Program areas at Tim Tebow Foundation
Anti-Human Trafficking: The Tim Tebow Foundation is committed to engaging in the global fight against human trafficking and child exploitation.Efforts include prevention through awareness and advocacy, rescue through victim identification and capacity building within law enforcement and judicial systems around the world, and care for survivors through victim outreach, care coordination, and residential programs.
Profound Medical Needs: The Foundation is committed to providing physical and spiritual care to children with profound medical needs. Timmy's Playrooms: Timmy's Playrooms are being built in children's hospitals around the world to bring Faith, Hope and Love to patients and their families. These rooms provide a place for hospitalized children to be strengthened and encouraged through healing play - where they can take their minds off medical treatment and just be kids. Medical Care: The Tim Tebow Foundation provided funding and support to CURE International for the operation of the Tebow CURE Children's Hospital of the Philippines, the CURE Children's Hospital of Zimbabwe, and the construction of the Tebow Spine Center at CURE Children's Hospital of Ethiopia. The hospitals perform reconstructive and orthopedic procedures as well as offer spiritual healing to deserving children who could not otherwise afford care. W15H: The Tim Tebow Foundation W15H program fulfilled the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses whose wish was to meet Tim Tebow. The program arranged travel, lodging, and amazing experiences for children and their families. In addition to official W15H experiences, the W15H Brighter Days program consists of encouraging phone calls, hospital visits, meet and greets at speaking engagements and more.
Special Needs: The Foundation is committed to serving and celebrating people with disabilities via four strategic initiatives. Night to Shine: The Tim Tebow Foundation provided funding, planning support, and execution guidance towards Night to Shine, an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God's love, for people with special needs hosted by churches across the United States and around the world. International Education and Resource Centers: The Tim Tebow Foundation continues to build an alliance among faith-driven NGOs doing profound work in the Special Needs space. These partnerships encourage best practices to fortify and multiply centers of excellence around the world focused on strengthening individuals and families living with disability. Shine On: The Tim Tebow Foundation is committed to equipping the Church and families affected by disability with tools to eliminate barriers and create life-giving community. As part of this equipping, the Foundation built a digital platform to connect families and new and growing special needs programs within churches to world-class, faith-based resources that train, guide, and support them. Tebow Down Guatemala: Tebow Down Guatemala exists to provide early intervention services, speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational and life skills workshops, special education, recreational and high-performance sports, and training for families living with disability in Guatemala. Tebow Down Guatemala serves students and families through their four strategically placed schools in Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Mazatenango, and Chimaltenango. Tebow Down Guatemala is registered as a civil association in the Legal Entities Registry of the Ministry of Government in Guatemala. The civil association registration provides Tebow Down Guatemala with an exemption from income taxes in Guatemala.
Orphan Care + Prevention: The Tim Tebow Foundation provided funding and support to serve hundreds of children who have been left homeless or abandoned. Currently orphans and at-risk families in six countries receive support through grants which cover food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, family support programming, and sharing the Gospel. The Tim Tebow Foundation provided adoption aid grants for families adopting children from around the world, most of whom have special needs. These grants help cover the costs of the adoptions and continued care of these special children.
Rising Light Ridge: The Tim Tebow Foundation is currently developing the Rising Light Ridge Ministry Campus located in Bear Creek, PA. Rising Light Ridge is aspiring to be a community of belonging where participants of all backgrounds and abilities, and their families, can grow in Christ and in love for others. In 2023, the program welcomed campers for week-long sessions during the summer.
Physical & Spiritual Aid: The Foundation is committed to providing physical and spiritual aid in response to global humanitarian needs, especially following catastrophic events. The Foundation supports people experiencing food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty, as well as those bringing the good news of the gospel to the unreached.