Chicago · Student-Led · Free

After the last bell, every kid gets to play.

We run free basketball and soccer clinics inside Chicago after-school programs. Coached by high schoolers. Equipment provided. Zero cost to schools or families.

Rise Up Sports Foundation team and students
Kids Impacted
100+
Across our partner schools
Community Partnerships
3
And growing
Team Members
17
Volunteer high schoolers
Raised So Far
$1,500+
100% goes to programming
Our Mission

Access to structured youth sports is unequal across Chicago. We're closing that gap with free clinics, real coaching, and equipment provided, so any kid in any neighborhood gets the shot at teamwork, discipline, and belonging that sports gave us.

The Playbook

Three plays. Zero cost.

Play 01

We partner with schools.

We team up with under-resourced Chicago elementary and middle schools that don't have the budget or staff for structured sports programming.

Play 02

Student volunteers coach.

High school volunteers — trained, supervised, and consistent — run weekly clinics in basketball and soccer. Real skill work, real mentorship, real fun.

Play 03

Kids play, free.

Every clinic is free. Every ball, cone, and pinnie is supplied by us. Families pay nothing. Schools pay nothing. Kids just show up and play.

Featured Partnership · Fall Semester

West Park STEAM Academy

A Humboldt Park elementary where students below 4th grade previously had no sports programming at all. Starting this fall, that changes — weekly basketball and soccer, 1st through 5th grade.

1–5
Grades
2
Sports
Weekly
Clinic Cadence
Join The Roster

Whether you coach, teach, principal, or just care — there's a way in.