# Beyond Sport

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**Beyond Sport** is a UK-registered global foundation, having the role of promoting sustainable social change through sports. Over the past 14 years, the Foundation has given out grants totaling $6.7 million and supported over 490 projects in 150 countries. Its support has gone to a diverse range of organizations and individuals using sports ranging from yoga to martial arts to football to tackle social issues head-on. It works in partnership with other organizations including NBA, [ESPN](/source/ESPN), Comic Relief, Sport England, The North Face, Unilever, MLB, MLS, NHL, and UK Sport. It has a global Board of Directors and a Youth Advisory Board.[1][2]

## Board members

**Board of directors**:[3]

- Jean Afterman, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager, The New York Yankees

- David Becker, International Sports and Entertainment Lawyer

- Alexandra (Lex) Chalat, Executive Director, Partnerships and Strategic Alignment - Qatar Foundation

- John Gleasure, Non-Executive Director

- Nick Keller, Founder and Chair, Beyond Sport

- Kely Nascimento, Founder and CEO, The Impact Game;Documentary filmmaker

- Melissa Potter, Executive Director, Content for Change and Vice President, Strategy and Impact - Paramount

- Cameron Rogers, Private Wealth Advisor, Ellevest

- Ambassador A. Shabazz, Diplomat, Lecturer, Consultant and Professor

**Youth Advisory Board[4]:**

- Siham Abdullahi, UK

- Carolina Agurcia, Honduras

- Tyrel Butler, Trinidad

- Nuth Chork, Cambodia

- Andrea Golli, US

- Laiba Masoud, Pakistan

- Daniel Ocenar, Philippines

- Ferdnand Wakalile, Uganda

## References

1. ["Beyond Sport"](http://www.beyondsport.org/). Retrieved 1 March 2013.

1. ["AMANDLA EduFootball wins Beyond Sport Award 2012"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120829014321/http://www.edufootball.org/what-we-do/events/beyond-sport-2012/). *AMANDLA EduFootball*. Archived from [the original](http://www.edufootball.org/what-we-do/events/beyond-sport-2012/) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.

1. ["Board of Directors"](https://beyondsport.org/about-us/about-us-board-of-directors/)

1. ["Youth Advisory Board"](https://beyondsport.org/about-us/about-us-youth-advisory-board/)

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