KaBOOM! - Creative Play
KaBOOM! - Creative Play
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Nonprofit
KaBoom! supports organizations that build playgrounds for children and youth to ensure they have the opportunity to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. KaBoom! grants support community-inspired projects that engage the larger community in all aspects of project planning and playground build execution.Imagination Playground™ is an innovative design in play equipment that encourages creativity, communication, and collaboration in play. With a collection of custom-designed, oversized blue foam parts, Imagination Playground™ provides a changing array of elements that allow children to turn their playground into a space constantly built and re-built by their imagination.Let’s Play Rigamajig Grants provide a collection of wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, nuts, bolts, and rope designed to encourage children to follow their curiosity while playing.EligibilityMunicipalities, schools, and child-serving nonprofit organizations are eligible for this opportunity.Applicant must:Demonstrate need for a Creative Play grant.Give evidence of available space and the ability to maintain the Imagination Playground™ in a Cart or Rigamajig®.Give anticipated impact that the grant will have on the community and increased play opportunities.Show demonstrated impact on low income areas and the number of children the grant will serve.Funding for Creative Play grants is limited to specific times of the calendar year and to specific geographic or organizational parameters. Viable applications will be kept on file indefinitely and applicants are only contacted when funding becomes available in their area. 5/31