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Our new Grant Finder Tool will help you find grants specific to your state and type of program. New grants updated daily!
Featured Grants
Healthy Lifestyles Grant
The Health Foundation of South Florida is committed to promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors, specifically nutrition and physical activity, among children and adults by funding projects predominantly in child care centers, schools, and after-school programs...
Physical Education Quality Improvement Grant
The Colorado Health Foundation invites school districts to submit applications to increase the number of students who engage in moderate or vigorous physical activity by improving the quality of physical education. School districts would receive up to three years of funding for physical education quality improvement...
Testimonials
SPARK was a highly professional, well-administrated, quality program. It provides teachers with great ideas and makes one very sensitive to the need for constant motion in the physical fitness...
Ken McFadden was our trainer and did an AMAZING job! He was very...
This is one of the best trainings I have attended. I love the program and especially the aspect of there being no losers-- everyone...
What's New
American Diabetes Association and SPARK Team-Up for a Great Cause
Sign-up for School Walk and join the movement to Stop Diabetes!
ADA School Walk for Diabetes and SPARK have teamed-up to help raise funds to support the American Diabetes Associations mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
SPARK featured in Washington Post
A recent article in the Washington Post titled "Shaping Up PE: The rise in childhood obesity prompts a gym class makeover" features the D.C. public school district and their adoption of SPARK PE to help students get active and combat childhood obesity.
How NOT To Spend Your PE $$...
Not all Physical Education programs are created equal. Here's how NOT to spend your PE funds...
SPARK is a research-based organization that disseminates evidence-based Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, and Coordinated School Health programs to teachers and recreation leaders serving Pre-K through 12th grade students.
Each SPARK Program strives to foster environmental and behavioral change by providing a coordinated package of evidence-based curriculum, on-site staff development, lifetime follow-up consultation, and content-matched equipment.
Since 1989, SPARK has provided curriculum materials, teacher training, and consultation to over 100,000 teachers and youth leaders, representing many thousands of schools, organizations, and agencies worldwide.
Visit the Resources section of this website for FREE tools including PE lesson plans for elementary physical education, middle school physical education, high school physical education and other physical education resources. You'll also find information on preschool physical education, after school activity ideas and resources for coordinated school health programs.