NIKE N7 FUND

Our Commitment:

As a champion for athletes and sport, we’re investing in nonprofits that elevate Indigenous communities in North America. Since 2022, we have invested $625,000 in grants annually, administered by CAF America, to nonprofits that are powering the future of youth sport. This investment continues the legacy of our support for Indigenous communities through the N7 Fund and other grants, totaling $13.4 million to more than 300 organizations since 2009.

Timeline:

Application process opens: November 1, 2026
Application process closes: January 30, 2027
Grant payments disbursed: June 2027

Funding Priorities:

100 percent of grant awards support projects that promote sport or physical activity for Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, First Nations, and Native American kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17.

Grant Amount:

Approved grants will be $25,000.00

Geographic Focus:

Grant applications are accepted from nonprofits specifically serving Native Hawaiian kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17
Grant applications are accepted from nonprofits specifically serving Alaska Native kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17
Grant applications are accepted from nonprofits specifically serving First Nation kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17
Grant applications are accepted from nonprofits specifically serving Native American kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17
And/or grant applications are accepted from nonprofits specifically serving Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native, First Nations, and Native American kids with an emphasis on girls ages 7 - 17

Organizational Requirements:

Applications are accepted from organizations that are a 501(c)(3) public charity or a qualified donee registered with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Organizations must be registered for at least two years as a public charity or qualified donee.
Organizations must be able to submit audited financial statements for the previous two fiscal years.
We are unable to support neither private operating foundations nor private non-operating foundations.

Strong Proposals:

Intentionally serve communities of Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, First Nations and/or Native American with a board and staff who are representative of those communities.

Employ a creative approach to, or a proven method for, addressing local needs.
Reflect careful planning, clear goals, and a plan for sustainability.
Include a project budget that is reasonable.
Articulate a clear need.
Receive support from a variety of sources that may include dollars, in-kind donations, or partnerships.

Requests Not Funded:

Individual support (including scholarships, stipends, fellowships, and personal assistance)
Group or individual travel.
Research projects.
Sponsorship of fundraising events.
Events or camps that are less than 6 weeks total, unless the focus of the project is on program(s) leading up to a culminating event.
Endowments, memorials, budget deficits, or fundraising activities.
Religious organizations whose programs do not have a secular and community focus.
Lobbying, political, or fraternal activities.
Capital projects unless Nike’s award would be the final funding needed.

Customer Service:

For questions regarding the grant request form or N7 Fund program, please e-mail:

n7@cafamerica.org. Please allow two working days for a response.

This form will not automatically save your responses. Please utilize the "Save my progress and resume later" function to ensure that all of your responses are properly recorded.

Attestations

I agree that my organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity or qualified donee registered with the Canada Revenue Agency.

I agree that my organization has been registered as such for at least two years.

I agree that my organization can provide audited financial statements for the previous two years.

Grantee details

Grantee Official Name	AKA “Doing Business As” Name (if different from formal name)
Office Address	City
State/Province	Postal Code/Zip
State/Province	Country
Telephone	General Organization Email
Tax ID/EIN	Organization Type
Other type - please specify

Do you have a fiscal sponsor? We are happy to support fiscally-sponsored organizations. Please note that you will also be asked to upload your fiscal sponsor's governance materials: a list of directors and their affiliations; two years of audited financials; current year's budget; Form 990; and a signed MOU between your organization and the fiscal sponsor.

YesNo

Fiscal Sponsor Information

Organization Name

AKA

“Doing Business As” Name (if different from formal name)

Contact Name

Contact Phone

Contact Email

Organization Office Address

City

State/Province

Postal Code/Zip

Country

Website

General Organization Email

Tax ID/EIN

Note: If you do not have an EIN, add the fiscal sponsor EIN here and set the EIN field for your own Organization to N/A

Anything else we may have missed?

Banking Information

Formal Account Name	Bank Name
Account Number/IBAN	SWIFT/ABA/Routing Code
Bank Street Address	City
State/Province	Zip Code/Post Code
Bank State/Province	Country
CUIT	CNPJ ID Number
NIT 0 Cedula	CLABE
Comments regarding wire transfer	IFSC
Currency

Intermediary Bank

Bank Name	Street Address
City	Postal/Zip Code
Country	State/Province
State/Province	Account/IBAN
SWIFT/ABA

Bank Account Statement

Please upload an official document from your bank that verifies the account number you have provided above.

Signatory

I confirm that the above information is for an account that solely benefits the above named charity. I understand that this is my default account, and any distributions from CAF America will be directed to this account and that I am responsible for providing CAF America with any changes to the charity account. I confirm that all funds granted into this account by CAF America will be used for charitable purposes

I agree

Signatory

Date

Population focus

In this section, you will be asked to provide details about the population served by the project for which you have requested funding. If this population differs from the population your organization serves as a whole, please use the box below to provide additional information.

Population Focus - Income: If low-income individuals or families represent at least 75 % of those to be served, please note this. Otherwise, select "mixed-income."

Low-IncomeMixed-Income

How many people in each age range will be impacted DIRECTLY by the project?

	Number of Female/Female Identifying Individuals	Number of Male/Male Identifying Individuals	Number of Nonbinary individuals/those of other Gender Identities
Ages 0-6
Ages 7-14
Ages 15-18

If the population served by this project differs from your organization's usual service population, please describe your organization's typical service population, including ethnicity, income, age ranges, and gender identities (100 words or less).

Project Leaders

Who are your project leaders and what role will each play? Please offer two contacts.

Primary Leader

First Name

Last Name

Email

Phone

Brief description of their role in the project

Secondary Leader

First Name

Last Name

Email

Phone

Brief description of their role in the project

Financials

In the questions below, we want to know about your previous fiscal year and current fiscal year income and expenditures. We ask about both your budget* and actual* numbers in the current fiscal year, understanding that you may not have a complete picture in the current year.

*If you are a school, school district, or large government entity, please submit the department or program budget in place of your organization budget.

Fiscal Year Start

Fiscal Year End

Income and Expenditures

Organization Income - previous fiscal year actuals

Organization expenditures - previous fiscal year actuals

Organization Income - current fiscal year budget to date

Organization Expenditures - current fiscal year budget to date

Organization Income - current fiscal year actuals to date

Organization Expenditures - current fiscal year actuals to date

If your organization finances require additional explanation, or if either the current year or previous year represents an operating shortfall, please explain (250 word limit).

Has your organization received any Nike, Jordan Brand, or Converse grants in the past three years?

YesNo

Please describe the type of Nike grant received and explain how this proposal is different from projects previously funded. Do you have any pending Nike grants recently applied for?

List the organization's top 3-5 funders or funding streams and corresponding grant amounts over the past 36 months.

Funding Source Type	Name
Amount	Year

Funding Source Type	Name
Amount	Year

Funding Source Type	Name
Amount	Year

Project Cost

Total Project Cost

Committed Support: Please list the donors who have committed funding for the project and how much each has committed. Please specify if support is in-kind (Note: please list individuals collectively; foundation and/or business contributions should be specific).

Donor Name:

Committed Funds

In-Kind

YesNo

Considering the list of donors above and all other known sources, what is the grand total of fully committed support for the PROJECT?

Project Budget

If your project funding requires additional explanation, please offer it here

Supporting Documents

Please upload your most recent audited financial statement.

Please upload your second most recent audited financial statement.

Please upload a detailed budget for your project using the attached template .

Please upload a list of current trustees/board of directors.

Please upload a list of current senior staff.

Please upload your organization's Governmental registration document. In the US, this would be your IRS Determination letter.

Please upload your organization's governing documents.

If your organization is a school, university or educational institution, please upload your non-discrimination policy.

If your organization is owned or operated by the government, please upload the relevant

documentation.

If you would like to upload additional documents to support your application please do so here.

Fiscal Sponsor Documents

Please upload your fiscal sponsor’s most recent audited financial statements.

size limit: 2MB

Please upload your fiscal sponsor’s second most recent audited financial statements.

size limit: 2MB

Please upload a list of your fiscal sponsor’s board of directors and their affiliations.

size limit: 2MB

Please upload a list of your fiscal sponsor’s senior staff

size limit: 2MB

Please upload your fiscal sponsor’s registration documents. In the US, this would be their IRS determination letter.

size limit: 2MB

Please upload a signed MOU between your organization and your fiscal sponsor.

size limit: 2MB

Grantee Application

Agreement

On behalf of the organization I agree that any funds which Charities Aid Foundation America, Inc., (“CAF America”) may grant to the Organization during its Eligibility Period (defined below)
(collectively, the “Grants”) will be used as follows:
• The Grants, any income earned on Grant funds, and any capital assets created, developed, or acquired with the Grant funds will be used only for charitable purposes, specifically to fund the charitable activities described in the Grant Purpose section of the Organization’s Grant Eligibility Application (“GEA”) and only for expenses incurred after the payment of this grant.
• All Grant funds and income thereon must be maintained in a separate account dedicated to conducting the charitable activities described in the Grant Purpose section of the Organization’s GEA, either as (1) a physically separate bank account, or (2) a separate bookkeeping account maintained as part of the Organization’s financial records.
• The Organization will provide CAF America with annual written reports, signed by an officer of the Organization, describing its use of the Grants provided by CAF America each fiscal year. Such written reports will discuss the Organization’s compliance with the terms of the Grants, the progress made in accomplishing the purposes of the outstanding Grants during that fiscal year, and any changes to the information submitted in this GEA. Such reports shall be due 4 months after the end of the Organization’s fiscal year. CAF America will continue to collect a report for each fiscal year thereafter in which the Organization has unexpended funds from the Grants. CAF America reserves the right to modify this reporting schedule.
• The Organization shall only report on expenditures related to CAF America grant funds. Expenditures from other grantors should not be included on grantee reports submitted to CAF America.
• The Organization will not use the Grants, directly or indirectly:
o to carry on any propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation;
o to influence the outcome of any specific public election or to carry on any voter registration drive;
o to induce or encourage violations of law or public policy or to cause any improper private benefit to occur;
o to provide tuition, medical expenses, or other economic benefits to a donor, a donor’s advisor, or a member of a donor’s family;
o except as provided in a separate written agreement with CAF America, (i) to make any grants to individuals or organizations, (ii) to create, develop, or acquire any capital asset worth more than $5,000 with a useful life of over one year, or (iii) to conduct activities in (or travel to or from) the United States (unless the Organization is a U.S. entity);
o or to take any other action inconsistent with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• The Organization does not knowingly employ individuals or contribute funds to organizations that the Organization otherwise knows to support terrorism or to individuals or organizations found on any terrorist-related list promulgated by the U.S. Government, the United Nations or the European Union, including the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals List, the Department of Justice’s Terrorist Exclusion List and the list annexed to Executive Order 13224.
• The Organization warrants that it does not and will not use Grant funds to (i) make any illegal payments directly or indirectly to government officials, political parties, or political candidates outside the US, (ii) make any other payments to such persons (or to others knowing that they will use the funds to make payments to such persons) that would cause CAF America or any other person to violate the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as amended. The Organization will maintain records of receipts and expenditures of the Grant funds for a period of seven years after the Grant funds have been expended. The Organization will make such records available to CAF America for inspection, upon request. CAF America may monitor and conduct an evaluation of operations under the Grants, which may include a site visit arranged by CAF America to observe the Organization’s program, discuss the program with the Organization’s personnel and review financial records and other materials connected with the activities financed by the Grants. If CAF America is not satisfied with the quality of the work done or the progress made under the Grants, or determines that the Organization is not capable of satisfactorily completing the Grants, CAF America may, in its sole discretion, withhold payment of Grant funds, or declare the Grants terminated.
• If the Organization is dissolved, if the Grants are terminated, or if the Organization is otherwise unable to use the Grants for the activities described in the Grant Purpose section of the GEA, the Organization will promptly return any unexpended grant funds to CAF America.
• The Organization and its authorized signatory certify that the responses to this Grant Eligibility Application are true and complete. If they are not, CAF America may declare the Grants terminated and require repayment of some or all of the Grants.
• If any portion of the Grants is used for any purpose other than those described in the Grant Purpose section of the GEA, the Organization will promptly notify CAF America. CAF America will withhold any further payment of Grant funds until it has received assurance that the Organization has taken appropriate precautions sufficient to prevent future misuse from occurring. In addition, CAF America may require the Organization to repay some or all of the Grant funds.
• The Eligibility Period ceases, and this agreement shall be considered terminated, two-three years after the parties execute this agreement, except to the extent CAF America extends or shortens such eligibility period (and this agreement) in its own discretion. The Organization represents, warrants, and undertakes that the facts stated in this GEA, and such updates to those facts that the Organization may submit from time to time in subsequent communications with CAF America, are accurate and complete.
• The Organization acknowledges and accepts that the award of any Grant is a matter of CAF America’s sole and absolute discretion and that nothing in the GEA, these Grant Terms or any prior dealings with CAF America, imposes any obligation on CAF America to award any Grants. In particular, the Organization acknowledges that execution of these Grant Terms by CAF America merely indicates agreement and acceptance by CAF America that a necessary pre-condition to the award of any Grants (namely the agreement and acceptance by the Organization of these Grant Terms) has been satisfied.
• The Organization understands that this Agreement does not confer upon the Organization any special recognition from, endorsement by, or affiliation with CAF America.
• CAF America reserves the right to change these Grant Terms in the future, and such terms shall become binding upon the Organization if it does not object within 30 days after receiving notice of such changes. If the Organization objects and the parties cannot agree on suitable terms within 30 days, the Grants will terminate.
• This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and, with respect to the Grants, supersedes all prior agreements of the parties.

I Agree

If you are applying with a fiscal sponsor, please note that a signatory authority with your fiscal sponsor must sign this agreement. We cannot accept a grant agreement that is signed by a fiscally sponsored organization.

I understand

I certify that by typing my name on the signature line I intend to sign the Agreement and be bound to the same extent as if I had provided a physical signature. *

Signatory

Signatory's Title

Date of Signature

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