Just a Kid Foundation
The Just a Kid Foundation gives underprivileged kids life chances, using basketball as a vehicle to further their education through scholarships at schools and colleges.
About Us
About the foundation
Formed in 2015, the Just a Kid Foundation travels the globe, building basketball courts, running basketball camps, and mentoring aspiring student athletes in underdeveloped communities.
We teach the skills and values our founder, Jacob Burke, developed through the sport of basketball – dedication, pride and entrepreneurship. We strive to inspire children to want to become valuable members of society by paying it forward to others, just as the foundation has paid it forward to them.
Our core belief is that any kid from any upbringing can beat the odds to make a difference. Knowledge is power, and the more we know, the more we can make a sustainable impact for generations to come.
“I realised I was just a kid from Utopia, and if I could make it as basketball player, with all the advantages of growing up in a wealthy country, how inspiring would it be if kids without anything could make the same journey.” – Jacob Burke, Founder
Get Involved
However you’d like to get involved, we’d like to hear from you.
To make a difference and make a change there are myriad ways to get involved. Perhaps you could donate basketball shoes, apparel, shirts, shorts, basketballs, hoops and other essentials to the sports supplements and protein shakes we use to help raise nutrition levels in kids who are often undernourished.
Maybe you’ve got time to visit one of our camps or academies to provide practical help or coaching. It might be that you’ve got great fundraising connections at home or abroad. You could also help by adding to our library of coaching drills and education materials.
In fact we’re encouraging and challenging people to pay it forward any way they can. If you can make a difference at a local level, wherever you are, we’re here to support where we can.