First Point Volleyball Foundation
The official website firstpointvolleyball.com identifies First Point as an arm of the USA Volleyball Foundation (merger announced May 2025) and describes priorities to grow boys' and men's volleyball at the collegiate and high-school levels. The site includes organizational information and donation links routed to the USA Volleyball Foundation.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Colleges, athletic conferences, or nonprofit programs focused on boys' and men's volleyball and scholarship support at the high-school or collegiate level.
Good Fit
- • Requests for scholarships or collegiate-player support tied to men's volleyball.
- • Institutional partners such as universities, athletic conferences, or school athletic leagues.
- • Programs able to demonstrate alignment with growing boys' and men's volleyball participation.
- • Capacity to manage mid-sized grants (tens of thousands of dollars).
Geography
Grants have gone to multiple states in the observed years (e.g., MD, KY, NY, plus prior awards in GA, NJ, NC), so the footprint is multistate but not broadly national in scale.
Recipient Variety
Each year the funder supported three to four distinct recipients including universities and athletic organizations; the portfolio is not large but funds multiple independent organizations rather than a single beneficiary.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of new grantees (two new recipients in the latest year) combined with a public grant-request form and named program contacts suggests unfamiliar applicants have a realistic path to be considered.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
