Since the 1990s the Tutor/Mentor Connection (1993-present) and Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC (2011-present) have shared a vision of professional athletes and celebrities using their visibility to draw support to high poverty neighborhoods where many different organizations are competing against each other for attention and resources needed to do good work. This is one blog article where that vision is shared. This includes an animation showing how an athlete can talk about his/her neighborhood when being interviewed.
In another blog article we recognize that professional athletes already are supporting many causes, and wonder if anyone is aggregating that information into libraries and concept maps that can be used to increase idea-sharing among athletes and help individual commuinities find people who already care about what's happening.
Finally, in another article we show examples of network mapping and call for researchers to use their skills to map the sports philanthropy world.
A brief web search done on 7-26-25 shows that some of this information is already being aggregated on a variety of websites. Some of those are listed below:
My Cause My Cleats - by team - https://www.nfl.com/causes/my-cause-my-cleats/2024/
My Cause. My Cleats - Philadelphia Eagles - https://www.nfl.com/causes/my-cause-my-cleats/2024/eagles
NFL charities Inspire Change campaign - https://www.nfl.com/causes/inspire-change/
Athletes for a Causes - https://auprosports.com/athlete-causes/ This site has a list of causes, with a drop-down menu showing athletes who support each cause.
MLB Together - https://www.mlb.com/mlb-together
MLB Charities - https://mlbcharities.auctions.mlb.com/
MLB Players Trust - https://mlbcharities.auctions.mlb.com/
MLB Players Trust https://www.trust.mlbplayers.com/
Baseball charities - https://probaseballinsider.com/baseball-charities/ (this site has list of foundations)
Big League Impact - players - https://bigleagueimpact.org/players/ (see lists for past years)
On this page causes are shown, with a drop-down menu showing what charities benefitted. https://bigleagueimpact.org/causes-and-charities/
MLB Together - list of causes https://auprosports.com/athlete-causes/ There is a list of teams/causes on this site
Examples of using star power -
NFL players amplify charity impact - https://thequickreport.com/entertainment/sports/nfl-players-charitable-impact/
Athletes and Causes - shows campaign with Allie LaForce - https://www.athletesandcauses.org/project-frontline-news/tag/allielaforce
Causes players support - https://nielsensports.com/sports-fans-are-looking-to-sports-leagues-and-athletes-to-support-social-causes/
Exploring charitable work of MLB players - https://sportstars.blog/real-mvps-exploring-charitable-work-of-mlb-players/
Sports media - https://www.sportpositive.org/reports/
It's not the Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC's intention to be the most comprehensive resource for athletes and celebrities supporting causes. Instead, we seek to point to websites that are aggregating and/or mapping this type of information. If you feel your site should be on this list please introduce yourself to Dan Bassill on LinkedIn, BlueSky, Twitter and/or Facebook. I'd be happy to add your link to this list and feature it in future blog articles.
