The most similar organization to High Impact Athletes that I’m aware of is Raising for Effective Giving, which recruited a lot of top-tier poker players to donate some of their winnings to EA-aligned charities.
While there are a few high-profile actors and musicians prominently linked to EA, no professional athletes come to mind for me. However, given the size and prominence of some EA-aligned charities, I’m sure they’ve had brushes with pro athletes in the same way other charities do. For example, Michael Phelps participated in one of the first big fundraising events from the Against Malaria Foundation.
I’ve had a great chat with Stefan from REG who couldn’t bring to mind any athletes outside of the poker space. I am basically trying to bring REG’s model into the pro sport space (beginning with tennis due to my personal relationships there).
Phelps is an interesting one. No idea how I’d get in touch with him but if he’s been exposed to the ideologies already he could be an easier ask than most.
I haven’t heard of Phelps being involved in anything EA-related since then, so I’d guess this was just a random charity event to him (one among many).
Rob Mather of AMF organized the swim event, so he may know whether any of the high-level swimmers from that fundraiser continued to be involved with AMF afterwards.
For context, I assume you are this Marcus Daniell?
The most similar organization to High Impact Athletes that I’m aware of is Raising for Effective Giving, which recruited a lot of top-tier poker players to donate some of their winnings to EA-aligned charities.
While there are a few high-profile actors and musicians prominently linked to EA, no professional athletes come to mind for me. However, given the size and prominence of some EA-aligned charities, I’m sure they’ve had brushes with pro athletes in the same way other charities do. For example, Michael Phelps participated in one of the first big fundraising events from the Against Malaria Foundation.
Hi Aaron, yes that’s me!
I’ve had a great chat with Stefan from REG who couldn’t bring to mind any athletes outside of the poker space. I am basically trying to bring REG’s model into the pro sport space (beginning with tennis due to my personal relationships there).
Phelps is an interesting one. No idea how I’d get in touch with him but if he’s been exposed to the ideologies already he could be an easier ask than most.
Thanks for the reply!
I haven’t heard of Phelps being involved in anything EA-related since then, so I’d guess this was just a random charity event to him (one among many).
Rob Mather of AMF organized the swim event, so he may know whether any of the high-level swimmers from that fundraiser continued to be involved with AMF afterwards.