USRowing Receives National Rowing Foundation Grant
March 25, 2024 – USRowing (West Windsor, N.J.) today announced receipt of a generous $780,000 grant from the National Rowing Foundation (NRF) which will provide significant support for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Teams, as well as impactful stipends for U.S. athletes who will be competing at the Games.
“The NRF is proud of our decades-long history of supporting the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, and we are pleased to continue this commitment to the USRowing High Performance program and our Olympic and Paralympic athletes through this grant,” said NRF Co-Chairs Jamie Koven and Marcia Hooper.
Under the agreement, the NRF is providing $630,000 for domestic training camps for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic teams and for final preparation camps in Europe for athletes racing in 2024 World Cup events. An additional $150,000 grant is provided for Olympic and Paralympic athlete stipends.
“On behalf of USRowing and our Olympic and Paralympic athletes, we thank the National Rowing Foundation for its continued and generous support. We look forward to seeing our athletes compete this summer at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta and the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland before heading to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. NRF support is critical in providing the resources that our athletes need to travel, compete, and perform at their very best,” said USRowing CEO Amanda Kraus.
About USRowing
USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing has 83,000 individual members and 1,350 member organizations, offering rowing programs for all. www.usrowing.org
About the National Rowing Foundation
The National Rowing Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to raising funds to provide direct support to National Team athletes.?Founded in 1966, the NRF has provided important funding for the U.S. National Team, ensuring that U.S. athletes have the resources that they need to get them to the medal podium.https://natrowing.org/
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