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Cycle 1 grant awardees featured on tennis.com

Jul 21, 2021 01:30 PM

tennis.com's Baseline column highlights the USTA Foundation's recent Cycle 1 grant awardees. Read More

NJTLs detail how USTA Foundation support helped guide them through COVID-19 pandemic

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Jul 20, 2021 11:00 AM

Dave Higaki, Executive Director of East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring (EPATT), and Addison Staples, Executive Director of Aces in Motion (AIM), detailed to Forbes how the USTA Foundation's support has helped their organizations continue to serve their communities over the past 18 months. Read More

Treasure Coast Tennis Association NJTL highlighted as Cycle 1 grant beneficiary

Jul 16, 2021 09:00 AM

The NJTL chapter, run by former Baylor University varsity tennis coach Tim Palmer, is the organization that executes the youth tennis programming on behalf of the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation, the charitable foundation of the U.S. Davis Cup captain. Read More

USTA Foundation awards over $1 million in 2021 Cycle 1 grants

Jul 14, 2021 04:00 PM

The initial investment of more than $1 million will support 105 National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) chapters in 36 states. Read More

Montgomery, Ngounoue represent Excellence Team at junior French Open

Clervie Ngounoue in action during the Orange Bowl at the Veltri Tennis Center in Plantation, Fla.

Jun 14, 2021 10:30 AM

Clervie Ngounoue, a product of the Metropolitan Tennis & Education Group (MTEG) NJTL chapter and the USTA Foundation Excellence Team, has been awarded a wild card for the girls' singles event at the French Open, where Robin Montgomery also competed. Read More

'It is carrying out Arthur Ashe’s mission': CBS Local Sports highlights 'Rally for the Future'

Jun 02, 2021 12:00 PM

The digital platform featured an interview with USTA Foundation President Kathleen Wu on the ‘Rally for the Future’ campaign and the growing popularity of tennis that posted in upwards of 20 major markets across the country. Read More

AAPI Heritage Month Spotlight: USTAF leaders share vision for the future

Tome Chen and Kathleen Wu (left of Chris Evert).

May 27, 2021 08:30 AM

For Tom Chen and Kathleen Wu, the two-term past president and current president of the USTA Foundation Board of Directors, the Foundation’s mission is very personal and in part, rooted in their Asian-American heritage. Read More

Sports Business Journal: Rally for the Future

This year's awardees hail from a diverse range of backgrounds and different NJTL programs.

May 25, 2021 08:00 AM

SBJ, highlighting trends in the industry, reached nearly 50,000 print, digital and Sports Business Journal daily subscribers. Read More

Rally for the Future featured in in Racquet Sports Industry magazine

May 24, 2021 08:00 AM

Tennis Industry reaches over 18,000 tennis specialty shops, sport specialty shops, department store buyers, sporting goods stores, tennis clubs, country clubs, multisport clubs, hotels, resorts, real estate developments, municipalities, schools, colleges, importers & exporters, and members of the U.S. Racquet Stringers Association, the Tennis Industry Association, the American Sports Builders Association, and the U.S. Tennis Writers Association. Read More

Kathleen Wu speaks to TENNIS magazine

May 21, 2021 10:00 AM

The new president of the USTA Foundation's Board of Directors, Wu sat down with tennis.com's Matt Fitzgerald to discuss the "Rally for the Future" fundraising campaign. Read More