Team IMPACT matches children facing serious illness and disability with college sports teams, creating a long-term, life-changing experience for everyone involved.
Founded in 2011, Team IMPACT is a national non profit organization serving children in all 50 states. To date, Team IMPACT has matched over 3,500 children on 800 college campuses, affecting nearly 85,000 college athletes. The South/Southeast region launched in December 2023 and has already changed lives of children and student athletes in North Texas, signing kids to teams at SMU, TCU, UT Dallas, University of North Texas, and Dallas Baptist University.
Team IMPACT’s unique multiyear program matches children facing serious illness and disability with college athletic teams across the country. Our mission is to guide children and teams alike in a mutually beneficial relationship of belonging, empowerment, and resilience.
Through this program, our vision is to create a world where every child facing serious illness and disability feels supported by something bigger and every team is transformed by a greater purpose. When we’re all in together, we all win together.
It costs approximately $5,000 a year to make and manage each match – this includes outreach, training, case management, and student-athlete development. Our therapeutic model focuses on the social-emotional detriments caused by a serious diagnosis by building self-esteem, resilience, and sense of belonging. Through the match experience a child and their family gain more than a team, developing a bond with the student-athletes that far exceeds the playing field and extends into everyday life. In addition to the kids attending practices, games and other team activities, the student-athletes spend time with their courageous young teammates in the hospital, their classrooms, at their birthday parties, trick-or-treating and more. The child and family gain lifelong friends to support them through treatments, celebrate milestones, and make meaningful memories together. For Team IMPACT, investing time and resources into ongoing training and leadership development for our families and student-athlete participants is critical to our overall program success.
In order to reach our year over year program growth goals and serve children and teams waiting to be matched, we need to increase funding regionally and nationally. Donations will directly impact the resources we can provide to our program participants, increasing quality and quantity of matches made in 2024 & 2025.
Team IMPACT deeply values its diverse community of participants, families, athletes, coaches, and volunteers. along with our network of partner organizations, including the hundreds of colleges and universities we’ve worked with, our corporate partners, and the many foundations, associations, and businesses that donate and volunteer in support of our mission. It is a foundational principle of Team IMPACT to be wholly committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.
Team IMPACT does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. This is not limited to employment, but covers our selection of volunteers, vendors, participants, and provision of all services within our program.
Team IMPACT is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, volunteering, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of age. race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
This policy applies to all terms, conditions, and areas of employment and volunteer participation, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, placement, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, recall, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Team IMPACT is nonpolitical and is not aligned with any political party, creed, organization, or movement.
Team IMPACT is not aligned with any religious belief.
Team IMPACT aims to build relationships with a wide spectrum of partner organizations and charitable causes as we work to further our mission of ensuring no child is sidelined by sickness.
Organization name
Team IMPACT
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$250,000 - $499,999
Counties Served
Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Grayson, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
Address
Team IMPACT South Region 4104 Hideaway Lane