NBA Foundation celebrates 13th round of grants empowering the next generation of leaders
The NBA Foundation is proud to announce its 13th round of grants, committing over $5 million to 31 nonprofit organizations across NBA team markets. This latest round continues the Foundation’s dedication to providing economic and career advancement opportunities for Black youth. Since its establishment in 2020, the NBA Foundation has distributed nearly $125 million in grants, benefitting thousands of underserved young people with the resources, mentorship, and skills needed to succeed.
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Tech Slam UK hosted at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last week hosted the third annual Tech Slam UK as a collaboration between the Club’s Foundation and The Hidden Genius Project.
The initiative aims to empower youth from diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities within the worlds of sports and technology.
Students from local schools were invited to the stadium for a series of workshops facilitated by TEAM, Inc., Oakland Natives Give Back, and Creative Hut which focused on exposing youth to tech skills using sports and technology.
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This Oakland nonprofit prepares students of color to land sports-tech careers
TEAM Inc. helps young people channel their love of the game into learning the STEM skills necessary to enter the tech side of the sports industry.
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NBA Foundation announces $2 million in inaugural grants to support Black communities
NEW YORK – The NBA Foundation today announced a total of $2 million in inaugural grants that will drive economic empowerment in Black communities through employment and career advancement. Seven organizations – exalt, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Marcus Graham Project, Operation DREAM, TEAM Inc., The Knowledge House and the Youth Empowerment Project – have been selected as the recipients of the first grants from the Foundation.
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HUDL: How We’re Approaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In June, HUDL made a commitment: they’re not just sticking to sports anymore. Fighting against systemic racism and injustice is everyone’s responsibility, including ours. However, we’re definitely new to this fight, and we have a long way to go to get better at it.
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OUR VOICES PODCAST: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Alumni Youth Educators from TEAM, Inc. and The Hidden Genius Project share how their entrepreneurial experience and projects inspire change at the intersection of sports, tech, and social justice.
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Oakland A's Nonprofit of the Game
TEAM Inc featured as Oakland A’s nonprofit of the game.
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Basketball Decoded Warriors
In Partnership with the Golden State Warriors and Google Cloud exposing underrepresented youth to the influence of technology in Sports and STEM
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Thompson: The Godfather of NBA analytics is on a mission to debunk a myth
Anwar McQueen remembers vividly when it all began. Spring of 2005.
At the time, he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. Jessie Evans was the head coach, but McQueen became the protégé of fellow assistant Bill Johnson. McQueen and Johnson went to De La Salle High to watch Theo Robertson, a local hoops star high on USF’s wish list. Johnson had introduced McQueen to a new software for breaking down film. It was called SportsCode. So while Johnson drove — across the Bay Bridge, through the Caldecott Tunnel — McQueen was in the passenger seat, getting his mind blown.
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Pistons in the Community: Tech Slam presented by Rocket Fiber
The Detroit Pistons, in partnership with The Hidden Genius Project, TEAM, Inc. and Google hosted Tech Slam, presented by Rocket Fiber, hosted an event to demonstrate how technology and STEM influence sports.
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