Sports Backers Profile
Company Description
For the past 33 years, Sports Backers, a 501 c(3) organization, has been at the forefront of promoting active living in Greater Richmond, becoming a recognized leader in fostering a healthy and active lifestyle. Sports Backers $8 million budget allows us to leverage our impact in the community beyond the 250,000 people that attended our events and programs last year. For example, Sports Backers' collaboration and leadership has resulted in $280 million in public transportation funding being committed to the Fall Line trail. Our staff trains and manages 8,000 volunteers annually to execute our programs and events and our staff has trained 1,800 of them to help lead other volunteers.