
Celebrating our 20th Anniversary
Learn MoreCELEBRATING 100 FIELDS IN 2021
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is about to break ground on our 100th Youth Development Park in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore City. To date, over 500,000 at-risk youth have access to one of our Youth Development Parks in 26 states and Washington, D.C., including 18 Adaptive Fields for children with special needs. These baseball or multipurpose, low-maintenance, synthetic surface fields give at-risk youth a safe and clean place to play.
Reedbird Park will give underserved kids the opportunity to go somewhere productive and learn life lessons about respect, communication, and teamwork through sports from positive adult mentors, as well as have fun in a healthy environment. The Ripken Foundation fields are truly transformational for kids and communities who need them the most. If you would like to make a donation to support the 100th Park campaign, please DONATE NOW.
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Reach and Impact
Reach & Impact
In 2020, the Ripken Foundation collaborated with 300 local youth-serving partners and law enforcement agencies in 500 cities and towns in 48 states and Washington, D.C., P to impact over 1.2 million at-risk youth. The Ripken Foundation Portal, which gives mentors access to our program curriculum guides, impacted 852,140 of those at-risk youth while our one-day camps and clinics conducted across the country reached over 10,000 kids. In addition, we now have 65 STEM Centers completed in 14 states giving kids the early exposure and hands-on opportunity to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
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Mentoring
Mentoring
In 2019, over 4,249 coaches, law enforcement officers, teachers, volunteers, and other youth mentors worked with the kids in our programs. Badges for Baseball, our signature crime prevention and mentoring program, impacted 40,757 kids in 536 communities.
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Youth Development Parks
Youth Development Parks
We’re adding more of our signature Youth Development Parks every year—creating safe places to play and renewing community pride.

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Testimonials
We love to hear how the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation has positively impacted the lives of our mentors and at-risk youth. If you have a positive experience with the Foundation that you would like to share, please submit a story. You might be featured below or on our social media outlets!
Sponsors
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is grateful for the support of the generous sponsors who share our vision and make our work possible.