Good Sports Overview

Good Sports is a nonprofit organization that gives kids the lifelong benefits of sport and physical activity by providing new equipment, apparel and footwear to those most in need. Founded in 2003 with a donation of 500 basketballs, Good Sports has grown into a national organization that has donated over $22 million worth of equipment to 3,400 programs reaching more than 4 million children in need across all 50 states.

Impact In The New York Market

Why does equipment for kids matter?

• A NYC audit found that only 6% of the city’s schools came anywhere near to offering the required two hours of PE for elementary aged children each week – 2012
• Participation in youth sports is declining rapidly – SFIA, 2016
• In New York City, more than half of all children are low-income (56%) – National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, 2016

Good Sports plans to grow from providing equipment to 15,000 kids to 175,000 children in the market providing over $3.5 million worth of new equipment, footwear and apparel annually.

How Can You Support the Launch of Good Sports New York?

• Make a donation. Good Sports will distribute $2 in equipment for every $1 you donate.
• Introduce Good Sports to potential partners. Would your company be interested in getting NYC youth more active?
• Recommend a program. Refer a program at www.goodsports.org.