Our Mission
Every child deserves a chance.
SportsWorks is on a mission to help put children on the path of hope and opportunity.
Poverty impacts children on all levels. Our programs are designed to meet the holistic needs of children so that they are better equipped to achieve a brighter future. We seek to enrich the lives of economically disadvantaged children and youth through sports instruction in a Christian values-based setting. Our sports programs provide exercise, interaction with other children, and strengthened morality, all of which are key drivers in building self-esteem and confidence.
We also offer nutritional counseling and educational resources such as tutoring, mentoring, homework assistance, and a financial literacy curriculum.
We welcome children of all backgrounds and work with low-income families to provide children with scholarships and affordable access to our basketball, tennis, flag football, and soccer programs.
SportsWorks has earned the platinum seal from GuideStar USA - the highest distinction available for our commitment to transparency.
SportsWorks is on a mission to help put children on the path of hope and opportunity.
Poverty impacts children on all levels. Our programs are designed to meet the holistic needs of children so that they are better equipped to achieve a brighter future. We seek to enrich the lives of economically disadvantaged children and youth through sports instruction in a Christian values-based setting. Our sports programs provide exercise, interaction with other children, and strengthened morality, all of which are key drivers in building self-esteem and confidence.
We also offer nutritional counseling and educational resources such as tutoring, mentoring, homework assistance, and a financial literacy curriculum.
We welcome children of all backgrounds and work with low-income families to provide children with scholarships and affordable access to our basketball, tennis, flag football, and soccer programs.
SportsWorks has earned the platinum seal from GuideStar USA - the highest distinction available for our commitment to transparency.
We're Making a Global Impact
SportsWorks donates sports equipment to impoverished communities around the world with the purpose of providing joy and physical well-being to the children who live in those areas. We serve the following locations:
UNITED STATESEl Paso, TX
Houston, TX Durham, NC Raleigh, NC |
AFRICAIvory Coast
Malawi Uganda |
INDIADimaput Nagaland
|
PAKISTANPunjab
|
CANADANorth York, ON
|
Our History
-
Provided free tennis lessons to five children on a drizzly Saturday morning in March after passing out flyers door-to-door in a low-income neighborhood.
-
Relocated our program from "Dad" Dunham Park in Cary, North Carolina to Sanderford Road Park in Southeast Raleigh and averaged more than 10 children at our program.
-
Some of our students participated in United States Tennis Association League matches through the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center.
-
Awarded the Fred Fletcher Program Director Volunteer of the Year Award from the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department.
More children competed in USTA-sanctioned league matches. -
Became a member organization of the United States Tennis Association and became recognized as a National Junior Tennis and Learning Organization (NJTL) and Community Tennis Association (CTA).
-
Recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the name King of the Court Tennis Ministry, Inc.
-
Awarded a sub-grant from TechMission, a Christian non-profit organization whose objective is to use technology to transform vulnerable communities. The sub-grant enabled a team of urban youth from the Boston-MA area to design our website.
-
Our program continued to grow in size and consistently attract quality instructors.
-
Awarded a Capacity Building Grant from DonorPath.
-
Established a partnership with First Book which enabled us to distribute books and school supplies at discounted prices to the kids who attend our program.
-
After consulting with some MBA candidates from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, added the additional sport of basketball and rebranded under the name SportsWorks Int'l Ngo.
Several of our former students began to enroll in universities.
Became a member organization of the Jr. NBA.
Awarded a corporate sponsorship from the Golden Corral Corporation. -
Established sports partnerships overseas in India, the Ivory Coast, Malawi, Pakistan, and Uganda.
Raised funds to support the Peoples Church-Toronto Elite Inner City Basketball program.
Earned GuideStar's Platinum participation seal - the highest distinction available - for our organization's commitment to transparency.
Numerous people were saved after attending sports programs that we had sponsored overseas. -
Added two additional locations: one in El Paso, Texas and another one in Durham, North Carolina.
Began to offer soccer and flag football at some of our programs.
For the first time, more than 50 children attended our programs in the United States in a single year.
Became a member organization of NFLPlay 60.
Awarded a 2-year sporting good equipment grant from Good Sports.
Awarded a soccer equipment grant from Target.
Several people were saved and baptized as a result of attending our program. -
Several of our students traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to attend an NJTL training session and watch the US Fed Cup Match versus the Netherlands, which included matches by Serena and Venus Williams and CoCo Vandeweghe.
Our organization was accepted into the Good360 program. -
Meet Our Team
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
|
JOHN KLINTWORTHJohn Klintworth is the founder and executive director of the organization. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU), earned an MBA degree from Vanderbilt University, attended the Urban Youth Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary, and earned a Certificate in Social Impact Leadership from the University of California at Berkeley Haas School of Business.
|
|
MELINA BIBLE CAINMelina Bible Cain is an attorney specializing in business and real estate law.
|
|
GREG RAJKUMARGreg Rajkumar is a finance and accounting executive with more than 10 years of senior management experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments. He is a former treasurer with Global Kingdom Ministries in Scarborough, Ontario and helped guide the church through a multi-million dollar building project. He has been a board member for the charity, Hope 4 Child, since 2014.
|
|
REV. RICHARD PAKU BAMBI, MVUNGI
Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rev. Bambi is a pastor and elder at Solid Rock Ministry International in Garner, North Carolina. All five of his children have participated in the programs offered through SportsWorks.
|
|
JUDSON DELICIEUXJudson Delicieux is a senior network solutions architect-sales engineer with Rogers Communications. He is married with two children and is an active member in his church. He is involved in men's Bible studies and has traveled several times on short-term mission trips to Haiti.
|
ADVISORY BOARD
[as of November 10, 2016]
TED GANGI Media Catalyst 1-30 East
JERRY SHERK, M.A. President, Mentor Management Systems
TODD TREIBLE, M.B.A. Director, Colleague Relations Workforce Managment, Sedwick
RYAN VINER Executive Director, Coaching for Literacy
JERRY SHERK, M.A. President, Mentor Management Systems
TODD TREIBLE, M.B.A. Director, Colleague Relations Workforce Managment, Sedwick
RYAN VINER Executive Director, Coaching for Literacy
GLOBAL TEAM
Since the founding of SportsWorks in March 2005, many volunteers have donated their time and talents to make SportsWorks a better and stronger nonprofit organization. We want to recognize and thank the following individuals for the contributions they have made to SportsWorks:
BRANDON BARNES Fundraising/Development
ROB BARNES Social media marketing
TUHINA BHAR Human Resources
NICK BLASQUEZ Fundraising/Development
CALE COLOSIMO Blogging
WALKING DELICE Infographics
WILLIAM DERHAM Brand management
RACHEL FERRAO Human resources/Operations
DESIRAE GRIGGS Marketing/Communications
SHRADDHA GUPTA Website design
STACEY HARPER Website design, marketing strategy marketing supervision
DARLENE MENDIA Fundraising/Development
DOMINIC MENSAH Marketing/Communications
POOJA PATEL Human Resources
PRATHIMA PINNAMANENI Website design, email marketing
CHANDAN UNCHAGERI Digital and social media marketing
MARTIJN SCHEIJBELER Website analytics
NANCY WHEELER Website design, website maintenance, information technology support, e-newsletter, email marketing
PEDJA ZIVKOVIC Website analytics
MARY KIM Website design & development, digital copywriting
ROB BARNES Social media marketing
TUHINA BHAR Human Resources
NICK BLASQUEZ Fundraising/Development
CALE COLOSIMO Blogging
WALKING DELICE Infographics
WILLIAM DERHAM Brand management
RACHEL FERRAO Human resources/Operations
DESIRAE GRIGGS Marketing/Communications
SHRADDHA GUPTA Website design
STACEY HARPER Website design, marketing strategy marketing supervision
DARLENE MENDIA Fundraising/Development
DOMINIC MENSAH Marketing/Communications
POOJA PATEL Human Resources
PRATHIMA PINNAMANENI Website design, email marketing
CHANDAN UNCHAGERI Digital and social media marketing
MARTIJN SCHEIJBELER Website analytics
NANCY WHEELER Website design, website maintenance, information technology support, e-newsletter, email marketing
PEDJA ZIVKOVIC Website analytics
MARY KIM Website design & development, digital copywriting
SportsWorks extends a special thank you to Mary Kim for the design of this website.
We also want to recognize and thank our Flipcause Success Managers, Darya Gorlova (previous) and Sam Cohen (current), for their many contributions to improving the SportsWorks website and fundraising campaigns.
Join Our Team
We are currently recruiting volunteers for several areas of our organization.
If you are interested in joining our cause, please APPLY HERE →
If you are interested in joining our cause, please APPLY HERE →