Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation Chase Your Dreams Grant Program
1. Summary of Program. The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation Chase Your Dreams Grant Program (the “Grant Program”) will award grants to school baseball and softball programs throughout the State of Arizona (each, a “Grant” and collectively, the “Grants”), in the form of baseball/softball equipment and/or field maintenance. By submitting an application, the applicant, on behalf of him/herself and his/her school, is unconditionally agreeing to, and accepting, all terms of these Official Rules. Submissions will be accepted commencing at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (“MST”) on September 1, 2023, and must be received by 5:00 p.m. MST on November 30, 2023 (“Submission Period”). Eligible submissions will be evaluated by staff members of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity (“Foundation”). The Foundation will award Grants as determined in its sole and absolute discretion.
2. Eligibility. The Program is open to all Arizona public, private, and nonprofit charter schools that provide classes for any Grade 9–12 and offer both baseball and softball activities to its students. Only coaches or administrators of the school, and/or an authorized representative of districts where such school is located, eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of submission, may submit an application on behalf of a school. All schools and their applicants must meet these eligibility requirements.
3. Grant. Each Grant will be distributed in the form of baseball/softball equipment and/or field maintenance valued up to $10,000.00. The Foundation, in its sole and absolute discretion, will determine the scope of the baseball/softball equipment and/or field maintenance provided as part of all Grants.
4. Submission of Applications.
a. Submissions. Applicants are permitted to submit multiple applications, and schools are permitted to be named in multiple applications.
b. Content. Applications must be three thousand (3,000) characters (including spaces) or less and completed online at www.dbacks.com/chaseyourdreams. The application must: (i) demonstrate why the school should be awarded a Grant; (ii) include a brief description of the school’s needs and reason for the request; (iii) include a brief description and history of the baseball and softball programs and the students they serve; (iv) identify other conditions, circumstances, or additional information to support the application; and (v) include the following statement: “I hereby attest that the information provided in this application is truthful and accurate.” Additional information, including contact information requested on the online application form, is also required. Photos, videos, or mailed applications will not be accepted.
c. Submission Period. All applications must be received during the Submission Period (described in Section 1 above) in order to be eligible for evaluation. Late applications will not be accepted.
5. Selection of Application.
a. Evaluation. All applications will be evaluated by the Foundation based on the following criteria: financial need (33%); intended use of the Grant (33%); and community impact (34%). The Foundation will assess each application and may, in its sole and absolute discretion, award a Grant to a school. All decisions by the Foundation are final.
b. No Multiple Grants. A school is not eligible to receive multiple Grants.
c. Announcement. Grants are scheduled to be announced by December 8, 2023.
d. Notification. In the event a school is selected to receive a Grant, the Foundation will attempt to notify the applicant and the school using the information submitted by the applicant. The school (and any other party who may utilize the Grant) must execute a grant agreement before the Grant will be awarded. The grant agreement will contain provisions including, but not limited to, a release and waiver of claims and an affidavit of use of the Grant. In the event a school: (i) does not respond to the Foundation within ten (10) calendar days of notification; (ii) is ruled ineligible for any reason; (iii) refuses the Grant; or (iv) does not return an executed grant agreement, the Grant will be forfeited and may or may not be awarded to an alternate school, as determined by the Foundation in its sole and absolute discretion.
6. Assignment of Applications. Upon submission, all applications shall become the sole property of the Foundation and will not be returned. In consideration of, and as a condition to, having an application considered for use in awarding a Grant, the applicant and school hereby assign, transfer and convey, effective upon any submission, all right, title and interest in and to the application, including all associated copyright and other intellectual property rights. Applicants and schools will not be paid for submitted applications or for the granting of any rights. By submitting an application, the applicant (on behalf of him/herself and the school) warrants and represents that he/she (and/or the school) is the sole author and creator of the application, the application is truthful and accurate, the application does not violate any applicable law, and the application does not infringe or violate any intellectual property rights held by a third party.
7. General Terms and Conditions.
a. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. All information submitted online by applicants is subject to, and will be treated in a manner consistent with, MLB’s Terms of Use accessible at: com/tou and Privacy Policy accessible at: mlb.com/privacy.
b. APPLICABLE LAWS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. ALL UNITED STATES FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS APPLY. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR BE SELECTED.
c. Lost Applications. The Foundation and the MLB Entities (defined below) shall not be responsible for any failed applications for any reason including without limitation those applications that are lost, late, delayed, incomplete, or misdirected. Further, the Foundation and the MLB Entities shall not be responsible for any electronic, network, and server failures or malfunctions or other technical errors of any kind.
d. Modifications. The Foundation reserves the right to modify these Official Rules and/or cancel or discontinue the Program for any reason without notice, as determined in its sole and absolute discretion. Any changes will be posted online at www.dbacks.com/chaseyourdreams.
e. General Release. By submitting an application, the applicant and school agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless the Foundation, AZPB Limited Partnership (dba Arizona Diamondbacks), the other MLB Entities, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and its subsidiaries, any participating sponsor, and each of their respective partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from any claim, damages, or liability (including, without limitation, claims based on property damage, personal injury and/or death, publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy) arising from or related to the Program, the submission or use of any application, and the use of any Grant. “MLB Entities” shall mean the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball (“BOC”), its Bureaus, Committees, Subcommittees and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (“MLB”), Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., The MLB Network, LLC, the Major League Baseball Clubs (“Clubs”), each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Clubs or the BOC, and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing entities.
f. CAUTION. ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE FOUNDATION WILL DISQUALIFY ANY APPLICANT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT, AND THE FOUNDATION, MLB, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
g. Severability. If any portion of these Official Rules is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, for any reason, that portion shall be severed from the rest.
h. Governing Law; Arbitration. The provisions of these Official Rules shall be construed and enforceable in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona. As a condition of Grant consideration, the applicant and school agree that: (i) any and all disputes, claims, controversies or causes of action arising out of or relating to the Program, or any Grant awarded (each, a “Claim”), shall be (1) arbitrated on an individual basis only, and shall not be consolidated or joined with or in any arbitration or other proceeding involving a Claim of any other party, and (2) settled by binding arbitration in Maricopa County, Arizona before a single arbitrator appointed by JAMS in accordance with its then governing rules and procedures, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof; and (ii) under no circumstance will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses.