USA Swimming Foundation - Adult Learn-to-Swim Grants

Funding Opportunity

The USA Swimming Foundation’s mission is to save lives and build champions—in the pool and in life; one of the ways we do this is by working to provide opportunities to learn to swim. In partnership with U.S. Masters Swimming, the Adult Learn to Swim Grant Application is open to all swim instructors, facilities, and programs that want to help make more adults safer around water, with a goal to reduce adult drowning risk through education, financial support, and community outreach. The program's hope is that once adults learn to swim or improve their swimming skills, they will have the confidence and desire to continue swimming in a Masters Swimming program and experience the lifelong benefits of swimming.

Adult Learn to Swim Grants are intended to expand current programming to reach under-served and underrepresented populations and communities that would not otherwise have the opportunity to learn to swim.

Deadline
November 15, 2025
Amount
$1,000 to $5,000
assistance type
Grants and technical assistance
Eligibility

Program must have a valid Federal Tax ID Number/Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security Number (SSN) under which they do business.

Program must serve adults ages 18 and over.

Program must adhere to the following:

• Instructors and lifeguards hold current CPR and First Aid certifications

• Maximum 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio

• Minimum four (4) hours in-water instruction which supports acquisition of specific skills

• Have and maintain throughout the grant calendar year, current liability insurance for swim lessons operations or be self-insured

• Maintain formal, practiced Emergency Action Plans for each location or program site

• Operate in pool facilities regulated by the Department of Health or similar governing agency

Participants who complete the Program should be provided an opportunity to continue swimming with a USMS program

Timing

November 15: Interested YLTS Grant Applicants must have met Eligibility Requirement #1

November 15: ALTS Grant applications due by 11:59pm Mountain Time

End of February: ALTS Grant recipients announced

November 15, 2026: ALTS award recipient End of Year Report due by 11:59pm Mountain Time

Cost share / match

The grant review committee looks most favorably upon programs and projects that obtain matching (or incremental) dollars from the local community.

USA Swimming Foundation - Adult Learn-to-Swim Grants

Funding Opportunity

The USA Swimming Foundation’s mission is to save lives and build champions—in the pool and in life; one of the ways we do this is by working to provide opportunities to learn to swim. In partnership with U.S. Masters Swimming, the Adult Learn to Swim Grant Application is open to all swim instructors, facilities, and programs that want to help make more adults safer around water, with a goal to reduce adult drowning risk through education, financial support, and community outreach. The program's hope is that once adults learn to swim or improve their swimming skills, they will have the confidence and desire to continue swimming in a Masters Swimming program and experience the lifelong benefits of swimming.

Adult Learn to Swim Grants are intended to expand current programming to reach under-served and underrepresented populations and communities that would not otherwise have the opportunity to learn to swim.

Dates:
-
Date:
Nov 15
Time:
Cost:
$1,000 to $5,000
Assistance:
Grants and technical assistance
Location:

Eligibility:

Program must have a valid Federal Tax ID Number/Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security Number (SSN) under which they do business.

Program must serve adults ages 18 and over.

Program must adhere to the following:

• Instructors and lifeguards hold current CPR and First Aid certifications

• Maximum 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio

• Minimum four (4) hours in-water instruction which supports acquisition of specific skills

• Have and maintain throughout the grant calendar year, current liability insurance for swim lessons operations or be self-insured

• Maintain formal, practiced Emergency Action Plans for each location or program site

• Operate in pool facilities regulated by the Department of Health or similar governing agency

Participants who complete the Program should be provided an opportunity to continue swimming with a USMS program

Cost Share / Match:

The grant review committee looks most favorably upon programs and projects that obtain matching (or incremental) dollars from the local community.

Timing:

November 15: Interested YLTS Grant Applicants must have met Eligibility Requirement #1

November 15: ALTS Grant applications due by 11:59pm Mountain Time

End of February: ALTS Grant recipients announced

November 15, 2026: ALTS award recipient End of Year Report due by 11:59pm Mountain Time

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