Submit your application for B.A.A. Gives Back Grants. Through this program, the B.A.A. awards monetary grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 through a competitive application process open to all nonprofit organizations that meet the following criteria. 

• Organization is a registered 501(c)(3) or a public agency.
• Organization is not political.
• Organization's program advances the B.A.A.'s mission of promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running, in order to build healthy communities. 
• Organization is located in and serves residents of Massachusetts.

Eligible organizations were invited to submit an application for the Fall 2024 edition of B.A.A. Gives Back Grants between August 5, 2024 and August 19, 2024.

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Organizations that were awarded grants in the Spring 2024 B.A.A. Gives Back Grants cycle are not eligible to apply in Fall 2024. 

Applications are now closed.

Please contact Tandy Bryant, Development Manager, at tbryant@baa.org if you require any additional information.

Fall 2024 B.A.A. Gives Back Grants Recipients

• Adaptive Sports New England* 
• The Boston Bulldogs Running Club* 
• Youth Enrichment Services* 
• Black Girls RUN! Foundation * 
• Black Unicorn Marathoners, Inc. 
• Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester 
• Spaulding Rehabilitation * 
• Special Olympics Massachusetts * 
• The Heather Abbott Foundation * 
• The YMCA of Greater Boston 

* Organizations that also received a grant in the 2023 

Spring 2024 B.A.A. Gives Back Grants Recipients 

• Achilles International* 
• All Dorchester Sports and Leadership* 
• Boston Lions Track Club* 
• Boston Road Runners 
• Boston United Track and Cross Country* 
• EVkids, Inc. 
• Girls on the Run - Greater Boston* 
• Healthy Kids Running Series* 
• One Summit, Inc. 
• Rise Above Foundation* 
• Roxbury Community College – Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center 
• Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England 
• Stride for Stride* 
   

* Organizations that also received a grant in the 2023 

Fall 2023 B.A.A. Gives Back Grants Recipients 

• All Dorchester Sports and Leadership
• Black Girls RUN! Foundation
• Boston Bulldogs Running Club
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Girly Girl P.A.R.T.S
• Dream Big!
• Girls on the Run Greater Boston
• Mental Health Collaborative, Inc.
• Metro Cobras Youth
• PIONEERS Run Crew
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
• Squashbusters
• The Heather Abbott Foundation
• The3PointFoundation, Inc.

Spring 2023 B.A.A. Gives Back Grants Recipients

• 261 Fearless Club New England
• Achilles International
• Adaptive Sports New England
• The Barton Center for Diabetes Education Inc.
• Boston Lions Track Club
• Boston United Track & Cross Country Club
• Healthy Kids Running Series - Jamaica Plain
• Massachusetts Sickle Cell Association
• Newton Athletes Unlimited
• Rise Above Foundation
• Stride for Stride
• The BASE
• Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs
• Youth Enrichment Services Inc.