About the Dream Building Fund powered by GSD

  • Financial and knowledge support for those who bring local solutions to humanities most pressing problems aligning with UN SDGs, through table tennis.
  • Biannual call to provide a grant for project with individual ranges from EUR 10,000 – 35,000.
  • The ITTF Foundation and its partner, The Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD), fund five projects each round.
  • Each selected project is being supported for 2 to 3 years.

Applications for the fourth DBF edition are closed and the screening and selection process starts from January 2024.

Eligble implementation partners

  • Any legally established and locally recognised non-profit, table tennis, sport, or social organisation with a project of bringing about positive change in its local or regional environment through the means of table tennis.
  • The ITTF Foundation cannot support individuals directly; the support must go through a supporting or legally established organisation which is able to receive the grant.

Our approach

The projects supported by the Dream Building Fund are based on:

  • The idea of a collaborative partnership, where every stakeholder contributes to the success of the project.
  • The Theory of Change (ToC) - a methodology used for planning, participation and evaluation to promote social change.

The project plan is therefore built together with successful candidates based on the following model:


Current projects

Community Table Tennis - India

EduDrive Table Tennis - Ghana

Affective Leadership - Colombia

Nittaku Dream Building with Refugees - Za'atari Camp, Jordan

Dream Building with Refugees - Azraq Camp, Jordan

Smash Down Barriers - Tonga

Vision Changers - Kenya

Tanjun Associate LLP - India

Table Tennis for New Life - Nepal

Table Tennis for Mental Health - Uganda

Table Tennis for Education - Indonesia

Rising Stars - Islamic Republic of Iran

Past projects

Impacting Lives - Peru

Slum Ping Pong - Kampala, Uganda

Mathare Tables for Hope - Nairobi, Kenya

Points that tear down barriers - Ecuador

Empowering inclusive leadership - Netherlands

Ping4Alzheimers - Levallois, France

Education for success - Hoima, Uganda

Table Tennis for NepALL

National Youth Table Tennis Association

Haiti Recovery

Ishraq

Solomon Islands Road to Recovery

Mbale Tigers Uganda

Nittaku Dream Building - El Salvador

Ping Pong Ba Dame in East Timor

Ping Pong Paix in Burundi and Congo

Ping Pong Paz

SPAT in Ethiopia

UNHCR Sport for the Refugees

Our Sponsors