Participant in the Circuito Vale 2023 race wearing a green shirt with the event branding and 10 km distance, green cap, and bib number 2068, making peace signs with both hands while running.
Photo: Vale Archive
Person wearing green athletic clothing and black running shoes with white socks, captured mid-air during a jump in an open field, representing motion and physical activity.
Photo: Vale Archive

Vale invests in social development initiatives and sponsors projects through the Federal Sports Incentive Law

Contributing to moments of education and leisure, sports sponsorship strengthens relationships with communities and supports the company's social activities.
In 2025, Vale allocated USD 34.2 million through tax incentive mechanisms to 177 sports projects to be carried out from 2026.

Submit your project

Projects must be registered with Ministry of Sports platform to then be submitted in the Vale's sponsorship platform.  
 
If you have any questions, please contact us by email lei.esporte@vale.com   

Tennis Network Massification

Carried out by Rede Tênis Brasil (RTB), the Massification project aims to combine sport with education, promoting social development and citizenship among children and adolescents.
In addition to bringing tennis to public schools, tutoring classes in mathematics and Portuguese are also offered. The project is carried out in municipalities in Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará and Rio de Janeiro.
Group of children on an outdoor sports court, each holding a tennis racket and wearing white shirts with logos, participating in a group activity or introductory sports program.

Action carried out by the Massification Tennis Network project in Belém do Pará, estate of Pará. Photo: RTB Collection

Health has no age

The Health Has No Age project offers access to sports activities for adults and seniors.
With a focus on promoting health, the project aims to encourage regular exercise and improve the quality of life of participants. Currently, sponsored by Vale, it serves around 180 adults and seniors in Serra Pelada – Curionópolis, (PA).

Participation of the Health Has No Age project in the Serra Pelada Cultural Festival. Photo: Alerrano Souza

Gymnastics Center of Excellence

Gymnastics Centers of Excellence offer free access to various modalities, such as artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, for children and adolescents.
The partnership between Vale and the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation (CBG) provides support for the maintenance of 30 centers, where around 3,000 children, between the ages of 5 and 10, practice the sport.
Group of young gymnasts practicing in an indoor gymnasium, performing split movements on a blue mat. All are wearing orange and blue uniforms, with banners in the background indicating a professional training activity in gymnastics.

Class at the Gymnastics Center of Excellence in Itabirito (MG). Photo: Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation.

Ajudôu

Ajudôu is a Non-Governmental Organization that offers free judo, karate, volleyball, futsal and handball classes for children and teenagers.
With the aim of promoting social inclusion, the project seeks to strengthen the sense of community and offer socialization, health and well-being activities. Operating in socially vulnerable regions, Ajudôu has already helped more than 800 young people.
Group of individuals practicing martial arts in an outdoor area, wearing white uniforms and performing high kicks. One practitioner in the foreground executes the movement with precision, while others follow in the background.

Karate festival of the Sport for All project in Colatina (ES). Photo: Project Ajudôu

Beach for Everyone

The Praia Para Todos (Beach for Everyone) project aims to promote inclusive leisure and sports activities for people with disabilities and reduced mobility.
Held in the city of Rio de Janeiro and in Mangaratiba, it has already served 250 children and adolescents. The aim is to make the environment less exclusionary by offering a minimum infrastructure and promoting physical and sporting activities, such as adapted beach tennis, sitting volleyball and sea bathing.

Opening Event of the 17th season, Praia da Barra - Posto 3. Credit Casa B Filmes

Zico 10 Hub

The Zico 10 project hub aims to use football as an educational and social transformation tool, creating champions on and off the field, giving opportunities to everyone.
Using a teaching methodology developed by Flamengo idol Zico and his team, schools recognize children and teenagers as unique beings and based on this, develop socio-emotional skills in them. The project operates in the cities of Itaguaí (RJ), Canaã dos Carajás (PA), Governador Valadares (MG), Nova Lima (MG), São Luís (MA) and Açailândia (MA).
Two children playing on a grassy outdoor area, one wearing a yellow sports vest over a red shirt and the other in a white and green uniform. In the background, there is a chain-link fence and a parked vehicle, in a field or park setting.

Zico 10 Hub event in Canaã dos Carajás. Photo: Instituto Futuro Bom

Main results

1,100 job opportunities 
generated by sponsored projects in progress 
+ 94 thousand participants
in sports projects throughout 2024
90% of participants
belong to the public education system* 
71% of participants
are black and brown people*
41% of participants are women* 
* Data was obtained through sample selection of ongoing projects. 
Four hands holding pieces of a circular medal that fit together to form a whole, with inscriptions "Circuito Corda Vale 2023", along with illustrations of running and buildings. The medals are silver with teal accents and matching ribbons, symbolizing unity and collective achievement. Imagem placeholder Foto: Arquivo Vale
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Incentive Laws and Vale Foundation

The Vale Foundation promotes social development in the regions where it operates, strengthening public policies on education, health and income generation, in addition to supporting Vale with actions to promote access to resources from tax incentive laws that foster social, sports and health initiatives.
Learn how to prepare your project and the step-by-step process for raising funds through the Sports Incentive Law:
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Sports Incentive Law Course

Free, online and with certification, the initiative contributes to the technical qualification of institutions that wish to obtain incentivized resources to develop sports projects.
Find out more at: 
Two individuals in wheelchairs participating in a community event, both wearing blue shirts and visors, with medals around their necks. One is holding a small plant and the other is enjoying an ice cream, with other participants in the background, highlighting inclusion and celebration.

Photo: Vale Archive