The Goalie Guild
Dedicated to educating and supporting the goalie community through scholarships, events, creative projects, and learning design.
Mission
The Goalie Guild is a nonprofit (501-c3) foundation that educates, inspires, and supports hockey goalies and goalie coaches across the globe. Through our Lift The Mask mental health program, annual scholarships, and various events, we promote the holistic development of athletes and coaches in order to advance and enhance the goaltending community.
Ruling year
2015
Founder
Justin Goldman
Main address
680 Atchison Way Suite 600
CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 USA
EIN
47-2675454
NTEE code
Winter Sports (Snow and Ice) (N68)
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Awards (B82)
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (N12)
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Ice hockey goaltending continues to be one of the most expensive and under-educated positions in sports. From the pro level all the way down to grassroots youth programs, a lack of adequate resources has stymied the growth of the position across the United States. For many families, not only is the financial burden becoming heavier as equipment costs, ice fees, and travel expenses continue to rise, but a lack of training and education is leaving too many parents in the dark. Unable to properly support their child's well being, we see a significant issue with the amount of burnout, hip and lower body injuries, and mental health concerns.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Lift The Mask
Providing mental health and performance resources, awareness, and financial support to the goaltending community.
Martha Kennedy Scholarship Fund
The Goalie Guild and the Martha Kennedy Memorial Goalie Scholarship have joined forces in order to provide male and female goalies (ages 8-16) in the USA impacted by economic and financial strife with assistance for their league and team fees. This program is in honor of the late Martha Kennedy, a special hockey mom and amazing woman who dedicated her life to her goalie son, Scott Kennedy.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Goalie Guild aims to educate, inspire, and support anyone in the goalie community. We do this by providing financial support and a wide variety of free educational resources for the goalie community. By providing these programs and services, we can have a direct and positive impact on goalies, coaches, parents, and entire organizations. Our foundation is committed to helping anyone involved in goaltending to overcome any of the financial and social obstacles that hinder the growth of the position.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Since its original founding date of January 2009, The Goalie Guild has been committed to offering free literature, social media content, resources, and mentoring services for the goalie community. Our strategies lean on Event Management, self-publishing, social media, and a strong network of pro goalie coaches and directors in order to educate our community as effectively as possible.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We utilize scholarships, grants, social media, and creative content design to educate, inspire, and support the goalie community.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2015, we have served the goalie community with over 40 coaching and training scholarships, which has totaled over $25,000.
The Goalie Guild has also published thousands of free articles, stories, and goalie development content through social media and various other platforms.
The Goalie Guild has also worked with high-level goalie organizations, including USA Hockey, NHL.com, Axis Goaltending, NetWork Goaltending, Swedish Hockey Institute, and many others.
GearGivers, a program committed to offering free used equipment to goalies and hockey families in need, was launched in 2018.
The Global Goaltending Retreat was created in 2018 and takes place annually in Breckenridge, CO.
In 2019, The Goalie Guild also launched Lift The Mask, a program dedicated to supporting mental health and mental performance in the goalie community.
How we listen
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To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Operations
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The Goalie Guild
Board of directorsas of 12/29/2022
Jack Hartigan
FinnGoalie Training
Term: 2015 -
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