Soccer Without Borders Selected to Join Stand Together Foundation's Catalyst Ignite Experience

Soccer Without Borders joins a highly selective network of nonprofits working to address our country’s biggest problems.

BALTIMORE, MD, January 12, 2025 – Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is proud to announce it has been selected to participate in Stand Together Foundation’s Catalyst Ignite, a leadership and organizational development experience designed to help nonprofits discover new and innovative solutions and drive transformative change alongside their communities. SWB is one of 15 nonprofits joining the Catalyst Community, a growing network of over 350 organizations in over 1,300 communities.

SWB was selected among hundreds of nonprofit organizations through an extensive selection process. The social entrepreneurs joining Stand Together Foundation’s Catalyst Community are recognized for disrupting the status quo, demonstrating “outside-the-box” thinking, and embracing community-driven and people-centered approaches.

“We’re excited to kick off the year by welcoming 15 bold nonprofits into Stand Together Foundation’s Catalyst Community, a network of more than 300 of our country’s most dynamic social entrepreneurs,” said Amber Fogarty, managing director for Stand Together Foundation. “The Catalyst Ignite Experience is all about shifting how we tackle our country’s biggest challenges, and these organizations are already demonstrating better ways to empower people by innovating, experimenting, and challenging the status quo. We can’t wait to see how these new Catalysts learn, partner, and spark change together.”

Catalyst Ignite is an exclusive year-long experience for the nation’s most transformative social entrepreneurs. It’s designed to meet high-potential nonprofit organizations with the tools, coaching, capital, and networks needed to accelerate their organizational health and impact. By helping them uncover what makes their work transformational and build on it, it lays the foundation for social entrepreneurs to become proof points of a better way to solve problems.

About Soccer Without Borders

Soccer Without Borders uses soccer as a vehicle for belonging, growth, and opportunity for underserved youth in the United States and abroad. Through year-round programming, we combine soccer with education and community-building to support young people both on and off the field. Soccer Without Borders has been recognized by the FIFA Diversity Award, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award, the Wharton School of Business’ Lipman Family Prize, and as an awardee of MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Open Call. Learn more at SoccerWithoutBorders.org

About Stand Together Foundation

Stand Together Foundation is dedicated to empowering individuals to reach their full potential through community-driven change. We are building a movement of social entrepreneurs who believe in people, work with individuals closest to the problem, and unite with anyone to do right. Through innovations that inspire Americans to help each other, they are building stronger, safer communities where all people can learn, contribute, and live lives of meaning. Learn more at StandTogetherFoundation.org.