Midwest Youth Tennis And Education Foundation

What Midwest Youth Tennis And Education Foundation does

The USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF) is a 501(c)-style nonprofit foundation founded in 1992 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the official charitable arm of the USTA Midwest Section and operates across five U.S. states — Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Its core function is grant-making and scholarship administration for youth and adaptive tennis: individual grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 support junior player training, travel, and equipment; organization grants of $2,000 to $8,000 fund community tennis associations and NJTL chapters; and a portfolio of named scholarships (e.g., Dorothy Kohl Future Star Achievement Award at $10,000, Kaspers' Scholarship at $10,000 over four years, Kevin Minor Legacy Scholarship at $5,000, Rick Van Horn at $1,000) targets specific demographics including African American players, female juniors under 14, adaptive/wheelchair athletes, and Southeast Michigan seniors.

MTEF's revenue model is donations-based: individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, stock gifts, and recurring fundraising events (May Match Point Bingo, Foundation 500 Board Fundraiser) plus third-party event proceeds (BMW Championship packages, Palm Desert auctions). The foundation disburses funds through a structured application process and reports impact via annual reports (2022–2025) on a WordPress-based website. It uses Bloomerang as its donor CRM (three-year relationship), with no proprietary technology product.

The foundation partners with the NJTL network, Laureus USA, TennisTEC, USTA Foundation, USTA Wheelchair Tennis, and USTA Midwest Adaptive Tennis, and operates with 11–50 staff under a board-governed structure led by a Director of Development, Director of Operations and Governance, and an NJTL/Grants lead.

Name

Midwest Youth Tennis And Education Foundation

Legal name

USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://midwesttennisfoundation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that awards grants and scholarships to youth, adaptive, and community tennis programs across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin as the charitable arm of USTA Midwest Section.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Sports Nonprofit Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sports Fundraising & Development Services (Foundations, NIL Collectives Support) (MPAKAKAK), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Cause, Community & CSR-Linked Sports Partnerships (Foundations, Youth Programs) (MPAKALAJ)

Keywords

• Youth tennis development
• Scholarship and grant programs
• Adaptive tennis programs
• Community tennis associations
• Nonprofit charitable foundation

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual and Corporate Donations: The foundation raises funds through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and stock gifts. They run annual fundraising campaigns and accept donations through their website.
2. Fundraising Events: MTEF organizes fundraising events including their annual May Match Point Bingo fundraiser which raised over $52,000 in 2026, and the Foundation 500 Board Fundraiser which raised over $32,000 in 2025.
3. Third-Party Events and Partnerships: The foundation benefits from third-party fundraising events such as BMW Championship ticket packages and Palm Desert getaway auctions, as well as partnerships with organizations like The Birchwood Club who donate proceeds from their fundraisers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF) is a nonprofit charitable foundation that awards individual grants (ranging $1,000–$5,000) to junior tennis players and organizational grants (ranging $2,000–$8,000) to community tennis programs across five Midwestern states (Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin). The foundation also administers named scholarship programs, supports National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) chapters, and funds adaptive, wheelchair, and veterans tennis programs. Revenue is generated through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, stock gifts, and fundraising events.

Product overview

USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation (MTEF) is a nonprofit charitable organization that does not offer a technology product but provides a portfolio of grant and scholarship programs for youth and adaptive tennis. The foundation offers Individual Grants (ranging $1,000-$5,000) and Organization Grants (ranging $2,000-$8,000) to support junior players and community tennis programs across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Named scholarship programs include the Dorothy Kohl Future Star Achievement Award ($10,000), Richard Bradley Memorial Scholarship, Rick Van Horn Scholarship ($1,000), Anne Krupp Memorial Scholarship, Kevin Minor Legacy Scholarship ($5,000), Kaspers' Scholarship ($10,000 over 4 years), and Parker Ross Memorial Junior Tennis Grant (up to $1,500). The foundation also supports National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) chapters, Adaptive Tennis programs, and Veterans Tennis programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• USTA MTEF Individual Grant

Quantifiable outcome

• 2026: Awarded grants to 17 junior players and 22 community organizations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and key.

• BloomerangcoreTechnology or IntegrationMTEF partnered with Bloomerang, a leading nonprofit CRM platform, to centralize donor, fundraising, and volunteer information. For the past three years, MTEF has successfully used Bloomerang's CRM to streamline operations, improve reporting, and enhance supporter engagement. Contact: Ashlynn Thomas.
• Laureus USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Laureus USA funds programs that use tennis to promote social and emotional learning. Laureus helps MTEF equip chapters with tools to measure impact beyond just teaching tennis - building resilience, self-esteem, and connection.
• National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNJTL is MTEF's flagship youth development program serving thousands of under-resourced kids each year across the Midwest. Through tennis, education, and life skills programming, NJTL helps young people build confidence, character, and community. MTEF supports NJTL chapters with grant funding, leadership development, and visibility.
• TennisTECkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerMTEF partnered with TennisTEC to make tennis more accessible regardless of location, income, or ability. The partnership blends community, coaching, and technology to remove barriers and bring tennis to under-resourced communities across the Midwest. Quote: 'We want to eliminate every barrier that keeps kids and adults from playing this sport.' - Tim Buwick, TennisTEC founder
• USTA FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMTEF is affiliated with USTA Foundation which awards college scholarships. The foundation is the charitable arm of USTA Midwest Section, expanding its mission to support Adaptive Tennis, Wheelchair Tennis, and Veterans with disabilities.
• USTA Wheelchair TenniskeyGTM or Marketing PartnerThrough funding, community building, and visibility, MTEF helps grow wheelchair tennis programs across the Midwest. They support emerging athletes, help tournament organizers reach more players, and work to expand access wherever possible.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: A national youth-development nonprofit with similar donor-funded, grantmaking-supported operating model. While not sport-specific, it is thematically comparable as a youth-services nonprofit that channels corporate and individual donations into chapter-level programming.

Direct peers

• Rajeev Ram Foundation: An Indianapolis-based tennis foundation supporting youth tennis access and education in the same city as MTEF. Listed as a current MTEF partner organization, it operates at a smaller scale with a similar athlete-led youth-tennis mission.
• Cincinnati Tennis Foundation: Operates the FAST CTA program in Cincinnati and is listed as a current MTEF partner organization. It runs community tennis programming with similar funding sources and youth-development objectives in a shared Midwest market.
• XS Tennis & Education Foundation: A Chicago-based youth tennis and education foundation serving under-resourced communities. Listed as one of MTEF's 30+ partner organizations, it is a directly comparable Midwest-region peer with the same sport-plus-education dual mission.
• Indianapolis Tennis & Education Foundation: An Indianapolis-based peer foundation supporting youth tennis programming in the same geographic market as MTEF's headquarters. It mirrors MTEF's mission of combining tennis access with educational support and operates as a fellow community partner organization.
• Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation: A direct regional peer serving the Milwaukee/Wisconsin market with the same youth tennis + education mission. Listed as a current MTEF grant recipient and partner, it operates the same grant-and-scholarship model at a smaller city-level scale.

Broad incumbents

• Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA: A national sport-for-development grantmaker funding programs that use sport to address social issues. Listed as a core strategic partner of MTEF, Laureus USA operates at a larger scale and broader sport focus, but shares the same grantmaking-plus-impact-measurement operating model.
• USTA Foundation: The national philanthropic arm of the United States Tennis Association, USTA Foundation is MTEF's parent-affiliated organization. It awards college scholarships and operates Community Impact Hubs—a category MTEF was named to in 2025—making it the closest functional and structural comparable at a national scale.
• National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL): The national umbrella organization for junior tennis and learning chapters, NJTL is MTEF's flagship program affiliation. It operates the broader network that MTEF's chapters belong to and shares the same youth-tennis-plus-education outcomes framework.

Emerging players

• ACEing Autism: A national adaptive tennis nonprofit serving individuals with autism and other disabilities. Listed as a current MTEF partner, it operates a more specialized version of the adaptive tennis programming that MTEF supports, making it a strong sub-niche peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/USTAMTEF
• Facebookfacebook.com/MidwestTennisFoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/ustamidwestfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/midwesttennisfoundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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