Good Sports, Inc.

Create accessibility, equity, and equality in youth sports and physical activity. Through distribution of brand new sports equipment, our goal is to help youth programs gear up and engage the children in their community. By doing so, financial burdens are lightened in these programs so they can offer scholarships to include more kids. Sometimes, they are able to eliminate the cost to play completely. Through the donation of gear, Good Sports aims to help close the gap where many children are barred from sport simply because of the cost.

Good Sports accomplishes our goals by partnering with foundations and companies that share our mission of giving all kids the lifelong benefits of sport and physical activity through providing new equipment, apparel and footwear to those most in need. In addition to financial backing in the form of grants, sponsorships, and individual donations, Good Sports leverages our relationships with many industry leaders in sports equipment manufacturing in order to acquire brand-new donated or deeply discounted sports equipment. Good Sports then utilizes our tested due-diligence process to vet organizations in order to ensure that our donations are going to high-quality programs in order to reach the highest number of youth in need. Once an organization has been approved, they are eligible to receive three donations over the course of two years, which are packed and shipped from our own warehouse.

Good Sports utilizes capabilities across multiple areas of operation to accomplish our goals. In order to secure requisite funding, Good Sports has the capability to raise both directed funding for specific programs or initiatives from foundations and corporation sources. We also raise unrestricted funds through our major annual fundraising events, including virtual events. On the community outreach front, we have a skilled team of program assistants who work to identify qualified recipient organizations and then continue to support them from approval through the duration of their two-year relationship with Good Sports. Finally, in executing the logistics of successful donations, Good Sports utilizes our distribution expertise, operating from our own warehouse space to store athletic equipment and pick, pack, and ship donations to recipient schools and organizations nationally.

Good Sports began in 2003 with a small donation of 500 basketballs made to a few local Boston organizations. Since then, Good Sports has grown to provide over $60 million in brand-new athletic equipment to approximately 4,200 organizations serving underprivileged youth in all 50 states, impacting more than eight million children. Good Sports is continually seeking ways to reach new populations of youth in need.