Study on Denver Pro Sports Team's Charity Giving...Cool Read

[footstepsfrom#27]

I guess this won't be nearly as much fun as chortling over another Vick=Satan or Pac Man gets a traffic ticket thread but I thought it might appeal to a few people getting tired of constantly hearing nothing but bad news on this board so I did a little checking for something positive...

According to the Sports Philanthropy Project, at least 22 NBA and 37 NFL players currently have charitable foundations set up for giving back to the community. I also ran across this and thought it was interesting. (this is a PDF file)

http://www.naccouncil.org/pdf/ARNOVA...fer%20Wade.pdf

The title of the study, Understanding Sports Philanthropy: The Case of Denver Sports Teams is a 2005 paper by a CU @ Denver assistant prof...and looks at the community philanthropy work being done by the Denver area pro teams...the Rockies are omitted from the report at the present time due to some snag over permission to publish. Specific info on all the major sports league programs is available but I've noted only the NFL programs and the indiviual Denver area teams specific charities. This is an interesting read but I'll sumarize just the most relevant parts that detail at least $73 million in charitable giving by the Broncos, Nuggets and Avs, not counting what players give on their own through other charities:

The NFL participates in three major umbrella programs made availble to indiviudal franchises, the One World Educational Classroom, the United Way program, and the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl events-based outreach programs. they are grouped as follows...

NFL Programs

Youth Programs:
1. Teacher of the Year
2. Punt Pass & Kick
3. NFL Youth Education Towns
4. NFL Junior & High School Player Development
5. Play it Smart

Community Outreach Programs:
6. Pro Bowl Outreach
7. Tuesdays in the Community
8. Super Bowl Outeach

Diversity:
9. Minority Coaching Fellowship
10. International Outreach and One World – Connecting Communities Cultures and Classrooms.

Volunteerism:
11. NFL Community Quarterback Award
12. NFL Junior Community Quarterback
13. Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award
14. Student All Star Program.

Health:
15. NATA and PFAS Scholarships
16. Teamsmart
17. Play Safe (Health and Safety Series)

NFL Charities:
Programs and initiatives that deliver education and youth services, designates funds to assist the foundations of current and former players working in local communities and awards sports-related medical research grants that advance sports medicine.

Denver Area Sports Teams

Kroenke Sports Enterprises (Nuggets and Avalanche):
1. Kroenke Sports Charities Ticket Donation Program
2. Art of Sport
3. YMCA Junior Nuggets
4. Read Team
5. Team Fit
6. Carmello Anthony and Eddie's Kids Foundation
7. Denver Nuggets & Colorado Avalanche Community Funds (McCormick Tribune Foundation) Programs in the McCormick Foundation include the following:
a. Denver Public Schools Foundation
b. Event Partnerships; Denver Polo Classic, Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs, Fall Classic at Sanctuary, Western Fantasy, Race for the Cure, Raising the Roof, Legends and Champions, Brokers Benefiting Kids, U.S.
Soccer Foundation Pass Back, Wild Wicked Evening, Building For Children Gala, and Avs Celebrity Golf Classic
8. KSE C.A.R.E.; Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Junior Achievement (Fairview Elementary School)

Individual Team Contributions: From 2000-2004 contributions through the Nuggets and Avs foundations to Colorado charities totaled over $15 million, The teams have also contributed directly with the Nuggets (since 1993) contributing $22 million and the Avalanche (since 1995) $10 million...they also raied $4 million in 2005 for Hurricane Katrina victims.

Bowlen Sports Incorporated (Denver Broncos):
1. Denver Broncos Boys and Girls Clubs
2. Ronald McDonald House of Denver
3. Lynches Leaders (John Lynch Foundation partnership)
4. Tackling Prostate Cancer Campaign (Al Wilson/spokesperson)
5. Youth Football Task Force
6. Broncos Charities Reading Corners
7. Broncos Bowl
8. Broncos Wives Food Drive
9. Brown Robe Benefit

Broncos Philanthropy by Year:
1994-$720,500
1995 $ 989,975
1996 $2,157,100
1997 $2,567,500
1998 $3,529,404
1999 $2,865,600
2000 $3,199,500
2001 $2,001,000
2002 $1,669,000
2003 $1,384,000
2004 $1,661,000

Total Team Giving 1994-2004: $22,744,479

[Conklin]

nice read

[Tredici]

I was at an Avs game in their 10th season where they handed out 10 Million in one night. - Ten million dollar checks to ten local organizations. There were a couple of other philanthropic entities involved - and Joe Sakic. If you want to look at an exemplary athlete you don't have to go much further than Super Joe.

[-Slap-]

None of this means anything unless you consider how athletes rank against the general public in charity giving, though, right?

Obviously, we better factor in financial wherewithal and circumstances of birth while we're at it.

Bonus points will be awarded for tangential links to important looking pdf files.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Unless it is misidentified in this summary, there are additional charities supported by the Broncos. They have committed $250,000 to a group I work with that provides health care to those that can not afford it. I think people would be very surprised to see how many of the players do charitable work in the community - many preferring to do it without publicity. This is one reason I get very angry about the bad apples in the league and how their actions taint the good that the majority does.

[MOCRUSH]

-SLAP-

More statistical analysis...and more cowbell.

[footstepsfrom#27]

Originally Posted by Big Guy

Unless it is misidentified in this summary, there are additional charities supported by the Broncos. They have committed $250,000 to a group I work with that provides health care to those that can not afford it. I think people would be very surprised to see how many of the players do charitable work in the community - many preferring to do it without publicity. This is one reason I get very angry about the bad apples in the league and how their actions taint the good that the majority does.

The summary only breaks down major divisions of charitable giving by the teams. Bowlen's foundation for example made numerous grants to dozens of different organizations, but it looks like the paper didn't break it down further than naming the number of such grants.

[Kaylore]

I'd also bet that this doesn't cover the many individual contributions that players make like Rod Smith's sickle cell blood drives and whatnot.