THE CLIFFORD RAY FOUNDATION
Educate · Empower · Elevate
the game plan, drawn up ↴

NOBODY
WINS ALONE.

Every child deserves the chance to run, jump and play. For millions of kids in under-resourced schools, that chance doesn't exist — yet. We bring real PE to the schools that need it most: the equipment first, and then the places to use it.

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x's become o's with a team
Coach Clifford Ray with a group of kids and their basketballs in a school gym
game day at school
Play 01 — Scouting report

The opponent isn't a team.
It's a budget line.

In the schools we serve, the median PE budget is under $800 a year. Gyms double as cafeterias. "Physical education" too often means standing on a cracked blacktop with nothing to do.

Kids sitting on the floor of an old school gym while Coach Ray talks
the gym, the cafeteria, and the auditorium
A packed elementary school assembly
the whole school, one room
Coach Ray standing with an elementary class in their classroom
sharp kids. thin budget.
$800
The median yearly PE budget at the schools we serve — for every ball, rope, cone and goal, for every kid, all year. That's the score at tip-off. Read the scouting report →
Coach Clifford Ray in a suit
Play 02 — Meet your captain

He's drawn up plays before. This one's bigger.

Clifford Ray won an NBA championship with the 1975 Golden State Warriors and spent decades coaching in the league. He learned early what a full locker room can do. His team now is PE teachers, parents, and neighbors — and the roster's open.

Read Coach Ray's story →
Play 03 — The plan

Three moves. Run them at every school.

No secret plays. Equipment goes straight to the school, the PE teacher runs the program, and we publish what happened.

1

DELIVER THE EQUIPMENT

Straight to the school — balls, ropes, goals, cones, whatever the teacher's list says. No middlemen.

2

PARTNER WITH THE PE TEACHER

They know their kids. We back their plan so every piece of gear gets used, not stored.

3

TRACK THE OUTCOMES

Attendance, focus, participation — we follow up and post it, so every dollar is accountable.

A shaded school playground with climbing structures and a slide

what we're building toward

The long game

A ball lasts a season. A playground lasts a generation.

Every delivery starts a relationship with a school. Where it leads is a place built for play: shade over the playground, a gym that isn't also the lunchroom, ground a kid can actually run on at recess.

See the full play →
Play 04 — Take your position

The lineup card

You don't have to write a check to make this roster. Money helps — so do basketballs, a company logo, and a Saturday.

Instagram story: Thank you Uncle Cliff for talking to the girls about team work and what it takes to be a champion
"Thank you Uncle Cliff for talking to the girls about teamwork and what it takes to be a champion."
— a dance studio, after a visit from Coach Ray
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