Who We Are
The Coach Foundation supports global philanthropic initiatives focused on community to help create a better future for all. Since its founding in 2008, the Coach Foundation has given more than $60 million to nonprofit partners all over the world.
Our Work
Inspired by the spirit of New York, our hometown since 1941, we partner with nonprofits that support our local and global communities and share our belief that all should have the freedom to live authentically and thrive.
In 2018, we launched Dream It Real, our core mission focused on helping young people around the world pursue their paths and purpose.
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Social Equity
sustainability
New York Heritage and fashion
Our Mission
To help break cycles of inequality, we empower the next generation
to reach their full potential through higher education.
#DreamItReal
HIGHLIGHTS
Coach
Celebrates
First-Ever
Dream Week
This year, we announced our commitment to providing 5,000 scholarships by 2025 by partnering with nonprofits around the world working to address inequities in higher education faced by under-represented students.
In addition, we committed to donating up to five percent of sales made during Dream Week up to $1 million in our U.S. and Canadian stores to the Dream It Real Fund.
Our Dream It Real Fund Grantees
The Opportunity Network
Bottom Line
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Year Up
Hetrick-Martin Institute
Point Foundation
Fashion Scholarship Fund
This fund is operated through CAFAmerica.
Watch “With Friends”
To celebrate our inaugural Dream Week, we spotlighted the stories of six students from our Dream It Real nonprofit partners around the world with interviews where they share what their dreams mean to them and how the Dream It Real program and the people around them support their dreams.
With friends I feel:
SABA
With friends I feel:
ALDO
With friends I feel:
LI
With friends I feel:
DANICA
ULYESE
With friends I feel:
HAYATO
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Discover Our
Partners
Around the World
The Coach Foundation partners with nonprofits that provide opportunity through access to higher education.
OUR PARTNERS IN
North America
The Coach Foundation is proud to support The Opportunity Network and Bottom Line and their work to driving equity across higher education for under-represented students and students from low income communities. As part of our commitment, we are establishing a Dream It Real scholarship program to provide students with four years of scholarship, mentorship, and personal support.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
The China Youth
Development Foundation
The Coach Foundation partners with the China Youth Development Foundation in support of their work helping students at universities across China discover and develop their passions through student aid, scholarship and advocacy
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As part of our commitment, the Coach Foundation launched the Dream It Real program to provide 1,000 low-income CYDF students each year with scholarships to university.
Learn more about the CYDF here.
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OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
Katariba
The Coach Foundation supports Katariba’s work in helping close the opportunity gap for young people across Japan. Our funding supports Katariba’s Kikakke Opportunity Program and My Project to provide access to mentoring and to help thousands of Japanese young people develop skills towards achieving their dreams.
Learn more about Katariba here.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
UK Youth
The Coach Foundation supports UK Youth through our bespoke Dream It Real Program helping young people each year discover their personal and career goals through a unique curriculum program and scholarship support.
Learn more about UK Youth here.
More ways we
are helping create a better future for all.
Learn more about how we’re supporting our local and global communities.
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The Coach Foundation is committed to supporting nonprofits working at the forefront of addressing inequality in our communities.
In 2019, the Coach Foundation announced commitments to supporting nonprofits working at the forefront of addressing racial inequality by expanding education opportunities and protecting civil rights.
The Coach Foundation is also committed to creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ young people to thrive. We are proud to support programs that help LGBTQIA+ young people live authentically and reach their full potential.
OUR PARTNERS
Albert-Kennedy TrustCenterlink Community of LGBTQ+ Centers
The Equal Justice Initiative
Hetrick-Martin Institute
The Point Foundation
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
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Today, the same way we care about every stitch that goes into our product, we care about the impact we have on the planet. Everything we make, we craft to last with the belief that better-made things create a better made future for all.
In 2021, we introduced Coach (Re)Loved, a new, circular way to Coach as part of our commitment to reducing our impact.
We are also proud to be a part of Fashion Makes Change, a coalition of brands dedicated to improving the lives of women around the world and cultivating a more sustainable future.
Learn more here.
Learn more about environmental responsibility at Coach here.
OUR PARTNER
Fashion Makes Change-
New York City is our hometown since 1941. Through the Coach Foundation, we support programs to ensure the vibrancy of New York.
To date, the Coach Foundation has donated over $20 million to support museums, arts and local parks in our New York City neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side.
To support the fashion community in New York, we have donated over $1 million to the Council of Fashion Designers of America and $500,000 to Parsons School of Design to support the future of NY Fashion.
We are also proud to have contributed over $3 million to support New York City small businesses as a founding partner of NYC’s Small Business Continuity Fund.
OUR PARTNERS
CFDAFashion Scholarship Fund
Friends of the Highline
NYC Small Business Continuity Fund
Parsons School of Design
The Shed
West Side Community Fund