Empowering athletes to give back and achieve their charitable goals.
Every year, Dreambuilders helps athletes across the country make a positive impact in their communities.
ABOUT DREAMBUILDERS
Started in 2009 by former NFL linebacker Akin Ayodele, Dreambuilders is a 501c3 non-profit that makes it simple for athletes to build their own unique programs or initiatives and host their own community and fundraising events. Whether you are interested in fiscal sponsorship, which gives an athlete the look and feel of having their own foundation, doing one-off events like Thanksgiving or Holiday giveaways, or getting assistance in developing programs for your already-existing 501c3 foundation, Dreambuilders can help get you where you want to go.
We have a 15-year track record of executing charitable programs and events for scores of athletes all over the country, and we have worked with hundreds of partner organizations ranging from schools to after-school clubs, foster care agencies, homeless shelters and children’s hospitals to impact hundreds of thousands of kids and families in need.
Dreambuilders also works with top national and local corporate partners to help build a base of funding and support for each athlete’s initiatives. These sponsors, which include the likes of UnitedHealthcare, Dick’s Sporting Goods, JCPenney and The Albertsons Companies, among others, partner with Dreambuilders athletes in order to make a difference in the communities they serve. These highly-effective community partnerships provide unique volunteer opportunities for their employees and significant PR value for their brands.
FOR ATHLETES
Dreambuilders works with each athlete to make his or her community goals a reality, like Houston Texans’ Jalen Pitre’s Thanksgiving meal giveaway.
Every athlete’s goals for giving back are unique, so the programs and events they support should be as well!
Dreambuilders provides you with a customized plan for building initiatives and outreach events that maximize the impact on those you are seeking to help and that develop your very own community brand. And best of all, we work in the way that makes the most sense for you.
If you want your own branded foundation, we can set that up under Dreambuilders as a fiscal sponsorship that allows you to have your own foundation name, logo, website, etc., and to accept donations and fundraise. Our fiscal sponsorship model does more than just remove any need for you to handle accounting, legal or administrative tasks. Our staff not only takes care of all of that, but also takes an active role in developing the programs and events you want to support, fundraising, soliciting corporate partners and handling public relations.
If you are simply looking to do a specific community event, like a back to school supply drive or a Holiday gift giveaway, we can help you put it all together, aligning with local agencies or organizations to identify the kids or families who will benefit, and working with sponsors and vendors to make it all a reality. And if you already have your own 501c3, we can help you build programs or events as well, tapping into some of our corporate partnerships to make them a reality.
FOR PARTNERS
In today’s business world, companies need to do more than just stand out. They must be seen as good citizens which invest back into the communities that support them. But it can be challenging getting the public to notice the good work you do. Dreambuilders helps its partners maximize public relations value of community programs by aligning them with well-known athletes who have a similar passion for charity work.
Dreambuilders has a 15-year track record of executing successful partnerships that garner extensive media coverage for partners like UnitedHealthcare, JCPenney, Albertsons and Giant Eagle. Let us work for your company to breathe new life into the good work you do for others.
Companies get much more attention for their charitable giving and community involvement when they partner with athletes who have similar charitable goals.