Alonzo Mourning Charities

Alonzo Mourning Charities (AM Charities) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) public fundraising foundation. AM Charities’ mission is to encourage the educational development of our youth by creating programs and youth enrichment centers that promote positive change in low socioeconomic communities.

Since 1997, AM Charities has raised more than $7 million for various programs that aid in the development of children and their families. In addition to supporting other non-profit organizations, Mourning has focused his attention to stimulating the development of youth enrichment centers. With the help of donors, Mourning opened the first center in 2003 in the historic area of Overtown, in South Florida, known as the Overtown Youth Center. The next center is targeted for the city of Miami Gardens.

A major component of AM Charities is the Honey Shine Mentoring Program that works to empower young girls to shine as women. The bi-weekly workshops and summer camp that make up the program helps develop and nurture the mind, body, and soul of young women, by providing experiences that enlighten and create balance in their lives. In addition, Zo’s Fund for Life’s mission is to help raise funds for research to find a cure for kidney disease, education for doctors, nurses, families, and for patient assistance. The foundation was formed in 2001 after Mourning was diagnosed with Focal Glomerularsclerosis, a rare genetic kidney disease that was diagnosed after a routine pre-season team physical. Other programs and initiatives include: Youth Clinic and Sports Conference, Youth Summit, Thanksgiving and Holiday Programming.

With your participation, Alonzo Mourning Charities can continue to make great strides towards helping to change lives.

Magic Johnson Foundation

The Magic Johnson Foundation, founded by Earvin “Magic” Johnson in 1991, works to develop programs and support community-based organizations that address the educational, health and social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities. It is recognized as a nonprofit public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Over the past few years, the Magic Johnson Foundation has awarded more than $1.1 million to community-based organizations that focus on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, established five HIV/AIDS clinics, co-created award-winning “I Stand with Magic” campaign to end HIV/AIDS in the black community, supported more than 800 minority high school students with college scholarships (through the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program), opened 18 Magic Johnson Community Empowerment Centers located in underserved communities across the country, and provided a range of community-based initiatives including an annual Kid’s Mardi Gras and Annual Holiday Toy Drive and Party.

That’s why together, we need to do more and that’s why we are hoping you will lend support to the Magic Johnson Foundation by getting involved with one of our community empowerment centers, by sponsoring one of our important programs like our annual leadership conference, by asking your employer to match a donation, or by just simply making a point to know your HIV status. Together, we can continue to make our communities a better place in which to live and together, we can continue to develop programs and support community-based organizations that address the educational, health and social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities.