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ORLANDO, Fla., May 6, 2025 – The USTA today announced that it is awarding more than $100,000 in USTA Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to 55 deserving wheelchair tennis programs nationwide. Grants were awarded to local organizations that promote and develop the growth of wheelchair tennis and use the sport to help build stronger, healthier communities. The USTA has given more than $950,000 to wheelchair tennis programs across the country since the first grants were awarded in 2008.

Grant amounts were based on each program’s existing budget, as well as the future programming needs of the organization. Recipients can use the award to support coaching, court time, equipment, recruitment, and events, including tournaments and camps.

“The USTA is excited to award these Wheelchair Tennis Grassroots Grants to local, and national organizations, that provide programming for wheelchair tennis players of all ages in their pursuit of enjoying the sport, living a healthy lifestyle, and building a sense of real camaraderie within the wheelchair tennis community,” said Jason Harnett, Director of Wheelchair Tennis, USTA. “We could not see the amazing growth numbers within the sport of wheelchair tennis if not for these local grassroots champions delivering wheelchair tennis on a daily basis.”

The USTA grants are being awarded to the following organizations:

Lakeshore Foundation (Homewood, Ala.)
Mobile Area Tennis Association (Mobile, Ala.)
Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center (Phoenix)
Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports (Tucson, Ariz.)
Borp Adaptive Sports and Recreation (Berkeley, Calif.)
Angel City Alliance (Los Angeles)
SoCal Adaptive Sports (Mission Viejo, Calif.)
Adaptive Athletics Association (Roseville, Calif.)
T3Tennis (San Clemente, Calif.)
Youth Tennis San Diego (San Diego)
Bay Area Wheelchair Tennis (San Jose, Calif.)
Triumph Foundation (Valencia, Calif.)
La Mirada Community Tennis Association (Yorba Linda, Calif.)
Adaptive Recreation Opportunities/Brenda McDowell (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Hobe Sound Tennis Academy, Inc. (Hobe Sound, Fla.)
Ocala Women’s Tennis Association (Ocala, Fla.)
City of Palm Beach Gardens Tennis & Pickleball Center (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
Idaho Wheelchair Tennis Association (Boise, Idaho)
Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) (Lake Forest, Ill.)
Turnstone Center (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
RHI Sports Program Wheelchair and Adaptive Tennis of Indiana (Indianapolis)
QCA Adaptive Sports Association (Davenport, Iowa)
Tennis Alliance of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis, Md.)
Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore)
JTCC Adaptive Tennis (College Park, Md.)
South Coast Wheelchair Tennis Foundation (Attleboro, Mass.)
South Shore YMCA (Hanover, Mass.)
Marshfield Tennis Club (Marshfield, Mass.)
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
West Michigan Community Tennis Inc. (Grandville, Mich.)
Courage Kenny Sports and Recreation (Minneapolis)
Williston Fitness Center (Minnetonka, Minn.)
Midwest Adaptive Sports (Kansas City, Mo.)
Dwight F. Davis Memorial Tennis Center (St. Louis)
PUSH Wheelchair Tennis Academy (St. Louis)
Friends of Woods Tennis, Inc. (Lincoln, Neb.)
Montefiore Adaptive Sports (Bronx, N.Y.)
USTA National Tennis Center (Flushing, N.Y.)
Greater Buffalo Adaptive Sports (Lancaster, N.Y.)
Jawonio (New City, N.Y.)
Commonpoint (Queens Village, N.Y.)
Rochester Accessible Adventures (Rochester, N.Y.)
Thrive Through Tennis Foundation (Royalton, Ohio)
The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges (Tulsa, Okla.)
USTA Pacific Northwest (Beaverton, Ore.)
Portland Tennis & Education (Portland, Ore.)
Northwest Wheelchair Tennis Association (Silverton, Ore.)
Magee Freedoms Wheelchair Tennis Team (Philadelphia)
Highland Park Tennis Club (Pittsburgh)
Piedmont Area Tennis Association (Ivy, Va.)
Tennis Central Academy (McLean, Va.)
Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation (Richmond, Va.)
Dallas Wheelchair Tennis Club (Highland Village, Texas)
Adaptive Athletics at UH (Houston)
Morgan’s Wonderland Sports (San Antonio)

Organizations that are interested in starting a wheelchair tennis program or would like more information about wheelchair tennis can email [email protected].