Fit Kids is on a mission to provide structured physical activity, movement, and mindfulness programs to all children, connecting them to the physical and mental health benefits of exercise.
Fit Kids provides equipment and a fun, comprehensive curriculum that includes a variety of sports and fitness activities to 176 schools, after-school programs, and community organizations in underserved communities. Our program is designed to be fun, engaging, and accessible to children of all ages and abilities, and includes fitness stations, relays, games, and mindfulness activities.
Fit Kids partner sites serve a majority of students from low-income families and marginalized communities. These communities often lack safe parks, affordable sports programs, and adequate physical education opportunities at school due to budget constraints. The lack of physical activity among children from these communities affects their physical health, and also contributes to mental health and academic challenges. Fit Kids serves as an evidence-based solution to address these health disparities.
A majority of our programs are located in the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Sacramento, but you can find us all across the US - and in Mexico!
Over 28,000 youth are participating in Fit Kids this year. Without our program, these students would not consistently have access to structured physical activity.
Read more about Fit Kids on our website!
Our mission is to provide structured physical activity, movement, and mindfulness programs to ensure all children are able to enjoy the physical and mental health benefits of exercise.
Fit Kids is seeking funding for 29 programs in the Sacramento area operating through the Sacramento City Unified School District. Each of these programs launched during the 2024 - 2025 school year and we are fundraising for a cost of $5,000 per site - $2,500 covers all of the equipment provided to a school, and the other $2,500 covers curriculum content, online access for coaches, training, and administrative program management.
Fit Kids has identified the following core values as critical to our mission:
Equal importance of physical and mental health
Inclusion for all children
Accessible content anywhere, anytime
Lifelong love of being active
Organization name
The Fit Kids Foundation Inc
2011
Tax id (EIN)
27-4987709
Mission Category
Youth Development
Operating Budget
$500,001-$1 million
Organization Need
Funding: Unrestricted, Funding: Program
Local Counties Served
Sacramento
Address
845 Oak Grove Avenue #100Sacramento, CA, US
San Jose, CA, US
Los Angeles, CA, US
Las Vegas, NV, US
Salt Lake City, UT, US