The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation and Angel City Sports Power Possibility
Key Highlights
- ➤Sports Matter Impact League launched a three-year tiered grant program in 2025
- ➤Angel City Sports provided more than 31,000 athlete activations since 2013
- ➤Angel City Sports enters year two of its partnership going into 2027
- ➤Angel City Sports offers free year-round adaptive sports programming across Los Angeles
Expert Statements
Rick Jordan, Vice President of The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation
“Long-term partnerships allow us to listen, learn and build alongside organizations to create stronger programs and meaningful change that lasts”
Damian Munoz, 13-year-old Angel City Sports athlete
“Angel City Sports taught me that I can do anything and that my wheelchair is never a limit”
Alvin Malave, Program Manager at Angel City Sports
“I hope to teach the kids that anything is possible, and you can use sport as an opportunity to develop yourself mentally, physically and emotionally and go through life and be successful”
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2026 / DICK'S Sporting Goods
In 2013, eight-year-old Ezra Frech and his dad Clayton traveled to Oklahoma City for the UCO Endeavor Games, an annual multi-sport competition for athletes with physical disabilities. While there, Ezra asked his dad why there weren't programs like the Endeavor Games in Southern California, and that's how Angel City Sports was born. What began with one young athlete asking "why" has grown into exactly the kind of lasting change The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation's Sports Matter Impact League is built to champion.
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