TM23 Foundation

This grant will support a new leading-edge curriculum to teach children how to live and play with more heart. The "Play with Heart" curriculum is designed to teach children and young athletes how to access more passion, creativity and purpose, and to develop greater appreciation for themselves and their communities. Net revenue generated from this curriculum will allow the TM23 Foundation to build more public athletic fields in LA parks and schools, each one called Tommy's Field.

We are gifting our third Tommy's Field to Los Angeles, in Boyle Heights. This state-of-the-art athletic field with lights will be part of the Sixth Street Parc project being developed under the city's new and iconic Sixth Street Bridge. Tommy's Field-Boyle Heights will provide more public field space for soccer and other field sports in a city that is desperate for more safe places where children can play.

Every Mother’s Day, the TM23 Foundation hosts a fully sponsored youth soccer tournament for 250 boys and girls from across LA. More than 1000 Angelenos attend the TM23 Community Cup, which activates Tommy’s Field at Westwood Rec Center and supports the building of more Tommy's Fields in other parts of the city. This grant will support the growth of the TM23 Community Cup so more children / families can participate starting in 2026, and we in turn raise more money to build more Tommy's Fields / public green space for children to play on.

This grant will support the development of a third Tommy's Field for the City of Los Angeles to be located in an underserved area of Downtown or East LA . Tommy's Fields are lighted multipurpose fields that refurbish and beautify underutilized land to serve children of all kinds and unite their communities through the spirit of play. The first two Tommy's Fields are massive success stories – improving parks and schools, benefiting both organized and free play, and serving the physical and mental well-being of thousands of children annually.

The TM23 Foundation is gifting to "Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services" $1.2 million to refurbish an existing dirt athletic field in the middle of Vista's campus. This new synthetic turf field will conserve water, reduce maintenance costs and allow for more programming rain or shine. The field will accommodate multiple sports and free play, and serve Vista's children during school hours, as well as neighboring youth organizations and schools after-hours and on weekends, providing our greater city with more precious green space for play.