The International Athletic Foundation is a non-profit organisation. The Foundation's goal is to charitably assist the world governing body for track and field athletics - the International Association of Athletics Federations - its affiliated national governing bodies, and any other individuals or organisations deemed worthy of support in order to perpetuate the development and promotion of athletics world-wide.

You will find in these pages the objectives and procedures required for obtaining grants for funding from the International Athletic Foundation.
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Main Objectives

The main objectives of the Foundation are:

• To spread the universal message of the purest of humankind's sports, regardless of race, religion, colour or country of origin.
• To support projects which meet one of the five following fundamental criteria:

• To assist athletes, administrators, coaches and national athletic federations.

Scope of Activities

The International Athletic Foundation operates mainly within the framework of the IAAF and its development programmes and affiliated member federations. However, the assistance may extend to outside bodies such as Universities, research centres and other deserving institutions or individuals.

Its activities are truly global with projects taking place on all the six continents and activities reaching millions of young people and hundreds of countries around the world.

The scope of activities of the Foundation include the following:

• Educational courses
• Seminars
• Conferences
• Exhibitions/projects of social, scientific and technical nature
• Publication of manuals and disseminating information
• Design and/or construction of athletics facilities
• Grassroots athletics programmes
• Training scholarships

Applications and Requirements

In principle, requests for project or funding for grants should come from IAAF Member Federations, but may also come individuals or other organisations. IAAF Members must be in good standing within the IAAF to apply for grants. Applications must be submitted in writing on the official Grant Application form to the President of the Foundation including, but not limited to the following information:

• Statement of objective
• Status of the project
• Comprehensive project budget in USD, including the amount secured to date and a complete list of any other sources of funding

It should be noted that project which already have a solid financial support or backing are more likely to receive favourable consideration, particularly regarding the construction of facilities. It is generally the policy of the Foundation not to fund entirely construction projects. Consideration may be given, however, to assisting in the completion of certain worthy projects.

Funding

Requests will initially be reviewed by the Foundation executive management who will make an initial determination of projects' validity and feasibility. The management may consult outside experts, or authorities to make this determination. Projects considered worthy of consideration will be submitted to the Executive Committee and Council of the Foundation for final review and grant recommendations.

In principle, the Foundation will decide on grants and projects at its November Council Meeting for the following year.

The deadline for application for funding is therefore 30 September of the year prior to when the project or grant should commence.

The Foundation's annual financial situation pending, the Council may review certain exceptional requests during its Summer meeting. The President may consult the members of the Executive Committee in urgent cases where requests are deemed worthy of support but do not fall within the prescribed time frame.

Upon acceptance, a project will receive a final grant determination within three to six months of submission of all required materials.