History
From an initial $31,000 grantmaking investment in 1981, New Balance Foundation contributions have grown to approximately $8.5 million annually. Over the past three-plus decades, we have provided more than $130 million to build high-impact, long-term, sustainable initiatives that enrich the lives of children, their families and their communities.
Together We
Have Accomplished
Launching a web-based, interactive,
obesity prevention toolkit available
broadly to pediatricians, educators and
community partners
Providing leadership and career
development that have increased
graduation rates and improved life skills
Integrating national and local
healthy-habits education initiatives
that helps decrease sugary
beverage consumption
Providing a sports-based after-school
enrichment program associated with
increased graduation rates and
college enrollment
Introducing an innovative group
medical visit program that reduces
body mass index and consumption
of junk food
Growing a school-based, youth running
program from a single classroom in the
early 1990s to impacting generations of
children in thousands of schools across
all 50 U.S. states
Providing a sports-based after-school
enrichment program associated with
increased graduation rates and
college enrollment
Launching a web-based, interactive,
obesity prevention toolkit available
broadly to pediatricians, educators and
community partners
Introducing an innovative group
medical visit program that reduces
body mass index and consumption
of junk food
Providing leadership and career
development that have increased
graduation rates and improved life skills
Growing a school-based, youth running
program from a single classroom in the
early 1990s to impacting generations of
children in thousands of schools across
all 50 U.S. states
Integrating national and local
healthy-habits education initiatives
that helps decrease sugary
beverage consumption
