Playground Grants & Funding

You don’t have to postpone your new playground due to lack of funds. Burke and Play Illinois provide options and programs that can help you raise funds and obtain grants for your playground equipment. For your convenience, we’ve brought together information on our fundraising program, playground leasing and grant resources. And of course, we’re always glad to discuss your playground equipment needs and help you find ways to get the playground your kids deserve.

Playground Fundraising Tools

If you need help funding your next playground project, look no further! At Play Illinois, we understand how time-consuming and demanding it is to raise funds for a playground. Burke designed the Funds for Fun^® kit to help you get the most out of your fundraising efforts! From tips and tricks to fundraising ideas to downloadable resources, we want to help you achieve your goal!

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Lease Your Playground

We’re always searching for ways to offer exceptional products and services to our customers when they need them. Providing a vetted option to finance your playspace is part of our mission to bring the best in play, commercial playgrounds, recreation and outdoor fitness spaces to communities around the world.

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Playground Grant Search

This complete and up-to-date database of Federal, State and Private Foundation grants is available to schools and non-profit organizations including those with religious affiliations in the eight categories: After-School, At-Risk/Character, Community Involvement/Volunteerism, Early Childhood, General Education, Health/PE, Family Services and Facilities/Maintenance. Learn more about our grant search here.

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