People outside Arizona asked if this help was for them too.
The charity began as a booster effort on a Tempe sideline. National Boosters Foundation is the later brand: the same organization, written for teams in every state, with the EIN still held in Arizona.
“Student-athletes were showing up. Coaches were putting in the work. Families were doing everything they could. But the resources weren’t there — not the way they should have been.”
Before there was a foundation, there was a booster club.
Before there was an National Boosters Foundation, there was the Tempe Football Boosters Foundation — built on the sidelines of a high school program where a booster club president saw what was missing.
Game-day meals. Gear. Funding that didn’t feel like pulling teeth. The small things and the big things that turn a season into something a kid remembers for the rest of their life.
The athletes were talented. The coaches were committed. The families were all in. What was missing wasn’t effort — it was infrastructure.
Filling the gaps — one meal, one fundraiser at a time.
From kickoff BBQs to meal prep for every athlete on the roster, we started filling the gaps. Fundraisers that actually raised money. Meals before games so kids weren’t competing on an empty stomach.
Partnerships with businesses that wanted to give back but didn’t know how. For the first time, that team had someone pouring into them — not asking what they could give, but showing up with what they needed.
That season changed everything.
What if the next team was not in Arizona?
That question is why National Boosters Foundation has its own site. The Tempe booster work became Arizona Boosters Foundation, Inc., the 501(c)(3). National is the program families use when the roster, the school, or the donors are somewhere else. It is not a second charity and it does not have a second EIN.
One program. One sport. One community — then everywhere.
What started with one program, one sport, one community grew into something bigger — a foundation built to do for other teams what we did for ours.
- Real fundraisers that work
- Discounts & negotiated partner rates
- Meal prep for teams of every size
- Uniforms & gear partnerships
- NIL opportunities for student-athletes
- Scholarships & recognition programs
- Behind-the-scenes support so coaches can coach
Arizona keeps the charity. National keeps the map.
Arizona Boosters Foundation, Inc. remains the legal 501(c)(3), EIN 39-3080525, and the primary site for Arizona schools. National Boosters Foundation publishes the same campaign types, product fundraisers, NIL notes, and partner discounts for coaches in the rest of the country.
Confirm the filings on the Arizona financials page. Gifts started here are still gifts to that entity.
If you are reading this from an Arizona sideline, you are welcome here, and you will get a clearer local path on arizonaboostersfoundation.org.
The Tempe sideline explains the charity. This website explains the reach.
Use National when the team is not an Arizona program. Use the Arizona site when you need the local front door, the financials, or a donation page written for that state.