{"id":611941,"date":"2025-05-14T15:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=611941"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:31:37","slug":"usa-swimming-foundation-announce-2025-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-grant-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-foundation-announce-2025-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-grant-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Foundation Announces 2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grant Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in the United States, and its fundraising arm, the USA Swimming Foundation, today announced the 2025 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) grant recipients. Eight HBCU programs will receive funding this year, which will help them to start youth and adult water safety lessons, a community serving USA Swimming club, or expand university-based swim clubs. Since the program\u2019s inception in 2021, $272,500 has been provided to directly impact individuals and create opportunities at the local level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe USA Swimming Foundation is honored to continue working alongside companies like OneAmerica Financial, to directly impact individuals and create opportunities at the local level,\u201d\u00a0said USA Swimming Foundation Executive Director Elaine Calip<\/strong>. \u201cRevitalizing aquatic opportunities at HBCU\u2019s is a priority for USA Swimming, and collaborations like this one can impact generations to come.<\/p>\n

In 2022, OneAmerica Financial committed to supporting the USA Swimming Foundation through a 10-year, $1 million initiative to develop learn-to-swim and competitive opportunities in communities across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough our relationship with USA Swimming, we\u2019ve developed a greater appreciation for how more funding will not only enable HBCUs to utilize their swim facilities more fully for recreation and competition but also create greater access to water safety programs for the community,\u201d said Kim Thomas, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at OneAmerica Financial. \u201cOur investment will not only help save lives but potentially expand competitive swimming for HBCU students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the below programs for receiving funding this year:<\/p>\n