The Academy of Model Aeronautics offers many grant opportunities for clubs. Read below to find out more about available opportunities.
Club Recognition and Reward Grant
The Academy of Model Aeronautics encourages clubs across the country to take part in events and serve the community in ways that will entice community members to learn more about the hobby of model aviation. To encourage clubs to promote model aviation, the AMA offers clubs cash incentives for positive local media coverage for a public event, public service, club announcement, or other coverage.
Learn more about the Club Recognition and Reward Grant HERE.
Disaster Relief Grant
At the October 2005 Executive Council Meeting at AMA HQ in Muncie, Indiana, the Executive Council approved a new program designed to grant immediate financial assistance to AMA chartered clubs that have flying sites damaged by a natural disaster such as a hurricane, earthquake, flooding, firestorm, etc. The grant is designed to assist clubs in clearing debris and/or making repairs so that the field is once again accessible and usable by club members. It is not designed to pay for repairs to structures or facilities that were not affected by the natural disaster.
Learn more about the Disaster Relief Grant HERE.
Flying Site Improvement Grant
The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and AMA Foundation are committed to supporting its members through philanthropy. The Flying Site Improvement Grant program provides funding for AMA chartered clubs that have made improvement or are making improvement to their flying sites. We understand that well-maintained flying sites promote satisfaction among hobbyists, club visibility to the public, community engagement, aviation education, and safety.
Through the FSIG program, the AMA will contribute 25% of total project costs - with a minimum contribution of $100 and a maximum contribution of $3,000 - to clubs that are improving their flying sites and demonstrating their club's commitment to AMA's mission statement: To promote, advance, and safeguard model aviation as a hobby, sport, and educational tool.
Learn more about the Flying Site Improvement Grant HERE.
Al Kanser AMA AED Save A Life Grant
In 2023, the Academy of Model Aeronautics Foundation created the Al Kanser AMA AED Save A Life Grant in order to help promote safer and more medically equipped flying sites. This grant is designed to reimburse clubs for 25% (up to $200) of the cost of a recently purchased Automated External Defibrillator (AED). AEDs, which are easy to use, can be critical when helping someone who is experiencing sudden cardiac arrest.
Learn more about the Save A Life Grant HERE.
If you have questions for the Red Cross about the AED program, you can contact Miranda Groh at 615-339-0753 or miranda.groh@redcross.org.
Take off And Grow Grant
Do you want to introduce model aviation to your friends and neighbors and receive local recognition and financial benefits in return? If you answered "yes," then you'll want to know more about AMA's Take off And Grow Grant.
Developed to encourage our members and clubs to promote modeling as a positive recreational activity to those in their communities, TAG was the first of several programs implemented by AMA in 2007. Intended primarily to welcome the general public to aero modeling, TAG provides a one-day extensive introduction of model aviation with the intent of drawing new people into the model aviation hobby.
Learn more about the Take off And Grow Grant HERE.
