June 2019 Sports Philanthropy Round Up

Boxing

Prince Harry and Anthony Joshua join launch of community sports project

Corporate Partnerships

The Second Annual Monster Energy $50K Charity Challenge Celebrity Basketball Game

FanDuel Will Donate to the Women’s Sports Foundation for Every Goal Scored by Team USA

How 9-Year-Old Riley Morrison Created Real Change at Under Armour

EA Kicks off Fourth Annual Play to Give Campaign, Hosts Building Healthy Communities Summit

Philanthropy Playmakers: Interview with Kevin Martinez, VP | Corporate Citizenship at ESPN

Las Vegas Mascots Team Up for Debut of National Charity Mascot: Miles the Miracle Flights Bear

P&G and Tokyo 2020 Announce The Podium Project – The First-Ever Medals Podiums Created From Recycled Plastic for Upcoming Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

HanesBrands Introduces National Park Foundation T-Shirt Promotion in Select Walmart Stores

Equestrian

FEI and Just World International start partnership

Golf

More than 150 South Florida charities to benefit from record Honda Classic donation

MLB

Inside one baseball player’s mission to help young girls in Africa

Major League Baseball team up with Prince Harry’s charity ahead of London Series 2019

MLS / International Soccer

Team England provides kit for local sports projects

Kicking anti-Semitism to the curb

Portland Thorns FC Annual Girl Strong Clinic

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil vows to pay for 1000 underprivileged kids to have life-changing surgery to celebrate wedding to stunning Amine Gulse

FIFA and UN Women sign first-ever memorandum of understanding

Chicago Fire, NYCFC nominated for ESPN sports humanitarian award

FIFA and AFD sign landmark cooperation agreement to promote women’s football and develop school football in Africa

NBA

Lonnie Walker, Spurs give back by refurbishing playground at SA Youth

Metta World Peace Has Two Regrets

Silver & Black Give Back to host Go Spurs BinGO

Kyle Kuzma opens up on LeBron’s influence as a philanthropist

Pacers Sports & Entertainment Recognized with United Way of Central Indiana’s Highest Honor, the Spirit United Award

How two NBA players, Larry Sanders and Royce White, are bringing awareness to mental health in sports

Dirk, Dak and other stars pack ballpark for charity baseball game

Champions for Philanthropy to Honor Athletes for Giving Back at Most Valuable Philanthropist Basketball Awards

Raptors Fan Starts GoFundMe Campaign for Kevin Durant’s Charity

Charity Works: Dwyane Wade & Sons Open Up Their Closets to Support At-Risk Youths + More News

NCAA

DePaul, Special Olympics Chicago host “All-Sports Day”

College football’s first female position player, Toni Harris has beat cancer, critics and wide receivers

Memphis-based nonprofit using sports to raise awareness, funding for children’s literacy

NFL

Panthers’ Ian Thomas’ autism advocacy

NFL star comes home to give back to Cincinnati

Wentz charity softball game raises $500k, hints at ‘golden era’ for Philly sports

Micah Hyde charity softball game benefits IMagINe for Youth Foundation

Final Drive: Ravens Help Revitalize Boys and Girls Club

Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities Celebrate Their 10th Annual Celebrity Invitational with a Star-Studded Soiree

NFL Announces Social Justice Grants

Power Through Empowerment

Broncos Minicamp: First practice wraps up; Miller to receive national award

Dolphins’ Drake working with nonprofit that helps children with cleft lip and palate

‘A Day Off From Cancer’: Football Fun and Ice Cream at Legendary NFL Coach’s Charity Event

Minnesota Vikings Foundation launches new food truck to serve Twin Cities kids in need

Raider Hall of Famer, renaissance man dedicates time to philanthropy

NHL

St. Louis Blues superfan celebrates Stanley Cup win with her favorite team

Olympic Sports

How Aly Raisman & Other Activist Pro Athletes Are Taking on Sex Abuse & More Social Causes

P&G and Tokyo 2020 Announce The Podium Project – The First-Ever Medals Podiums Created From Recycled Plastic for Upcoming Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

Philanthropy

My students see giving money away as a good thing but they’re getting leery of billionaire donors

The State Of Taxes, Philanthropy And The Public Good

Rugby

World Rugby Launches Gender Equality Initiative

Sport for Development

Charlottesville Organizations and Community Members Ride Around Town for Rooftop Solar Tour

Laureus Innovation Fund open for applications

FIFA and AFD sign landmark cooperation agreement to promote women’s football and develop school football in Africa

FIFA and UN Women sign first-ever memorandum of understanding

Solving sustainability: how sport is answering the climate change challenge

Refugee Project to Raise Funds with Jersey Sales

How New York teams are celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month

Kirstie Ennis to receive Pat Tillman Award for Service at 2019 ESPYS

‘I spend my time breaking world records to get women into football’

Surfing / Outdoor Sports

Sean Fitzpatrick and Michael Johnson to lead Challenge Trek

11-Time World Champ Surfer Speaks Out to Millions of Youth

Kai Lenny Wants to Protect the Monster Waves He Rides

WNBA

Mystics player says she will only publicly talk about a gunfire incident at a D.C. school until she sees action

Women’s World Cup

Women’s World Cup: extra time to reflect on the broader injustices women and girls face

The USWNT’s Partners, Allies and Disciples in the Fight for Equality

GOAAAL! Visa Scores by Upping its Commitment to Women’s Soccer
Investing in Women through the World Cup

The USWNT’s Partners, Allies and Disciples in the Fight for Equality

FanDuel Will Donate to the Women’s Sports Foundation for Every Goal Scored by Team USA

FIFA and UN Women sign first-ever memorandum of understanding

Women’s World Cup brings opportunity to investigate broader gender inequality in sport

Mlambo-Ngcuka: Football can have a massive impact on advancing gender equality

XFL

XFL Establishes Health Advisory Committee With Focus on Neurology