Build a Playground
Project Planner

Our step-by-step Project Planner equips you with all the know-how you'll need to build a playground—in one day!
Tools and Resources

Get funding, learn the nuts and bolts of building a great place to play, and improve your local playground.
Become a Community Partner

Build a great place to play for your community with the help of your neighbors, friends, KaBOOM! and our Funding Partners.
More:
- Volunteer opportunities — Fundraising ideas — Alumni Network — Fund a KaBOOM! build
Help
Take Action for Play
Save Play in Your Community

Get tips, ideas, and inspiration for making your community more playful.
Playful City USA

Our Playful City USA program recognizes cities and towns that embrace play as a priority.
KaBOOM! Community

Connect and share with other folks who are trying to bring play to their communities.
More:
- Host a Play Day — Earn badges for your actions — Volunteer for play
Help
The Map of Play
Playing Near You

Find, add, rate, and review playgrounds in your community.
Play Deserts

Where are playgrounds needed most and what happens when kids have nowhere to play?
- What is a Play Desert?
- How is the play deficit harming our children?
More:
- Get our mapping badge
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About KaBOOM!
What We Do

KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit dedicated to saving play for America’s children.
Who We Are

We are peppy, purple-adorned people who passionately promote the power of play!
Partner With Us

Our partners help us to create new playgrounds and to spread the word about the importance of PLAY.
More:
- Contact us — Jobs at KaBOOM! — Financial statements — Our founder's memoir
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Build a Playground

Build a Play ground

Build a Playground

Need a playground? Our time-tested community-build model is as much about building playgrounds as it is about building communities.

You can either take advantage of our online Playground Project Planner, which walks you through every step of the community-build process, or you can apply to become a Community Partner. Explore the links below to determine which avenue is right for you.

Get Started in Our Project Planner

This step-by-step planning tool equips you with all the know-how you'll need to build a playground-- in one day! By registering your project, you become eligible for equipment grants and other funding opportunities.: » See all projects; » Register your playground project; » See current grant opportunities

Become a Community Partner

Our Community Partners are child-serving organizations in high-need communities that want to provide their children with a great place to play.: » Learn more about the program; » Current funding opportunity cities; » See photos from previous builds

Tools and Resources

Connect and share with other folks who are trying to bring play to their communities.: » Take an online training; » DIY playground improvement guides; » Get fundraising ideas

Got questions?: Post to our forum to get advice from other rookie playground builders and KaBOOM! staff.; » Get help

Volunteer opportunities: Looking to volunteer your time and sweat to help give kids more places to play?; » Learn more

Fund a KaBOOM! build: Is your company looking for a tangible, lasting way to give back to a community it serves?; » Become a supporting partner