World Cup For All

Community Grant Program 

Overview

This summer, the New York City region will host the world’s most watched sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, and MetLife Stadium will host eight total matches. The region is expected to welcome more than a million visitors from around the world, with the tournament generating an estimated $3 billion in economic impact. 

The ABNY Foundation launched the World Cup For All Community Grant Program to ensure residents and communities across the five boroughs can experience the excitement and local benefits of the tournament, even if they are not attending a match in person. 

Priority consideration was given to projects that:

• Serve historically underserved communities and/or deliver programming in neighborhoods shaped by historic underinvestment and inequitable social, economic or health outcomes
• Projects with a robust community outreach and engagement strategy to maximize participation of local residents
• Projects that offer programming that is free and open to the public

SELECTED GRANTEES

After receiving nearly 300 applications, the ABNY Foundation has awarded 30 community-based nonprofit organizations with grant awards totaling $250,000 to provide community-centered fan engagement activities and enriching youth programming inspired by the World Cup tournament. 

• Bronx Organizations:
  • Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID)
  • South Bronx United
  • Bamba Sports
  • Bronx River Arts Center
  • Bronx Children’s Museum
• Brooklyn Organizations:
  • Flatbush Development Corporation
  • Fifth Avenue Association
  • Southside United HDFC
  • Marine Park Alliance
  • Brooklyn Community Pride Center
  • Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)
  • Bridge Street Development Corporation
  • Cypress Hills Fulton Business Improvement District (BID)
•  Manhattan Organizations:
  • Marcus Meets Malcolm
  • Chinatown District Management Association
  • Barrio Independent Productions
  • Special Olympics New York
• Staten Island Organizations:
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
  • A Chance In Life
  • The Central Family Life Center
• Queens Organizations:
  • LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
  • Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC)
  • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement
  • Queens Chamber of Commerce
  • Queens Theatre
  • Tibet FC
  • REMA4US
  • Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
• Multi-Borough Organizations:
  • International Rescue Committee in New York
  • PowerPlay NYC