We are always looking to learn more about the needs of athletes and coaches in the competitive rowing  community and to expand our support for beneficiaries. Please contact us here to inquire about partnerships.

It is preferable, if your organization is itself a qualified nonprofit or is associated with a qualified nonprofit that can serve as your intermediary in receiving a grant from OneWorld. We will, however, review each potential beneficiary on a case-by-case basis and, in most other instances, may be able to issue a grant to a U.S.-based organization that clearly operates within the scope of our charitable programs. We will also be happy to discuss our non-financial support services, e.g., assistance with outreach or advocacy.

OneWorld Rowing does not issue scholarships or grant checks payable to individuals.

Within our College Club Rowing and High Performance Training program areas, OneWorld Rowing intends for each year’s financial grants to be unrestricted, free of any designations tying them to a specific athlete, coach, expense or competitive achievement. As long as each beneficiary organization demonstrates a sustained, ongoing commitment to activities within the scope of OneWorld Rowing’s charitable mission, i.e., expanding athlete access to college club or high performance training and racing, then we do not intend to interfere or impose any specific expectations. In general, though, we welcome coordination among beneficiaries and feedback between beneficiaries and OneWorld as regards the best use of OneWorld’s financial grants or non-financial support services. We will also refresh our due diligence research on all beneficiaries prior to each future year’s financial grant decisions.  

Within the World Championship Athlete program area, OneWorld Rowing issues each year’s grant total to a 501(c)3 public charity, National Rowing Foundation (NRF), designated specifically for the further benefit of U.S. National Team athletes competing in the Non-Olympic Boat Classes at Senior World Championships that year. NRF then distributes the boat-specific grant amounts directly to the athletes or their training groups for use toward travel expenses and other costs of representing the U.S. at Senior World Championships.

Currently the Non-Olympic Boat Classes offered at Senior World Championships are the Womens and Mens Lightweight Single Scull, Pair, and Quadruple Scull (LW1x, LM1x, LW2-, LM2-, LW4x, LM4x).

100% of your donation supports the beneficiaries named in the “Who We Support” section of our website.  OneWorld’s directors and officers are unpaid volunteers, and a primary donor has made a personal contribution to cover our nonprofit’s administrative and fundraising expenses through at least 2024. So, your donations will directly fund OneWorld Rowing’s charitable program expenses.

Individual athletes and coaches will define the specifics of a high performance regimen differently, but all high performance training features the volume of physical conditioning and degree of technical development – and often attention to mental/psychological resilience – necessary to prepare rowers for national team qualification and international competition.

High Performance Group (HPG) is a term which athletes and coaches often use to refer to training programs or teams working toward an ultimate goal of international competition, so OneWorld Rowing uses HPG in describing beneficiary organizations in that program area. Related terms regarding age and development level of HPG athlete may include Under 23 (U23) or Senior, pre-elite or elite, and a related credential earned by a number of HPG coaches is the USRowing Level 3 High Performance Coaching certification.