List of Adaptive Sports Equipment Grants & Funds in the USA
for DME (Durable Medical Equipment), assistive technology and adaptive, disability and mobility equipment for people with disabilities.
Grants are categorized General, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Veterans and Children.
Find grants in other countries here.
General Funding
State Loan and Grant Programs
How I Roll Sports has a great list of all the loans and grants that are permitted by each US State. Scroll to the bottom of the home page to find the overview.
High Five Foundation
High Fives focuses on preventing life-changing injuries and provides resources and hope if they happen.
Challenged Athletes Foundation
EMPOWERING LIVES THROUGH SPORT. High costs of adaptive sports equipment and lack of resources should not keep individuals with physical challenges from being active. That’s where we come in.
Team CATAPULT
Team CATAPULT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity that aims to CATAPULT physically challenged individuals over adversity and into the world of endurance sports.
Surfgimp Foundation
Surfgimp Foundation assists individuals with disabilities to participate in “limitless adventures” by awarding grant funding to help cover the cost of equipment, travel, lodging, support personnel/caregivers, admission/entry fees etc. so they can participate in activities of their choosing.
IM ABLE Foundation
Primarily, IM ABLE Grants are awarded to individuals with physical, cognitive, and/or behavioral challenges residing in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing adaptive sports gear and group fitness programs. Our purpose is to unleash the potential in physically challenged children and adults to be more active, enjoy the benefits of physical fitness, and spend more time in the great outdoors.
PossAbilities
PossAbilities is a FREE, non-profit, community outreach program operated by Loma Linda University Helath. Our goal is to provide those with permanent physical disabilities and veterans support and resources to stay active and healthy in life!
Crossroads Adaptive Athletic Alliance
Crossroads Adaptive Athletic Alliance is building a stronger community for adaptive athletes and their coaches. We help athletes with permanent needs participate in life-changing fitness opportunities through education, grants, and competition.
National Association of Injured & Disabled Workers
NAIDW’s purpose is to provide short-term financial assistance to injured & disabled workers and their families touched by injury, illness, pain, disability and death.
The Eric Fund
The ERIC Fund was founded to help provide assistive technology, devices and equipment for individuals with disabilities to help them live, work, go to school and participate actively in community life. Applicants must live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Grants
Kelly Brush Foundation
The Kelly Brush Foundation is dedicated to making active lifestyles a reality for anyone with a spinal cord injury. Life is better active! Through the Active Fund, we provide grants for individuals with paralysis caused by spinal cord injury to purchase adaptive sports equipment. We believe in the power of sport and recreation to foster inclusion and overcome the barriers of paralysis.
Motion Project Foundation
The Motion Project Quality of Life Grant Program offers grant awards to qualifying individuals. The grant award they receive will help them obtain critical items such as rehabilitation therapy, home and vehicle modifications, and medical equipment.
You can obtain and/or repair equipment such as wheelchairs, standers, FES bikes, vehicle modifications, computers or other adaptive equipment to aide in personal independence, as prescribed by a licensed medical professional.
Triumph Foundation
Triumph Foundation’s mission is to help children, adults, and Veterans with spinal cord injury/disorder to triumph over their disability and to inspire them to keep moving forward with their lives by pushing themselves to get better every day.
SCORE
SCORE (Spinal Cord Opportunities for Rehabilitation Endowment) is a non-profit organization that provides modest financial grants to people paralyzed while participating in sports or recreational activities.
Veteran Funding
The Independence Fund
The Independence Fund is committed to empowering our nation’s catastrophically wounded, injured, or ill Veterans to overcome physical, mental, and emotional wounds incurred in the line of duty. Through our Mobility, Caregiver, Adaptive Sports, Advocacy, and Family programs.
Semper Fi & America’s Fund
The Semper Fi & America’s Fund is dedicated to providing immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to combat wounded, critically ill and catastrophically injured members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families.
The Honor Group
The Honor Group’s mission is educating students, coaches and community about patriotism while raising money for injured, ill and wounded veterans.
Children’s Funding (under 18)
United Health Care Childrens Foundation
UHCCF’s mission is to significantly enhance the clinical condition or quality of life of children covered under a commercial health insurance plan and are 16 years old or younger living in the United States.
Road Runner Sports - Athletes Helping Athletes
Helping children with disabilities just be kids. Grant recipients must be 18 years of age or younger and have a permanent physical disability (severe mobility impairment – i.e paraplegia, quadriplegia, amputation etc). The grant recipient must be able to self-propel the bike without assistance. Personal history of how athletics has assisted (or will assist) your child in overcoming their disability.
Two Angels Foundation
The mission of the Two Angels Foundation is increasing the recreational activities for children living in Colorado with physical disabilities, inspiring them to lead the most inclusive and active lives possible.
Variety the Childrens Charity
To fund and deliver effective programs that address the needs of all children locally and nationally.
Friendship Circle
For a child with special needs bike riding offers far more than a recreational experience. An adaptive bike provides freedom, independence and most importantly an inclusive opportunity to ride bikes with friends and family members.
Dream Factory
The largest all-volunteer driven children’s wish-granting organization that does not limit its mission to children who have life-threatening illness. The organization believes children with chronic illnesses and disorders also suffer from substantial emotional and physical pain.
Sunshine Foundation
Sunshine Foundation’s sole purpose is to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to financial strain that the child’s illness may cause.
