USTA Foundation launches Community Impact Hub initiative

Ten community-based organizations that are a part of the USTA Foundation’s National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network will expand upon their work to offer tennis and education programs to embed tennis as a catalyst for holistic community change. These Hubs will dramatically scale the Foundation’s efforts to offer access to tennis and all of its benefits to communities that need it most through no-cost school and family play opportunities, coach training, and investment in courts in under-resourced communities.

This initiative is projected to reach over 630,000 young people and families, implement new youth tennis programming in over 570 schools, refurbish at least 160 tennis courts, and recruit over 2,000 new coaches in Hub communities nationwide by the end of 2027. This more than $6 million initiative is seeded by the USTA and USTA Foundation, and the Foundation will actively fundraise to support its growth, with the ultimate goal of scaling into additional communities, affording more people access to the benefits of tennis–on and off the court.

These Hubs will also serve as anchors for broader community connection while helping meet high levels of unmet demand and supporting the USTA’s broader “35 by ’35” goal: growing tennis participation to 35 million Americans by the year 2035.

"This initiative is about more than introducing people to tennis. It is about embedding the sport into the fabric of communities in a way that creates lasting impact," said Brian Vahaly, USTA Board President and interim co-CEO.

"By partnering with local leaders to shape these Community Impact Hubs, we can create programs that reflect each community’s unique needs, expand access to the game, and ensure tennis is seen as a source of opportunity, connection, and inspiration for young people and their families."