"Raising the Game" is our current Fundraising Campaign
The San Francisco Elite Academy “Raising the Game” is the opportunity for the San Francisco youth soccer community to come together to support the dreams and ambitions of the city’s top youth players.
Raising the Game includes appeals for financial aid, facilities, and coaching, which will lead to improving access, enhancing training environments, and ensuring that top youth coaches can afford to work in San Francisco. Our Raising the Game efforts will be promoted this summer through a series of specific appeals—some with various challenges and matching funds—and a gift, of any size, will go a long way toward improving the opportunities for dedicated student athletes. Donors may make a gift earmarked for any one of our three target areas of support or choose to make a general contribution that will support all three areas equally.
Please consider making your tax-deductible donation today.
Raising the Game includes appeals for financial aid, facilities, and coaching, which will lead to improving access, enhancing training environments, and ensuring that top youth coaches can afford to work in San Francisco. Our Raising the Game efforts will be promoted this summer through a series of specific appeals—some with various challenges and matching funds—and a gift, of any size, will go a long way toward improving the opportunities for dedicated student athletes. Donors may make a gift earmarked for any one of our three target areas of support or choose to make a general contribution that will support all three areas equally.
Please consider making your tax-deductible donation today.
We're "Raising the Game" to support...
Financial Aid
SUMMER 2017 GOAL: $25,000*** DONATIONS TO DATE: $6,600 To launch our Raising the Game campaign, four generous donors have agreed to match donations—three dollars for each dollar raised—up to $25,000 in order to fund our Raising the Game Financial Aid appeal.
*** Matching Donations Available !!!
None of SF Elite Academy tuition fees go towards financial aid. However, we budget financial aid for each of our teams. Over the past two years, we have provided approximately $160,000 in full-or-partial aid to over 50 student athletes. This financial aid was made possible through the generosity of individual donors, corporate sponsorships, and philanthropic grants.
Moving forward, we want to do more to make sure all deserving players, whatever their financial capacity, can pursue their soccer dreams. Please stand with other community members who have raised their hand and make a gift today. No amount is too small as each dollar is matched and helps us on our way to our $25,000 goal, which in turn equals $100,000 to support socioeconomic diversity and access to all deserving San Francisco soccer players. |
Facilities
SUMMER 2017 GOAL: $25,000 DONATIONS TO DATE: $20,000 Just six years ago, San Francisco had 2,500 kids playing youth soccer and the city's Recreation & Parks Department told us there was no more space to play. Today, there are over 8,000 kids playing in San Francisco. And while the newly renovated fields at Beach Chalet have helped enormously there is still a chronic shortage of playing fields in San Francisco.
As the San Francisco Elite Academy continues to grow and further develop our programs we need our own facilities to call home. In addition, we want to give our players and coaches the very best field facilities possible in order to support elite training and a focused learning environment. Our goal is to develop fields that we can utilize for the next 10-15 years (for both training and games), mitigate long commutes for players and families, and open the door for community use by deserving organizations. Please help us do this by giving generously to help the SF Elite Academy reach our goal of delivering quality playing fields for our promising young players. How do dedicated private fields make a difference?
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Coaching
SUMMER 2017 GOAL: $25,000 DONATIONS TO DATE: $10,000 Attracting and retaining top coaching talent is an integral component to the San Francisco Elite Academy’s model of success.
In order for the Academy to serve top players and maximize youth player development, we must attract and maintain a superior team of coaches who have a proven track-record of developing players, leading teams, and positively impacting the lives of young people. “The most important factor in selecting a soccer club is the quality of its coaches. I know most of the coaches on staff for the San Francisco Elite Soccer Club. Together, it is one of the most impressive staffs in Northern California."
—Phil Wright, Chairman of the Board, US Club Soccer
To meet these high standards we need to support our coaches with highly-competitive compensation packages, support for continuing education, and the requisite equipment to insure both their and our program’s success. The fact our program operates in San Francisco means we can attract top coaches based on our desirable location; and, in the case of our Academy, the opportunity to work on a top coaching staff with access to some wonderful field facilities. Nonetheless, the economics of living in San Francisco as a soccer coach are of course very challenging. Our “raising the game” appeal for coaches will help us attract and retain the best coaching talent possible. |