Parity Week by Gainbridge®
Investing in the Future of Women’s Sports
Parity Week by Gainbridge: Investing in the Future of Women’s Sports is a nationwide movement to celebrate and amplify girls and women through sports and education grants. Gainbridge®, Parity, and Women’s Sports Foundation® will award $150,000 in grants to deserving organizations that support girls and women through sports and education.
CELEBRATING THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF WOMEN'S SPORTS
In 2023, Gainbridge® launched Parity Week to celebrate the past, present, and future of women’s sports. For the second year, Parity Week will include two major sporting events sponsored by Gainbridge®: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican LPGA Tour event; and the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge®, known as the World Cup of Women’s Tennis. This year, the flagship events will amplify the larger movement throughout the month of November.
“Parity Week is an opportunity to celebrate girls and women in sports and education and to get people from all over the U.S. thinking about investing in their future. Our mission at Group 1001 is to transform communities through sports and education and I’m excited to watch these Parity Week grants help organizations grow.”
DANIEL TOWRISS | CEO & PRESIDENT, GROUP 1001
BE A PART OF PARITY WEEK
In honor of Billie Jean’s $5,000 check that she started the Women’s Sports Foundation® with 50 years ago, Gainbridge® and Parity will award multiple grants of at least $5,000 each, totaling $100,000, to deserving girls and women’s sports and education organizations around the country.
Parity Athletes are encouraged to apply for grants to organize a camp or clinic in their sports, giving aspiring female sports stars an unforgettable opportunity and experience. Priority will be given to events that take place during November 2024.
Additionally, Gainbridge® and the Women's Sports Foundation® will award a $50,000 grant in Billie Jean King’s honor to the Junior Tennis Foundation, the charitable arm of USTA Eastern, to help repair tennis courts and establish community tennis programming at Eisenhower Park in Long Island, New York.
"The path to the C-suite is rooted in sport. Studies have shown that 94 percent of women executives played sports growing up. Parity Week by Gainbridge® will allow women athletes to use their platforms to influence the next generation."
LEELA SRINIVASAN | CEO, PARITY
