TOGETHER, WE CHANGE LIVES
The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation is proud to present the latest edition of our quarterly giving
series, celebrating the 10th
anniversary of our Sports Matter Program and shining a light on all of the incredible efforts in 2024 to fuel
our mission of empowering young athletes and making sports accessible to all!
Read on to learn more.
Where Are They Now: Anchorage Girls Hockey
To celebrate The DICK’S Foundation’s 10th anniversary, we returned with Sports Matter Grants to three
youth sports organizations we first visited a decade ago: Harlem
Lacrosse, MLK
High School Football and most recently, Anchorage
Girls Hockey.
After learning that the Anchorage School District in Alaska would need to drop girls’ hockey to save money in 2015,
The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation arrived with a $200,000 Sports Matter Grant and new equipment to keep players on
the ice. Almost a decade later, the program and its alums continue changing lives through sport, but the program was
in need once again. And once again, The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation delivered.
Watch here as two Anchorage Hockey alums showed up to
practice nearly 10 years later and presented the program with a $100,000 Sports Matter Grant and new gear!
Workout Room Refresh
After Sports Matter funded a new indoor turf field in the workout room, The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation returned
to McKeesport Area High School, near Pittsburgh, and surprised student athletes with all new equipment donated from
Sole Fitness and ETHOS.
“We have a state-of-the-art facility for our students, and we’re thrilled to have such good support from The DICK’S
Sporting Goods Foundation,” said Head Football Coach Matt Miller.
Watch the big reveal here,
and read more about The DICK’S Foundation’s partnership with McKeesport Area School District here.
Supporting the Next Generation of Champions
The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation is proud to support fellow partners with a shared belief in the power of sport
and recognize the need to help youth athletes and organizations across the country. In 2024, we granted:
- $2 million to support 20 infrastructure initiation projects to create safe spaces for kids to play with LISC.
- $2 million to provide more than 73,000 pieces of equipment to over 44,000 kids with Good Sports.
- $2.5 million to Every Kid Sports cover registration fees for youth
athletes.
Top left: Simone Biles, Top Right:
Chris
Paul
Bottom left: Quinn
Ewers, Bottom Right: Dak
Prescott
Spreading Holiday Cheer & Sports Matter Grants
DICK’S Sporting Goods launched a Texas-sized
holiday campaign with Texas athletes Simone Biles, Dak Prescott, Chris Paul and Quinn Ewers. The sports icons
engaged in some friendly competition by decorating the DICK’S Sporting Goods stores in the Texas cities they call home
to earn the title of DICK’S Holiday Decorating Officer.
As part of the campaign, The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation committed to give each athlete a $100,000 Sports Matter
Grant to award to the youth sport organization(s) of their choosing*. A few organizations chosen by the athletes were:
- Benfer Elementary (Biles)
- The Chris Paul Foundation (Paul)
- The Dak Prescott Football ProCamps (Prescott)
- Merging Vets & Players (Ewers)
*All organizations must meet certain qualifications to receive a Sports Matter Grant. You can read more about our
eligibility criteria here.
Giving Back on Giving Tuesday
We celebrated Giving Tuesday at DICK’S Sporting Goods headquarters with sweepstakes, a 50/50 drawing and
limited-edition Sports Matter t-shirts. Corporate teammates raised over $10,000 for The DICK’S
Foundation! Teammates also voted on which deserving Pittsburgh organization should receive a $25,000 Sports Matter
Grant – Perry Traditional Academy or Jasmine Nyree Campus – but in the
spirit of giving, The Foundation granted $25,000 to BOTH organizations!
THESE MOMENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPORTS MATTER FUND. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE,
VISIT WWW.SPORTSMATTER.ORG.
-Written by Hilary Totin