Summary
Organization name
Positive Athlete Foundation Inc
2025
Tax id (EIN)
33-1538174
Category
Youth Development, Recreation & Sports, Education
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
184 RED HAWK WAYDALLAS, GA 30132
CO, US
About
Stories
Positive Athlete provides recognition, scholarships and development for high character high school student-athletes through a program that is free to both nominees and nominators. We spotlight those kids who embody the character traits that make our communities stronger- volunteering their time, overcoming obstacles and demonstrating the kind of leadership that gives us hope for the future. This is all done from the lens of helping prepare athletes for life/careers, also creating a platform through which corporations can promote their career tracks and ultimately hire these athletes given all of their desirable transferable skills.
Any high school student-athlete, male or female, in grades 9-12 and in any sport, team or individual, school sanctioned or club, can be nominated for Positive Athlete. This is a free and easy process that takes as little as five minutes.
Celebrate High Character Student-Athletes with Positive Athlete
- Recognize & Empower – Nominate high school athletes who show character, leadership, and resilience.
- Free & Fast – The nomination process is 100% free and takes just 5 minutes. There is no limit on the number of nominations.
- Big Impact – All nominees receive free lifelong leadership and career resources, plus eligibility for $2,500 scholarships.
- Who’s Eligible – Any sport, any gender, grades 9–12, including adaptive/unified athletes. Special categories also exist for coaches and ADs.
- Why Nominate – 97% of nominees feel more confident and inspired after being recognized.
Did you know?
· 96% of Positive Athlete nominees are inspired to do more of what made them a nominee
· 79% of Positive Athlete nominees are likely or highly likely to use the free lifelong access to character, leadership and career resources
*Data based on survey results of prior Positive Athlete nominees from 2012-2024
Giving Activity
Mission
To encourage young people to find their own value outside of their athletic ability to positively impact and change the culture of the world around them
Background Statement
Positive Athlete is a high school student-athlete recognition and development program that expanded nationwide in January, after a decade plus of success in Georgia and Western Pennsylvania. In 2025, Positive Athlete reached more than 3,300 schools across all 50 states while receiving more than 12,000 nominations (approximately 16% of all high schools). In Colorado, in less than four months, Positive Athlete saw nominations from 197 different high schools (53% of the schools with formalized athletic programs) including all 27 state sanctioned sports (as well as many others). Over $100,000 in nomination-based scholarship dollars were be given out to high character student athletes across the country with funds allocated to ensure geographic diversity. More so than other scholarship programs Positive Athlete has a unique, broader focus on encouraging young people to find their own value outside of their athletic ability to positively impact the world around them, with access to leadership development and future career connections for all nominees not just scholarship winners. With the return to school we just re-opened nominations for our second cycle a month ago and are already pacing well ahead of last cycle with more than 25,000 nominations expected nationwide.
Media gallery
Organization Data
DALLAS, GA 30132