta, GA

6. Desertarc – Palm Desert, CA

7. Down The Line And Beyond Foundation – Haverford, PA

8. Earthen Vessels Outreach – Pittsburgh, PA

9. Educational Foundation For School District 50 – Westminster, CO

10. Embrace Your Dreams – Bethlehem, PA

11. Four Aces Racquet Club – Greenville, MS

12. Genesis School Inc. – Kansas City, MO

13. Hamilton County Community Tennis Association Inc. – Carmel, IN

14. Harper For Kids – San Francisco, CA

15. Hawaii Pacific University – Honolulu, HI

16. Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc. – Orlando, FL

17. Hero Inc. – Purchase, NY

18. I Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County – Boulder, CO

19. Innercity Tennis Foundation – Minneapolis, MN

20. International Rescue Committee Inc. – San Diego, CA

21. Jerry Alleyne Memorial Fund Non Profit Corp – Hartsdale, NY

22. Junior Tennis Ambassadors, Coto de Caza, CA

23. Kings County Tennis League (Marcy Tennis Club) – Brooklyn, NY

24. Mentoring USA Inc. – New York, NY

25. Prospect Park Alliance Inc. – Brooklyn, NY

26. Providence Community Housing – New Orleans, LA

27. Quickstart Tennis Of Central Virginia Inc. – Ivy, VA

28. Recreation Wish List Committee Of Washington DC (Southeast Tennis & Learning Center) – Washington, DC

29. Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands d/b/a – East Sandwich, MA

30. Rodney Street Tennis and Tutoring Association – Wilmington, DE

31. San Diego District Tennis Association – San Diego, CA

32. Southern Children’s Network, Inc. – Fayetteville, GA

33. Special Olympics Florida – Miami-Dade County – Miami, FL

34. Special Populations Tennis Program Inc. – Roswell, GA

35. Sportsmens Tennis Club Inc. – Dorchester, MA

36. Tennis & Education Inc. – St. Paul, MN

37. Tennis Success Inc. – Corpus Christi, TX

38. XS Tennis And Education Foundation – Chicago, IL

39. Youth Development Association, Inc. – Madison, AL

40. Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Academy – Houston, TX

Topics: ACEing Autism, American tennis news, autism, Californian tennis new, Tennis, tennis charity, Tennis News, Usta

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