The Andy Roddick Foundation was established in 2000 with a vision that all young people have endless opportunities to discover and achieve their potential. Since that time, the Foundation has worked with our community to raise funds for programs that improve the daily lives of thousand of children. Upon Andy Roddick's retirement from tennis, he decided to transform the Foundation from solely provi
ding grants to one that will have an even deeper community impact. In 2012, ARF moved its headquarters from Florida to Andy's hometown of Austin, Texas. In 2013 the Foundation underwent a strategic direction change to include a more comprehensive strategy to provide greater opportunity to young people residing in under-resourced neighborhoods in Austin. The Foundation is now focused on working with our community to expand opportunities for young people to learn, thrive, and succeed. We do this by ensuring young people have year round-opportunities outside the school day - where students spend 80% of their waking hours. These are the hours when students are at risk of losing academic skills, being a victim of violent crime, gaining weight by not being physically active, and engaging in risky behaviors. However, high-quality out-of-school time programs have a positive and lasting effect on students by keeping them safe, engaged, and active. We work to transform time outside of school into hours of opportunity!
