Need Help Paying for Sports?
These organizations offer assistance for families facing financial barriers to enrolling in youth sports programs.
All Kids Play
allkidsplay.org/youth-sports-grants
Offers individual grants for K-12 youth athletes from resource-deficient families. Full grants are available for households with income below 60% of the state median, and partial grants (50%) for those below the state median. It covers registration, equipment, and fees (up to $350 per sport/session).
Play Oregon
A program through Sport Oregon® that works to remove financial, geographic, and systemic barriers to children being involved in sports.
Rip City Hoops Scholarships
nba.com/blazers/youthbasketball
A Portland Trailblazers youth basketball program offering camps and clinics.
“At Rip City Hoops, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to play, grow, and experience the joy of basketball, regardless of financial circumstance. We never want cost to be a barrier, which is why we offer scholarships to help ensure every young athlete has access to our programs.”
Scholarship application form available on the Rip City Hoops webpage.
Every Kid Sports
Provides funds for children ages 4 to 18 who are enrolled in Medicaid, SNAP, or WIC. It covers recreational sports (community, parks and rec, or school leagues lasting at least 4 weeks). The application process takes about 5 to 15 minutes online, and approved funds are loaded onto a virtual debit card
Winter 2026 Pass will open on October 27 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.
Kids in the Game
KIDS in the GAME offers financial assistance to low income families for sports registration fees through our PASS program. Through a large donation from the Julia Love Pritt Foundation in Seattle, services in the Pacific Northwest are expanding; for example, Family Access Network (FAN) advocates in Central Oregon have families involved in the program.
More information: https://osaa.org/docs/broadcast/KidsintheGame.pdf
Contact: amanda@kidsinthegame.org
