1050 17th Street, NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20036
202-872-9277

Chairman: Brad Hays
President: John Koskinen

The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the Major Charitable Arm of Soccer, supports expanded participation in the game.

• The Foundation’s programs are focused on developing players, coaches and referees and supporting the building or enhancement of soccer fields, with a special emphasis on the economically disadvantaged in urban areas. These include:
i. All Conditions Fields
ii. Field & Program Grants
iii. Passback
iv. Soccer United Recovery Fund

Major Accomplishments

• In its ten years of operation, the Foundation has invested over $45 million in the development of soccer in this country. Over $24,000,000 has been disbursed to more than 427 grantees in all 50 states.
• The Foundation has provided significant financial assistance to the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cups, the development of the U.S. National Teams and the growth of Major League Soccer (MLS), the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), and the Women’s Soccer Initiative, Inc. (WSII).
• The Foundation has supported the game at all levels, including two large grants to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Recently, the Foundation awarded the Hall $1,000,000 to eliminate all of its debt, with the participation of local supporters.
• The Foundation’s Passback Program in the last year has provided over 170,000 uniforms and pieces of soccer equipment to those who otherwise would have had none through the collection and redistribution of new and gently used soccer gear. Since the program’s inception, Passback donations have been distributed to schools, soccer clubs and youth organizations across the nation, as well as overseas in Afghanistan, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq, Namibia, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
• In 2005, working with corporate partners and the soccer community in the Gulf States area, the Foundation formed the Soccer United Recovery Fund to assist those devastated by hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The Fund has already provided over $500,000 in direct grants and in-kind equipment to help rebuild the soccer infrastructure in the area, and more remains to be done. Over 25,000 children have been directly impacted by the Foundation’s Recovery Fund Grants Program.

HOW TO HELP

• The Foundation’s overhead costs, including administration and development, are strictly controlled and covered by the Foundation’s endowment. Therefore, 100 percent of every dollar contributed to the Foundation is used to expand its philanthropic programs.
• Team Up with the U.S. Soccer Foundation to enrich more lives through soccer.
• Visit ussoccerfoundation.org to make a tax-deductible gift and get involved.

The 2007 U.S. Soccer Foundation Board of Directors

• Brad Hays, Chairman
• Gianfranco Borroni
• Dr. S. Robert Contiguglia
• Jerome de Bontin
• Donna de Varona
• Mike Edwards
• Dan Flynn
• Ed Foster-Simeon, Secretary
• Don Garber
• Lauren Gregg
• Richard Groff
• Sunil Gulati
• James Hamilton
• Linda Hamilton
• Francisco Marcos
• Charles Marshall, Treasurer
• David Messersmith
• Janusz Michallik
• Philip Murphy
• Kevin Payne, Vice Chairman
• Alan Rothenberg
• Juergen Sommer
• Hank Steinbrecher
• John Koskinen, President
• Phyllis Riedler, Board Liaison