The numbers breakdown

What it really
costs.

Adaptive sports cost more at every step. Here is every number in our goal for the year ahead, and what each one pays for.

The goal for the year ahead

$50,000, line by line.

For the year ahead, our goal for Chicago Pickleball: Wheelie Big Dills covers a night on court every week for 10 to 15 athletes, a year of memberships for 10 of them, and a season of tournament travel ending at the US Open in Naples in spring 2027. One goal, funded in this order: every new gift goes to the first line until it is covered, and gifts past the road go toward the Chicago Classic.

  1. 01

    Every week

    $27,180 a year

    A year of court time for 10 to 15 athletes a night, plus memberships for 10, so they can play every week and train to compete. Every new gift starts here.

    • Court timea night every week, all year$11,700A night on court is $225, for 10 to 15 athletes.
    • Membershipsten athletes, all year$15,480Unlimited sessions, because it takes many sessions a week to compete in tournaments and build a ranking.
  2. 02

    The Road to the US Open

    $21,000

    A season of tournament travel for the crew, ending at the US Open in Naples in spring 2027. The US Open picks players by lottery, so nothing is guaranteed. Money raised earlier for the US Open, the popcorn drive included, keeps its terms and stays on the road. See the road

    • Tournament tripsabout 21 trips$21,000A trip is one athlete at one tournament: entry fees, travel and an accessible room, at about $1,000. The road’s budget is for the stops ahead.

  3. Every week, the road, and the rest toward the Classic$50,000

  4. 03

    The Chicago Classic

    Next goalDate to come

    Our goal: free registration, transportation and hotels for every athlete. Gifts past the road go toward it, and it gets its own budget once it has a date. See the Classic

Every gift goes to the Hustle & Heart Fund, and we pay clubs and vendors directly. How Giving Works

Not in the goal

A sport chair: $4,000 to $6,000.

Insurance doesn’t cover sport wheelchairs. Most of the athletes we support have one. When one needs a chair, we raise for that athlete, outside this goal.

What a gift does

The same numbers, gift by gift.

Every amount on the donate page, and what it does.

Monthly

  • $60a monthone athlete, four nights a monthFour nights on court every month for one athlete.
  • $129a monthone membership a monthUnlimited sessions every month for one athlete to compete.
  • $900a monthup to 15 athletes, four nights a monthFour nights on court every month for up to 15 athletes.

One time

  • $15one timeone athlete, one nightOne night on court for one athlete.
  • $60one timeone athlete, four nightsFour nights on court for one athlete.
  • $225one timeup to 15 athletes, one nightOne night on court for up to 15 athletes.
  • $1,000one timeabout one tournament tripAbout one tournament trip for one athlete: entry, travel and a room.
  • $1,548one timeone athlete, a year of trainingA year of unlimited sessions for one athlete.
  • $3,500one timewhat recent US Opens costAbout one athlete’s US Open: entry, travel and a room.

Raising nowChicago Pickleball: Wheelie Big Dills

Every week on court. A season on the road.

What it takes to build the best wheelchair pickleball in the Chicago area, maybe the country.

$50,000our goal for the year ahead

Four nights on court every month for one athlete.

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