Soccer Grants · Now accepting requests
Need help to play soccer? We're here for you.
We pay for club fees, cleats, gear and tournament travel so your player doesn't have to sit out. One short form, read by real people, with a quick follow-up.
You don't have to be the best player on the team to deserve this help. You just have to love the game and need a hand getting to play it.
For families & players
How to get help in three steps
Sometimes the hardest part of playing soccer isn't the game itself. It's everything around it. Maybe your team made it to a tournament, but the travel cost is more than your family can manage right now. Maybe your cleats don't fit anymore, or you need shin guards, a new ball, or a bag to carry your gear. Maybe it's club fees standing between you and the season.
Whatever it is, we want to know. We started this fund because no kid should miss out on soccer, and everything it teaches you, because of something as fixable as cost.
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Fill out the request form
It takes a few minutes. Tell us about yourself or your player, your team, and what you need help with. That's it.. No essays, no tax paperwork to dig up.
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A real person reads it
Every single request is read carefully and with care by our team. We'll follow up with you as soon as we can, and we may ask one or two questions.
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We pay the cost directly
We cover the registration fee, order the gear, or help with travel, sent where it needs to go, so your player just shows up and plays.
Questions first? Email info@jaasfoundation.org.
What a grant can cover
Tournament travel
Gas, lodging and tournament entry fees
Club & league fees
Select, club and rec season registration
Cleats & shin guards
Outgrown cleats, guards, gloves, uniforms
Balls & bags
A ball of their own and a bag to carry it in
Why we started this
Every kid deserves a chance to play
For years, we stood on the sidelines as soccer parents, watching our boys grow up on the field through late evening practices, long tournament weekends, and the kind of exhaustion that only comes from giving everything you have to a game you love.
What we saw wasn't just soccer. We saw our sons learn to pick each other up after a loss, to celebrate a teammate's success as much as their own, to push through when their legs and their spirit were both tired, and to understand that showing up for your team matters more than showing off for yourself.
Those lessons didn't stay on the field. They shaped who our boys became: young men who know how to work hard, how to be part of something bigger than themselves, and how to keep going when things get difficult. That's the real prize soccer gave our family, and it's one we can never fully repay.
Now that our boys have grown, we've started asking ourselves how we could help give that same chance to other kids. We know that for many families, the barrier to playing isn't love of the game or talent. It's cost. Tournament travel adds up quickly. Club fees, cleats, and gear aren't cheap. And too often, a child who has the heart and the ability to play has to sit out simply because of what it costs.
This campaign is our way of changing that, even in a small way. With your help, we want to make sure more kids get to experience what our sons experienced: the friendships, the character, and the joy that come from playing the game they love.
Want to help? For donors
Help us equip a player
One of the most direct ways to support this fund is through our Amazon gift registry, where you can choose exactly what you'd like to give: shin guards, a soccer bag, a new ball, or other gear a young player needs to get on the field.
Every gift purchased through the registry is delivered along with a handwritten note from the person who gave it. We want each child to know their new gear didn't just appear. It came from someone who believed in them.
It's a small gesture, but we've found that a kind word from a stranger can mean just as much as the gear itself.
If you're giving as part of Microsoft's Give Campaign, this is a simple and meaningful way to make your contribution count toward something a child will literally wear onto the field.