Philanthropy
SFUA MISSION:
SFUA will use the power of sports competition to raise money for youth needing their athletic, fitness and academic goals supported.
SFUA will use the power of gifted athletes with integrity to model a higher standard of excellence for young people.
SFUA will use the power of a dedicated community of sports and event professionals to demonstrate the effective collaboration of business and philanthropic endeavors.
In the words of Melinda Gates:
“Helping people doesn’t have to be an unsound financial strategy.”
OUR PHILANTHROPIC MISSION is to increase the capacity of marginalized young people to be fully engaged in their community by enhancing their opportunities to participate in athletics, education, fitness/wellness activities, and environmental stewardship.
OUR OBJECTIVES:
To improve the lives and opportunities of marginalized youth in Oregon, the NW and eventually across the US.
To target programs and initiatives that serve youth who are marginalized by virtue of gender, race/ethnicity and poverty for funding.
To partner with non-profit organizations that have either:
A proven track record of building youth capacity in one or more of the core program areas,
or
A viable plan to develop programming or services for youth based on best practices in one or more of the core program areas.
To develop a proposal process that ensures the most effective programs are funded.
To establish a funding strategy that supports both long term funding for projects and one time only propositions.
GOALS: (Year One)
Raising $250K* for NW non-profit organizations associated with SFUA
*Percentage of profits, merchandising program, auction and more
