The Foundation supports programs that address the developmental needs of youth and their families. We are particularly interested in programs that:

• Help youth develop the life skills, attitudes, and internal resources to make informed and responsible life choices
• Provide opportunities for creative expression and physical well-being, and enhancement of individual strengths. Programs that foster leadership development are of particular interest

Featured Grant:

Positive Coaching Alliance | www.positivecoach.org
Transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth

Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) has created a movement to transform youth sports so sports can transform youth.  PCA believes that winning is a goal in youth sports but that there is a second, more important goal of using sports to teach life lessons through positive coaching.

Established as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance developed practical tools for youth sports leaders, coaches, parents and high school-age athletes designed to create a positive, character-building experience for all youth athletes that carries beyond the playing field. PCA has conducted thousands of live group workshops nationwide for roughly 200,000 youth sports leaders, coach es, parents and athletes. Workshop attendees have helped create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for more than 1 million youth athletes.

PCA's partnership network includes more than 900 youth sports organizations (YSO's), cities and schools. In 2007, PCA will conduct roughly 1,500 live, group workshops across the U.S., primarily near their regional markets of
Northern California, Southern California, Chicago, New York City and Washington, DC, while assisting thousands of other individuals via online workshops.