Friends of Play It Smart

Play It Smart’s mission is to help student-athletes take responsibility for their futures through lessons learned on the playing field, in the classroom and in service to others. The extent to which we can carry out that mission and the number of schools we can help depends entirely on the number and amount of gifts and grants we receive each year.

We have been fortunate to receive generous financial support from a number of sports related organizations, with the NFL Youth Football Fund being the most generous among them. We are also pleased to note that we have an increasing number of individual donors.People who generally want to see high school athletes reach their full academic potential are supporting as are those who wish to see their contributions benefit the student-athletes at one or more particular Play It Smart high schools.

Play It Smart has a dramatic, positive effect on the graduation and college enrollment rates of the student-athletes we serve. We aralso proud that our program is managed in an efficient manner, with over 80% of our budget going for direct program support. In fact, 55% of our budget is comprised of direct grants to Play It Smart schools and Academic Coach subsidies. Despite the program costing less than a dollar a day for each Play It Smart participant, we helped our student-athletes earn over $6 million in athletic scholarships last year alone.

We want to help more schools and we want to help more student-athletes in need. To do that, we need your help. Please make a gift online today or use the form below to make your gift by check or credit card.

And remember: If you’re going to play…PLAY IT SMART!

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Please mail this form and your check or credit card information to:
The National Football Foundation
433 E. Las Colinas Blvd.
Suite 1130
Irving, TX, 75039

For more information please call 1-800-486-1865.