For funders
Fund the
pilot
Money and AI skills, taught through sport, inside programs people already attend, so grant dollars pay for teaching, not buildings.
Why now
Two new California laws
Under AB 2927, California now requires a semester of personal finance to graduate, starting with students who graduate in 2030–31. A 2024 law, AB 2876, requires the state to consider adding AI literacy to its math, science and history–social science frameworks. FSL's sessions will give young people a hands-on head start on both, through the sport they already play.
The 2027 pilot
What the pilot needs
College coaches
Two trained, screened college coaches at every session, paid as FSL staff or through campus Work-Study.
Screening and training
A California DOJ background check and child-abuse reporting training for every coach and volunteer, before they work with kids.
Laptops and the playbook
FSL laptops for the AI and stats work, and a written playbook for every session.
Family materials
Permission forms, materials and updates in Spanish and English, and the take-home stat sheets and money plans.
What we'll report
Four numbers, good or bad
After each pilot cycle we'll publish four process numbers, even when they're small. We'll report a result only after two or three seasons of real data, and we'll never borrow anyone else's numbers.
Attendance
How many players came back each week.
Sessions
How many sessions ran as planned.
Builds
How many players finished their own stat tracker and money plan.
Programs
Whether each partner program asks to keep the sessions.
Who we are
A young nonprofit, in the open
Fundamental Sports Labs is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2025 (EIN 39-4190687) by a coach, PE teacher and financial coach. See our IRS record on ProPublica, our board and our youth safety policy.
Our rules for sponsors
Credit, never access
Sponsor names will appear on reports and on materials for adults only.
Nothing for kids to buy
No logos, products, accounts or sign-ups for kids, no child's data, and no say over what's taught.
Get the pilot plan
See what we track
Tell us a little about your interest and we'll email you the pilot plan when it's ready. Prefer to give now? Donate.