Summary of 2024 Giving

In 2024 we supported three organizations. Here is some information on the work they do and how they align with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission.

boys and girls club of monterey county

The Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County offers a safe, affordable, and supportive environment for youth during after-school hours. Its mission is to help all young people, especially those most in need, realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens. The organization emphasizes three key areas—Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles—through community programs, mentorship, and quality services for youth from diverse backgrounds, making the club a vital safe haven.

The Chip Hooper Foundation plans to continue to support the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County through the MC Gives donation-matching program in order to double our impact.

American alpine club - live your dream grant

In 2024, The Chip Hooper Foundation, once again, supported the American Alpine Club’s Live Your Dream Grant. The foundation chose to support this organization again because their goals of supporting people’s dreams in the mountains aligns with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission of helping people reach their goals. The American Alpine Club awards the Live Your Dream Grant to an individual each year to help them progress in their climbing abilities. “The Live Your Dream grant is designed to help every-day adventurers take their abilities to the next level. It is about personal progression. It is about supporting each other; getting out there to push our individual limits; taking our skills to the next proving grounds, wherever that may be. The purpose of this grant is to support and promote unforgettable experiences for climbers—to dream big, to grow, and to inspire others. The Live Your Dream grant is for individuals of all ages, all experience levels, and all climbing disciplines—from bouldering to big walls, alpinism to ski mountaineering, peak bagging to bolt clipping and everything in between” (https://americanalpineclub.org/live-your-dream-grant).

United to learn

United to Learn is an organization in the Dallas area that helps supplement the social-emotional services provided in elementary schools. A library makeover, a training for staff on wellness, tests for the holidays are just a few of the direct ways that this organization impacts young people in Dallas. By improving the overall wellness of students and staff, these schools can become places that allow students to flourish and ultimately be more prepared to pursue their dreams with passion.

Due to a clerical error, the Chip Hooper Foundation’s 2024 gifts were processed in 2025.

Summary of 2023 Giving:

In 2023 we supported three organizations. Here is some information on the work they do and how they align with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission.

Boys and girls club of monterey county

The Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County offers a safe, affordable, and supportive environment for youth during after-school hours. Its mission is to help all young people, especially those most in need, realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens. The organization emphasizes three key areas—Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles—through community programs, mentorship, and quality services for youth from diverse backgrounds, making the club a vital safe haven.

The Chip Hooper Foundation plans to continue to support the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County through the MC Gives donation-matching program in order to double our impact.

Shooting Touch

Shooting Touch is an organization that operates both in Boston and in Rwanda. They operate under the philosophy of using sports as a vehicle for youth development. Their mission is to advance young women towards healthier futures by using the power of basketball. Max Hooper has gotten to know the founder of this organization and is amazed by their continued work.

Gateway mountain center

Gateway Mountain Center is an organization dedicated to introducing young people to the transformative power of human connection and nature immersion. Their goals are to “support the emotional, mental, physical, and social well-being of all young people — regardless of where they come from, their life experiences, and their physical abilities. [Their] work happens in all the places where young people need this support. That includes working with schools, collaborating with community groups and youth organizations, offering services at our community wellness center, and delivering our clinically supervised, nature-based, therapeutic mentoring program.” (https://gatewaymountaincenter.org/about-gmc)

Summary of 2022 Giving:

In 2022 we supported three organizations. Here is some information on the work they do and how they align with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission.

boys and girls club of monterey county

The Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County offers a safe, affordable, and supportive environment for youth during after-school hours. Its mission is to help all young people, especially those most in need, realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens. The organization emphasizes three key areas—Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles—through community programs, mentorship, and quality services for youth from diverse backgrounds, making the club a vital safe haven.

The Chip Hooper Foundation plans to continue to support the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County through the MC Gives donation-matching program in order to double our impact.

american alpine club - live your dream grant

In 2022, The Chip Hooper Foundation, once again, supported the American Alpine Club’s Live Your Dream Grant. The foundation chose to support this organization again because their goals of supporting people’s dreams in the mountains aligns with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission of helping people reach their goals. The American Alpine Club awards the Live Your Dream Grant to an individual each year to help them progress in their climbing abilities. “The Live Your Dream grant is designed to help every-day adventurers take their abilities to the next level. It is about personal progression. It is about supporting each other; getting out there to push our individual limits; taking our skills to the next proving grounds, wherever that may be. The purpose of this grant is to support and promote unforgettable experiences for climbers—to dream big, to grow, and to inspire others. The Live Your Dream grant is for individuals of all ages, all experience levels, and all climbing disciplines—from bouldering to big walls, alpinism to ski mountaineering, peak bagging to bolt clipping and everything in between” (https://americanalpineclub.org/live-your-dream-grant).

the Players company

The Players Company is an organization that was created and is run by former athletes. The aim of the organization is to enhance financial literacy in communities around the country to allow young individuals to pursue a more sustainable and prosperous future. By doing so, this aligns with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission, which focuses on helping people pursue their dreams with passion.

Summary of 2021 Giving:

In 2021 we supported three organizations. Here is some information on the work they do and how they align with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission.

Boys and girls club of monterey county

The Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County offers a safe, affordable, and supportive environment for youth during after-school hours. Its mission is to help all young people, especially those most in need, realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens. The organization emphasizes three key areas—Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles—through community programs, mentorship, and quality services for youth from diverse backgrounds, making the club a vital safe haven.

The Chip Hooper Foundation plans to continue to support the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County through the MC Gives donation-matching program in order to double our impact.

American alpine club - live your dream grant fund

In 2021, The Chip Hooper Foundation supported the American Alpine Club’s Live Your Dream Grant. The foundation chose to support this organization again because their goals of supporting people’s dreams in the mountains aligns with the Chip Hooper Foundation’s mission of helping people reach their goals. The American Alpine Club awards the Live Your Dream Grant to an individual each year to help them progress in their climbing abilities. “The Live Your Dream grant is designed to help every-day adventurers take their abilities to the next level. It is about personal progression. It is about supporting each other; getting out there to push our individual limits; taking our skills to the next proving grounds, wherever that may be. The purpose of this grant is to support and promote unforgettable experiences for climbers—to dream big, to grow, and to inspire others. The Live Your Dream grant is for individuals of all ages, all experience levels, and all climbing disciplines—from bouldering to big walls, alpinism to ski mountaineering, peak bagging to bolt clipping and everything in between” (https://americanalpineclub.org/live-your-dream-grant).

Be Well in school

Be Well in School is an organization based in Nashville that aims to impact students positively through the practice of yoga in schools. Yoga is intended to serve as a restorative practice and helps students regulate themselves physically and mentally. By utilizing these methods in schools in Nashville, Be Well in School makes a huge impact on the wellness of the students in their community.

Girls Inc.

Girls Inc. works in partnership with schools across the nation and is dedicated to the development of the whole girl. Girls Inc. mission states:

She learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and develop her inherent strengths. The combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and evidence-based programming equips girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers, and grow up healthy, educated, and independent. Informed by girls and their families, we also advocate for legislation and policies to increase opportunities and rights for all girls.

The Chip Hooper Foundation hopes that their contribution will help Girls Inc. continue the amazing work they are doing and support even more girls as they develop into strong women.

Marina High School Booster's Club

In 2019, the Chip Hooper Foundation chose to support the Marina High School Booster’s Club. The donation will specifically be going to the basketball program. Chip’s son, Max, who is now on the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff, has been a basketball player his entire life and one of Max’s first basketball coaches is the head coach of Marina High School. Marina is a relatively new school, having been open just under 10 years. As a result, their facilities and equipment have lagged behind, prohibiting them from competing to the best of their abilities in basketball. They just opened their doors to their on campus basketball gym this season. Our donation will be going towards equipment that can help the players develop and improve their skills. Ultimately, we believe that this donation and partnership can make a significant impact and help the athletes in the Marina High School basketball program pursue their dreams with passion.

Shooting Touch

The mission of Shooting Touch is to “[use] the power of sport to educate and empower at-risk youth, women and their communities to live healthier lives.” This aligns with what the Chip Hooper Foundation intends to do. Shooting Touch uses basketball as its vehicle to enable people from disadvantaged communities to reach their full potential. Based in Boston, they conduct camps, clinics, and provide mentoring on and off the court. The organization also promotes physical health, wellness, and activity in these communities by getting youth onto the basketball courts to play. To date, 92% of participants in the program have improved their GPA through Shooting Touch’s “Gear up for Grades” tutoring program. Also, 71% of participants learned and instilled new healthy eating habits through nutrition and healthy cooking classes. Shooting Touch’s impact has been real and measurable and by partnering with them we hope to further that impact.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

In 2018 The Chip Hooper Foundation supported the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. “The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) state-of-the-art mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. The Lennon Bus is highly adaptable, designed to provide students, their schools and communities with performances, hands-on demonstrations, remote recordings, and studio sessions customized for their needs, levels of experience and interest. The Bus travels the country visiting schools, music and technology conferences and events, and partners with communities and media outlets to call attention to the importance of arts and digital media education. All projects created on board are available for viewing on YouTube” (http://www.lennonbus.org/about_the_bus).

American Alpine Club - Live Your Dream Grant

In 2018 The Chip Hooper Foundation supported the American Alpine Club’s Live Your Dream Grant. The American Alpine Club awards the Live Your Dream Grant to an individual each year to help them progress in their climbing abilities. “The Live Your Dream grant is designed to help every-day adventurers take their abilities to the next level. It is about personal progression. It is about supporting each other; getting out there to push our individual limits; taking our skills to the next proving grounds, wherever that may be. The purpose of this grant is to support and promote unforgettable experiences for climbers—to dream big, to grow, and to inspire others. The Live Your Dream grant is for individuals of all ages, all experience levels, and all climbing disciplines—from bouldering to big walls, alpinism to ski mountaineering, peak bagging to bolt clipping and everything in between” (https://americanalpineclub.org/live-your-dream-grant).