By providing members of our communities with the right gear and knowledge while also promoting safety and responsibility, we empower people with the confidence to simply get active, have fun together, and enjoy life.

As an active member of the community, we support donation proposals that meet the following guidelines:

• Must be a registered 501(c)3 organization.
• The organization’s core mission must promote safety and responsibility within sports or outdoors and/or support first responder programs that foster safer communities. Opportunities are for a collective group (i.e. sports association, league, school district, etc.) rather than for an individual, individual school, travel team, or individual sports team.
• Does not have affiliation with religious and political organizations.
• The initiative takes place within a community where an Academy Sports + Outdoors store has presence within: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Proposals are submitted at least 90 days in advance of the event to allow time for review and fulfillment.

Donation requests submitted through other channels will not be considered. Due to the overwhelming volume of requests, we respectfully reserve the right to respond only to those requests that we can support. If your donation request meets all of the above guidelines, please email your request to communityrelations@academy.com.