USA Swimming Announces Strategic Recovery Plan with $1 Million in Grants USA Swimming on Tuesday announced a strategic recovery plan to extend resources, both logistical and financial, to clubs struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. The initial pledge from USA Swimming is a minimum of $1 million in grants, funded by the USA Swimming Foundation, to support clubs and members in precarious financial positions among the local swimming committees (LSCs). Grant applications, which go directly through USA Swimming’s COVID-19 Relief Program for Teams, will progress in two phases. The first phase covers “immediate need to clubs in current financial peril,” while the second phase aims to help clubs reopen once the pandemic lifts, aimed at occurring later this year. Relief grants will be as much as $5,000 with an expected average amount of $3,000. They are designed to replace lost anticipated revenue from cancellations this summer and offset operating expenses that clubs cannot defer even without swimmers/events. Read the full story by clicking the button below. |