We are thrilled to announce that this year, 2019, marks our 20th year as a foundation. Thanks to the support from Mia and our family of partners and supporters - like you - we're proud to remain steadfast behind the same mission set on day one.

Each year we raise funds to support organizations that align with our mission. Most recently, we were able to give grants to the phenomenal organizations listed below:

Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland
Believe in Tomorrow Children's Foundation
Baltimore, Maryland
Beyond Soccer
Lawrence, MA
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Children's Hospital Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Soccer Assist
Austin, TX

Figure Skating in Harlem & Detroit
Harlem, NY & Detroit, MI
Julia's Wings Foundation
Sherman, CT
Lake Braddock Secondary School
Burke, VA
UNC Lineberger Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, NC
SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
South Bronx United
Bronx, NY

*Pictures of Coach Mentor Oriagna, who started with us on our first girls team, the Wolves, instructing girls during our Annual Soccer & Wellness Camp in 2018.*

More on: Beyond Soccer

“The generous, continued support from the Mia Hamm Foundation has changed the trajectory of our Girls in Sports programming. When we started, Lawrence, Massachusetts like too many inner cities, did not support a youth soccer program, and its high school, despite a student body of 3,000, did not field a girls team. Fast forward 5 years, after our first Foundation grant, and our recreational leagues, summer camps and maxed out travel teams are benefiting 500 elementary, middle and high school girls, every season.

*The Lawrence Bulldogs Grade 6 Travel Team pictured following a season ending win in November 2018.*

The Foundation’s sustained investment in our mission has not only fueled our growth but has allowed us to raise the achievement bar for our girls through other wraparound health, leadership and academic support, like fitness and nutrition programs, after-school tutoring, and junior coaching experiences, that have improved our impact. Today, a handful of players on our first girls team are playing varsity and intramural soccer in college, and many return over the summer months, like Oriagna pictured here, to work as Coach-Mentors, inspiring the next generation of young girls to follow in their footsteps. Thanks especially to Mia Hamm for her tireless efforts, on and off the field, to ensure that girls, including our Beyond Soccer players, like the Grade 6 Bulldogs “have every opportunity to compete and develop as boys." – Hall of Fame Induction speech (2007). We are so grateful and continue to be inspired by your work and commitment.” – Stephanie McArdle

*Our current building and new construction.*

More on: SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals

“For eleven years, SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals has been opening our doors to patients, families, and caregivers who are being treated at UNC Hospitals. Even while the House was being built, the Mia Hamm Foundation stepped in to name a suite in support of bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients and their families. It’s not unusual for several of our suites to be occupied by BMT families, sometimes as many as 20 patients a year, with their housing expenses being supported by the Foundation.

Family House is in the process of adding 35 more rooms and we are pleased to welcome more BMT families who will understand Mia’s role in Family House when they see her jersey and the plaque in front of the suite she sponsored.”

More on: CHLA

“Thank you again to the Mia Hamm Foundation for supporting the Wyss family and Abella and Hudson’s Hope Fund at the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases. The Abella and Hudson’s Hope Fund provides funding for basic and translational research in neuro-oncology within the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases. This funding provides vital funds to support research and treatment of pediatric brain tumors.”

Sydney Bellman is 12 years old. She loves soccer, science, photography and scuba diving. She is thankful that she is healthy and has the opportunity to do so many things. To celebrate that, this summer, on July 15th, 2016, Sydney hiked up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park in California. She realized that many kids would like to be able to actively participate in sports and other adventures but are unable to do so because they are sick or lack the money and opportunity. Sydney decided that she would ask people if they would be willing to sponsor her by donating money to charity if she completed this hike up Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. The charity she chose to support is the Mia Hamm Foundation. Mia is a soccer hero of Sydney's and she admires the fact that Mia uses her fame to raise awareness and money for various charities that research and provide funding for families that need marrow or cord blood transplants, as well as opportunities for young women who would otherwise not be able to play sports.

We are so proud of Sydney and honored that she chose to support the Mia Hamm Foundation.

Follow Sydney's progress at www.sydneybellman.weebly.com.