Three-year initiative offers up to $25,000 per athlete to remove financial barriers preventing kids from playing the sports they love
LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Luka Dončić Foundation today officially opened applications for Stay in Play, a three-year global grant program designed to eliminate financial barriers that force young athletes out of the sports they love. The announcement follows Luka Dončić's acquisition of Vanoli Cremona as part of an ownership group that has relocated the professional basketball club to Rome.
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