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Randall's Island Park Alliance (RIPA), formerly known as the Randall's Island Sports Foundation (RISF), was founded in 1992 as a public-private partnership to work on behalf of Randall's Island Park, located in the East River between East Harlem, the South Bronx and Astoria, Queens. RIPA works with the City and local communities to provide an innovative and exciting destination through a wide range of sports venues, cultural events and environmental exploration. As the dedicated steward of Randall’s Island Park, the Alliance sustains, maintains, develops and programs the Park to support the wellbeing of all New Yorkers.

Our mission is to secure, through advocacy and private sector support, the completion of Hudson River Park, which is already recognized as setting the standard, nationwide, of what a great waterfront park can be. We seek to ensure adequate public funding to build the Park as well as private sector funding to maintain and enhance it.  We collaborate with the Hudson River Park Trust, the City-State agency responsible for building and oeprating the Park to fulfill the obligations of the Hudson River Park Act. We also support programming and sponsor other community events in the Park.

Renaissance Youth Center strives to empower at-risk inner city youth to fully maximize their potential as productive and responsible members of society by offering dynamic, team building education, music and sports programs while instilling the importance of building a strong community.

"This corporation is established exclusively for charitable objectives to receive and maintain funds and apply such funds for the improvement of and activities in the Palisades Interstate Park, New York and New Jersey, in cooperation with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, and for the purposes of promoting and expanding the preservation of natural, historical and cultural resources in the Park for the benefit of the public."

Our mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all, our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community comes together for the common good.

Our mission is to use the unique power of the martial arts to engage students through training, empower them with life skills through mentoring, and enlist them to become mentors to others.

To promote youth sports, specifically the sport of football in the town of Greenwich, CT. Helping the high school and youth athletes have safe equipment, safe practices, and promoting the sport for all youth to enjoy in the community.

To promote and Nationally compete in the sport of water show skiing (defined as all towed water sports including wakeboarding, bare footing, knee boarding and other towed water sports) through group participation, exhibitions, shows, tournaments and associated recreational activities; develop and maintain facilities for water skiing; stimulate interest in the community; and work for greater safety in water skiing. To educate and promote its members to respect, participate and become stewards in the community.

We strive to restore our veteran’s strength and independence by providing a safe outdoor experience that promotes healing and closure, as well as family reintegration.

Washington DC Youth Rugby was founded in 2004 with the mission to reach out to under-served children in Washington DC to promote health and physical fitness and to teach valuable life skills through the sport of rugby.

Freewheelin' provides accessible bicycles and teaches youth life and leadership skills that improve their physical and mental well-being. Freewheelin' believes in: The worth and gifts of each person to enrich the world; Bicycling as accessible transportation for recreation, employment, and healthy living; The importance of positive youth/adult mentorship; Empowering youth as leaders who give back to their communities; Lifelong learning, resiliency and persistence; Positive neighborhood and community connections; Making bicycling accessible and affordable; and, Being welcoming to people of all backgrounds, abilities, and incomes. We serve aged 10-18 in our educational programs, and young adults ages 16-22 in employment programs with a primary focus on under-resourced youth

Our mission is to provide after-school opportunities for middle-school aged children in the community to become involved in athletics, so that they may learn the character traits of accountability, teamwork, leadership, work ethic, and perseverance, while in a safe and supervised environment with their peers. We are also committed to assisting Houston and surrounding ​communities with their flood relief efforts. Thank you to everyone who donated their time and money. The generosity shown was remarkable and will go a long way.