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The Burgess Family Foundation and USATF Foundation supports Team Boss
NEW YORK CITY – The Burgess Family Foundation in partnership with the USATF Foundation is pleased to announce a $75,000 multiyear grant to Team Boss totaling $300,000, an elite distance running team based out of Crested Butte and Boulder,...
USATF Foundation Presents $2,000 Awards to American Elite Athletes of the Meet at Penn Relays
PITTSBURGH – The USATF Foundation has a tradition of rewarding elite athletes for outstanding performances. This year at the 2023 Penn Relays the Foundation created a new award for American Elite Athlete of the Meet (male and female). The awards...
USATF Foundation Brings Run With US! to Elementary School Olympic Day
CHULA VISTA, CA - The USA Track & Field Foundation joined forces with Leonardo da Vinci Health Sciences Charter School in San Diego, California to host a successful Run With US! Olympic Day event recently. The event is dedicated to teaching...
USATF Foundation Awards Another Maternity Grant for 2023
PITTSBURGH – The past few years, the USA Track & Field Foundation has been proud to play a vital role in helping elite athletes that have pursued motherhood in the middle of a professional track & field career. The USATF Foundation is once...
USATF Foundation Awards 46 Masters Travel Grants
PITTSBURGH – The World Masters Athletics Indoor Track & Field Championships is coming to Toruń, Poland on March 26 and the USATF Foundation is once again providing support to U.S. athletes striving to reach the podium. Forty-six of the 240...
USATF Foundation Awards First Maternity Grants of 2023
PITTSBURGH – In 2021, the USA Track & Field Foundation created a Maternity Grant Program to support elite women track & field athletes that chose the path of motherhood while simultaneously keeping their sights on their professional...
USATF Foundation Announces 28 Youth Club Grant Recipients
PITTSBURGH – USA Track & Field Foundation Chairman Bob Greifeld and CEO Tom Jackovic announced 28 Youth Club Grants will be awarded to track & field clubs across the country totaling $43,320. The grants offer youth athletes relief from...
USATF Foundation Introduces New Board Director Torrey James Ward
PITTSBURGH – USA Track & Field Foundation CEO Tom Jackovic and Chairman Bob Greifeld announced Torrey James Ward as a new Director on the Board of the USATF Foundation. Originating from California, Torrey has always been a visionary of lofty...
USATF Foundation Names Bill Nolde to Board of Directors
The USA Track & Field Foundation has named Bill Nolde to the Board of Directors announced Foundation CEO, Tom Jackovic and Chairman, Bob Greifeld. Bill Nolde is an accomplished finance executive with Big 4 accounting firms, Fortune 500...