hamiltonfan Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 A Canadian Soccer Foundation is need in this country just like they have in the USA. www.ussoccerfoundation.org If you look through that site you see all the good things for soccer in that country it has acomplished. Why don't we have one here? The money? It could start out with a small budget, sponsors and donation could be where it comes from. It has to start somewhere. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Good idea, why don't you start one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis_Rancagua Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 In fact, I've been pleading with the CSA for nearly 7 years to establish a soccer foundation. The whole thing went-in deaf ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 I would love to start one..but the fact is im still in school and I'm not the person to do this at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionattan Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 How would one go about doing that though. Would it have to go through the CSA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 quote:Originally posted by hamiltonfan I would love to start one..but the fact is im still in school and I'm not the person to do this at the time. Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Why must the CSA be involved? Just take the bull by the horns, put together a business plan, recruit the sponsors/donors and get going. People keep saying the CSA never starts anything and just climbs on bandwagons, well start building a bandwagon, the CSA will climb aboard soon enough if these people are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Dionattan How would one go about doing that though. Would it have to go through the CSA? I nice website for starters;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I don't think the CSA need be involved at all really. ANybody can set up a non-profit organisation. Perhaps a good place to start would be to research provincial/federal non-profit organisation rules and requirements. It might need a lawyer to set up the legal basis, one advantage of working with the CSA would be access to legal resources. Here are a few places to start your research. Canada Revenue Agency: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonprofit/menu-e.html Starting a Non-Profit Organisation: http://www.mapnp.org/library/strt_org/strt_np/strt_np.htm Non-profit Organisations: http://www.nonprofitscan.ca/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I know it's been 8 years that people were talking about it, but I see that MLS is giving money from fines to 2 foundations including the US Soccer Foundation. (The other is the Kirk Urso memorial fund). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigzTFC Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I know it's been 8 years that people were talking about it, but I see that MLS is giving money from fines to 2 foundations including the US Soccer Foundation. (The other is the Kirk Urso memorial fund). So these are the foundations programs: Soccer for Success Soccer for Success is our innovative after-school program that provides children in urban, underserved areas with structured physical activity, nutrition education and mentorship at no cost to their families. Safe Places to Play In our efforts to grow the game of soccer, we help build and/or enhance fields across the nation for children in under-resourced urban areas. Since our inception, we have helped build or enhance over 1,100 fields across the United States. Passback We collect and redistribute new and gently used soccer equipment to children in need around the world through our Passback program. To date, we have collected and redistributed close to 900,000 pieces of equipment. Aren't their Canadian equivalents for these type of programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 ^ The Canadian Tire Jump Start campaign is similar, but it's not just Soccer - it's all sports. http://jumpstart.canadiantire.ca/en/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Football for all looks like a great program which has recently started in Canada. http://footballforall.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillium Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/uploads/grant-guide.pdf Link gives a good overview of how US is doing grants... of special note is how they have contracted with certain vendors to get special price/install etc. CSA could do this easily if they cared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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