Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs

Mission: UMPS CARE Charities was founded through the compassion of Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires. UMPS CARE provides financial, in-kind and emotional support for America's youth and families in need. The UMPS CARE mission puts into action our established creed, "Helping People is an Easy Call". Through our youth based programs, professional umpires enrich the lives of at-risk youth and children coping with serious illness by providing memorable baseball experiences. Through our scholarship initiative we offer financial support to youth adopted late in life.

Results: In 2019 :
•Provided Build-A-Bear Workshop experiences for 1,600 children with cancer or other serious illnesses.
•Provided Major League Baseball experiences for 700 at risk youth, awaiting adoption, children battling major illnesses and military families in Major League and Triple A markets across the country
•Distributed $30,000 in college scholarship funds to youth adopted late in life.
•Awarded $15,000 in financial assistance to families in need and financial grants to 501(c)3 organizations.

Target demographics: children in the foster care system, children battling major illnesses and military families

Direct beneficiaries per year: 720 at-risk youth and military families, 1600 patients in children's hospitals and three youth adopted late in life helping them go to college.

Geographic areas served: Major League Baseball communities across the country

Programs: once in a lifetime baseball experiences, scholarships for college, laughs and smiles for patients in children's hospitals.