USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, and its philanthropic arm, the USA Swimming Foundation, today announced the 2025 Community Impact Grant recipients. Nine additional USA Swimming member clubs will be receiving a $5,000 grant, eligible for renewal annually for up to three years. This year, 30 programs have received $150,000 in funds to provide aquatic programming, support diverse coaches, and create competitive opportunities locally. This round of grants, funded by philanthropic giving, brings the total number of programs supported to 51, with a total impact of $540,000 distributed nationwide.

“USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation are proud to continue to support funding opportunities to underserved communities to gain access to swimming,” USA Swimming Managing Director of Sport Development Joel Shinofield said. “USA Swimming clubs are community assets that provide children competitive swimming opportunities in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the United States, and this funding allows them to expand those opportunities.”

The USA Swimming Foundation introduced the Community Impact Grant program in 2020 with the goal of providing access to competitive swimming for underrepresented swimming communities, supporting diverse coaches, and uplifting municipal community swim club programs within USA Swimming clubs. They focus on three areas of support:

• Creating partnerships between USA Swimming clubs and a facility or recreational organization that does not currently have a club;
• Supporting USA Swimming clubs led by women and/or diverse individuals; and
• Partnering USA Swimming clubs with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to create competitive programs for youth in campus pools.

Congratulations to the following programs who will be receiving 2025 Community Impact Grant funding:

• Alligator Aquatics (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
• Bangor Region YMCA (Bangor, Maine)
• Greater Des Moines YMCA (De Moines, Iowa)
• Gleason Family YMCA Riptides (Wareham, Mass.)
• Northern Lights Swim Association Marlins (Morehead, Minn.)
• Patriot Swim Club (Irvine, Calif.)
• Piranha Swimming at Darien YMCA (Darien, Conn.)
• Sumter Family YMCA (Sumter, S.C.)
• Winchester Swim Team (Winchester, Va.)

Click here for the full list of Community Impact Grant funding recipients.

For more information on USA Swimming’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, please visit https://www.usaswimming.org/diversity.

To learn more about USA Swimming Foundation, please visit https://www.usaswimming.org/foundation.