Get Activated!
The Steve Francis Foundation’s mission is to create and support recreational
and educational opportunities for underprivileged youth.
Steve Francis believes that youth need encouragement to dream and achieve without
boundaries. His dream to provide hope to youth growing up in troubled neighborhoods
with challenging circumstances and create oppor tunities for them came to fruition in
the summer of 1999.
A month prior to being selected as the Second Overall Pick in the
1999 NBA Draft, Steve Francis launched The Steve Francis Foundation. His first endorse-
ment check from Reebok provided the funding for his initial project, a $10,000 donation
to the Takoma Park Recreation Department for after-school youth programs and athletic
equipment. Ten years later, The Steve Francis Foundation is guided by the same mission
and continues to motivate, encourage and empower underprivileged youth.
