The Tony Hawk Foundation seeks to foster lasting improvements in society, with an emphasis on supporting and empowering youth. Through special events, grants, and technical assistance, the Foundation supports recreational programs with a focus on the creation of public skateboard parks in low-income communities. The Foundation favors programs that clearly demonstrate that funds received will produce tangible, ongoing positive results.

Since 2002 the Tony Hawk Foundation has been fulfilling its mission to help young people by issuing grants to low-income communities building quality public skateparks, and providing guidance to city officials, parents, and children through the process. In the past nine years the foundation has awarded over $4.2-million to 512 public skatepark projects across the United States.   To-date, 423 Tony Hawk Foundation grant recipients have opened their skateparks and are currently serving an estimated 3.8-million children annually. With the remaining 89 grant recipients scheduled to open their parks in the next twelve months, an estimated 4.5-million youth annually will be actively using facilities that received financial aid and development guidance from the Tony Hawk Foundation.   The Tony Hawk Foundation supports disadvantaged communities and at-risk children. We are the only national grant-writing organization focused solely on the development and financing of free, quality public skateparks. We know that skateparks provide a safe and inspiring avenue for skaters to practice and excel at their sport, and that the process of developing their local skatepark encourages and teaches young people how to make positive changes within their own communities. The Tony Hawk Foundation has been working with municipalities and community groups to help them realize their dream of a quality public skatepark in their community.   For Tony Hawk, skateboarding was a healthy outlet and a recreational challenge, and it provided a social group of creative, like-minded individuals. It was also a sport that helped him build confidence, taught him to persevere, and through his mentoring of younger skaters helped him develop leadership skills. The Tony Hawk Foundation works every day to be able to bring these same lessons to youth across the country.