Increasing Physical Activity

NIKE, Inc.

2017 Progress Report

Year Committed: 2013

Length of Commitment: 5 years

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NIKE will invest $50 million over the next 5 years to address the physical inactivity epidemic by focusing on creating early positive experiences for kids and integrating physical activity into everyday life. The investment will initially be dedicated to three categories of activity: active schools, early positive experiences in youth sports and advocacy and partnerships to accelerate uptake of large-scale solutions. Nike may shift investment strategies to best deliver against the physical inactivity epidemic.

Verified Results

Implementation Date
December 2017
Reporting Date
December 2017

Commitment Element
Invest $50 million over the next five (5) years in: • Schools: Estimated as $20 million total including an investment in Let’s Move! Active Schools. • Early positive experiences in youth sports: Estimated as $15 million total • Advocacy and partnerships: Estimated as $15 million total
Progress To Date

During the reporting period December 2016 through February 2018, NIKE invested $8,113,490. Of this total, $2,193,471 was invested in schools; $5,591,760 was invested in community sports and coaching; and $328,259 was invested in advocacy. Overall during the reporting period, $1,732,008 was dedicated to supporting Active Schools initiatives. Since the start of its commitment, NIKE has invested a total of $50,020,699, meeting its commitment to invest $50 million over 5 years.

Partner Statement

“In October 2012, NIKE, Inc., the American College of Sports Medicine, and the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education released Designed to Move, a framework for action focused on reversing the global physical inactivity epidemic. In February 2013, Nike announced a 5-year commitment to PHA to invest $50 million over five years, with a focus on Let’s Move! Active Schools (now Active Schools) to make physical activity before, during and after school the norm.

"During this time, working with national stakeholders and local non-profits, Nike has learned a great deal about what it takes to get kids moving. This work has informed our approach to training —from existing youth coaches, parent volunteers and our own employees—and fuels our belief in the Aspen Institute’s Project Play approach to deepening efforts in youth sport.

"In everything we do, we remain passionately focused on the experience for kids – as expressed through Made to Play, our commitment to getting kids active. Kids are Made to Play, and when they do, good things happen: for themselves and society as a whole. While our commitment to PHA is at an end, when it comes to the future of kids, there is no finish line and our work in this space continues.”