goes for his 60th title tomm at age 35. Unreal. Great athlete, great humanitarian.
here's the article from SI listing the top charitable athletes;
Here is a list of the top charitable foundations organized and funded by active pro athletes, led by Andre Agassi, along with the annual outlay disclosed by each in its most recently published tax filing. (Not all the funds were necessarily contributed by the athletes themselves.)
ATHLETE CHARITY OUTLAY 1. Andre Agassi Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation $11,044,106 Funds the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, for underprivileged kids in Las Vegas 2. Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong Foundation $5,280,420 Money from $1 yellow bracelets -- plus Lance's cash -- goes to cancer-fighting and -coping groups 3. Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Foundation $1,519,999 Funds the Tiger Woods Learning Center in California and other educational and youth groups 4. Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux Foundation $997,190 Helps hospitals in the Pittsburgh area and funds neonatal and anticancer research 5. Derek Jeter Turn 2 Foundation $742,313 Sponsors after-school programs and scholarships in New York City and Kalamazoo, Mich. 6. Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Mourning Charities $715,864 Funds after-school programs and tutoring for inner-city kids and research on kidney disease 7. Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Foundation $573,850 Supports children's leukemia and lymphoma research and the Make-A-Wish Foundation 8. Val Skinner Val Skinner Foundation $518,646 Since 1993 Skinner has organized fellow pro golfers to raise money for breast-cancer research 9. Doug Flutie Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation $457,998 Named for the QB's son, the charity funds research on and promotes awareness of autism 10. Mike Hampton Mike Hampton Pitching-In Foundation $434,732 Supports baseball, softball and antidrug and antialcohol programs for young people
a nice quote;
"If there's a heaven, this guy is going there. His commitment to kids is beyond compare."
-- Agnostic Martyn Brewer, director of sports marketing for adidas America, on Andre Agassi.
