Programs We Support
Since it’s founding in 1988, the Junior Tennis Foundation, has given out over $3 million in grants to hundreds of worthy organizations throughout the USTA’s Eastern Section (New York State and Northern New Jersey) that provide tennis programs for youth and for people with disabilities, particularly youth in under-served areas.
The JTF’s strategy is work closely with organizations in identifying goals, and tactics to achieve those goals, that will have most impact on the lives of the participants. JTF is particularly focused on measuring impact and developing a shared body of knowledge to maximize the effectiveness of tennis-focused philanthropy.
2022 Support
As more and more tennis programs around the Eastern Section returned safely to life, Junior Tennis Foundation was able to increase support to $100,00. Among the programs we are supporting this year include:
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New York Junior Tennis and Learning
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15-Love in Albany
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Kings County Tennis League
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Woodstock Tennis Club's summer camp scholarship program
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Kingston, NY YMCA
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Fort Washington Tennis Association
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HERO
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Harlem Junior Tennis & Education
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ProtoStar's Matt Stevenson Junior Tournament to raise awareness among youth about mental health issues
2020 Support
During the summer of Covid, JTF was proud to support the Kings County Tennis League’s Cares program to provide children in Brooklyn public housing with on-line resources such as laptops, wifi access and noise-cancelling headphones.
As fall approached and more programs returned to life, JTF supported three inner-city youth programs in New York City:
● NYJTL Intensive Training Program at Cary Leeds Tennis Cente
● Kings County Tennis League, expansion of Brooklyn’s New York City Housing Authority sites
● Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program
In 2019, JTF gave over $48,000 in grants to:
YMCA of Greater Rochester
Columbia County Youth Bureau
Donald Van Blake Tennis & Education Foundation
Boys and Girls Club of Westrn Broome
Police Athletic League of Buffalo
Suffolk County Tennis & Education Foundation
Life Serve Youth Foundation
Puerto Rican Association for Human Development
Capital Region Youth Tennis Foundation, Inc
City of Binghamton Parks & Recreation
HERO, Inc.
Raritan Valley YMCA
Puerto Rican Association for Human Development