Club Foundation Awards Grants: Focus on Youth

The Foundation Board of Directors have authorized funding of $7300 during their most recent meeting. 12 grant applications were submitted and reviewed and 4 were selected for investment.

Timoteo Sports in the amount of $1,500 has been approved for the purposes of supporting the cost of supplies and game-day labor for their current Volleyball and Basketball leagues and the Flag Football League. Timoteo does not simply have a mentoring program. It IS a mentoring program, which aims to develop young people of character, leadership and service through faith-based delivery.

FORDEC in the amount of $1,500 has been approved for the purposes of children's learning needs in the Bangkok school; FORDEC is a not-for-profit organization established in 1998 to provide basic reading and writing skills, one meal a day and basic vaccinations to street children in Thailand. During the pandemic, FORDEC has extended its activities to provide food and basic medical care for the families of its children.


Open Door Abuse Awareness Prevention in the amount of $1500 for after school program with 115 girls and 40 young men. (ODAAP), endeavors to prevent sexual assault and intimate partner violence. They empower youth advocates to be the agent of change in abuse through a trauma-informed lens, promoting healthy relationships.
 

Anderson Monarchs, our youth soccer partnership, was awarded a $2800 grant for the purpose of storage facilities for their equipment. Formed in 1995, the Anderson Monarchs are a sports-based youth development organization based in South Philadelphia. In the ensuing years, Monarchs programs have provided athletic and educational opportunities to thousands of underserved youths in Philadelphia.

The Board made the decision to focus on underserved youth programs in Philadelphia. The most impressive part of the review process was the intimate knowledge many board members possessed of the organizations funded.