OUR OBJECTIVES
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Create meaningful sports experiences for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
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Build lasting partnerships with other nonprofits, community organizations, businesses, professional sports organizations, colleges, and athletes.
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Remove the financial and logistical barriers that keep people from experiencing live sports.
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Foster hope, belonging, and connection through experiences people share together.
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Measure and keep improving our impact through the lives touched, memories created, and relationships strengthened.
What we aim to create.
OUR CORE BELIEF
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Create meaningful sports experiences for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
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Every person deserves moments of joy, hope, and belonging, no matter what they’re going through.
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Shared experiences strengthen relationships and create memories that last.
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One meaningful opportunity can inspire resilience and leave a lifelong impact.
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Compassion, generosity, and community make extraordinary experiences possible.
It's more than a seat.
LEGAL
privacy policy
accessibility
The Open Seat Foundation, Inc ("Open Seat") is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN: 42-4717922). Contributions to Open Seat qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
© Copyright 2026. The Open Seat Foundation, an not-for-profit, section 501(c)(3).
OUR MISSION
We believe sports can create moments that change more than a day.
The mission of The Open Seat Foundation is to create opportunities through sports that inspire hope, strengthen relationships, build belonging, and create lifelong memories for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
To create opportunities through sports that inspire hope, strengthen relationships, build belonging, and create lifelong memories for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
OUR VISION
A world where everyone, no matter their circumstances, gets the chance to experience the hope, joy, connection, and inspiration that sports provide.
OUR CORE BELIEFS
It's more than a seat.
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Create meaningful sports experiences for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
-
Every person deserves moments of joy, hope, and belonging, no matter what they’re going through.
-
Shared experiences strengthen relationships and create memories that last.
-
One meaningful opportunity can inspire resilience and leave a lifelong impact.
-
Compassion, generosity, and community make extraordinary experiences possible.
OUR OBJECTIVES
What we aim to create.
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Create meaningful sports experiences for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
-
Build lasting partnerships with other nonprofits, community organizations, businesses, professional sports organizations, colleges, and athletes.
-
Remove the financial and logistical barriers that keep people from experiencing live sports.
-
Foster hope, belonging, and connection through experiences people share together.
-
Measure and keep improving our impact through the lives touched, memories created, and relationships strengthened.
A seat can be empty. Or it can become something more.
Every contribution helps create meaningful opportunities through sports.
LEGAL
privacy policy
accessibility
The Open Seat Foundation, Inc ("Open Seat") is a New Jersey nonprofit corporation recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN: 42-4717922). Contributions to Open Seat qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
© Copyright 2026. The Open Seat Foundation, an not-for-profit, section 501(c)(3).
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
To create opportunities through sports that inspire hope, strengthen relationships, build belonging, and create lifelong memories for individuals, families, and communities facing life's challenges.
OUR VISION