Championing Our Nike Community Impact Fund

Juega Más – Escuelas Activas in Mexico City empowers P.E. teachers to promote fun and inclusive play and physical education for girls and boys in public primary schools.

At Nike, we’re taking action to create a better world by investing in more active, inclusive communities, starting with the cities where we live, work and operate.

A big part of how we bring that to life is through the Nike Community Impact Fund (NCIF), an employee-led, neighborhood-focused approach to supporting local community organizations around the world to drive positive, lasting change and make play possible for all kids.

Here’s how NCIF works:

• Local organizations in the communities apply for grants per below.
  
• A volunteer committee of Nike teammates — from stores, offices, logistic centers, Air Manufacturing and Innovation — is trained on how to assess grant applications.
  
• Each member of the Nike volunteer committee shares their local insights to play a leading role in deciding which organizations receive funding. (In our Community Unite Stores, all store athletes have an opportunity to weigh in on the final grantees.)
  
• The organizations are notified by the end of May.
  
• Grants are distributed in the summer.

Submissions will be accepted from January 10 through February 15, 2024, in Japan and North America, and January 10 through March 2024 in Europe. We invite you to learn more about the NCIF grants available this year — and how to apply for one near you. (Direct links to applications will be available here on January 10, 2024)

• Amsterdam, Amersfoort, Hilversum, Utrecht (Netherlands)
• Antwerp, Limburg, Flemish Brabant (Belgium)
• Chicago (USA)
• Detroit (USA)
• East Los Angeles (USA)
• Harlem (USA)
• Mid-South/Memphis, TN (USA)
• New Orleans (USA)
• Portland, OR/Pacific Northwest (USA)
• St. Louis (USA)
• Tokyo, Kitakyushu (Japan)
• Toronto, Canada’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas
• Watts, CA (USA)