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Philadelphia: Charity

Interested in becoming an Official Charity?

Preferred Charity Partners

Running across the finish line is an amazing personal accomplishment. Give your race even more meaning, by joining a charity training program from one of our Preferred or Official training partners! Make an impact while training with new friends that will last a lifetime.

Team In Training – Get More. Give More. Register Today!

Completing an endurance sports event such as a marathon or half marathon is one of life’s great experiences. And when you train with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training, you make that experience an even greater accomplishment by not only changing your life but by helping cure cancer. Team In Training also gives you more of everything you need for success.

In return, you’ll raise funds to help people with blood cancers live better, longer lives.

Find out more about this exciting program and how you can really make a difference in the search for cancer cures. Visit www.teamintraining.org or call (800) 482-TEAM today.

Official Charities

• American Brain Tumor Association
  Join Team Breakthrough and help the American Brain Tumor Association advance the understanding and treatment of brain tumors
  For more information: Call 800-886-1281, email events@abta.org or visit http://www.abtateambreakthrough.org/
• First Descents
  Team First Descents is a lifestyle of living with fever for passion, happiness, and DOING.  
  For more information: Call 303-945-2490, email teamfd@firstdescents.org or visit http://firstdescents.org/team-fd
• ING Run for Something Better – Orange Laces Nation
  Join our team and change children’s lives through fitness! All funds raised go toward free school-based running fitness programs across the country.
  For more information: Email fundraising@orangelaces.com or visit http://www.charity.active.com/orangelaces
• Diabetes Action Research and Educational Foundation
  Run to conquer diabetes! Join the Diabetes Action Team and make a difference in the fight against diabetes.
  For more information: Call 202-333-4520, email run@diabetesaction.org  or visit http://www.diabetesaction.org/team
• Children’s Tumor Foundation – NF Endurance
  The Children’s Tumor Foundation is a non-profit medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health of individuals affected by the neurofibromatoses.  
  For more information: Call 646-738-8553, email nfendurance@ctf.org or visit http://www.nfendurance.org
• Hope for the Warriors
  The mission of Hope For the Warriors® is to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty. Hope For the Warriors® is dedicated to restoring a sense of self, restoring the family unit, and restoring hope for our service members and our military families. 
  For more information: Call 202-251-8224, email jnowak@hopeforthewarriors.org or visit http://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/
• Dravet Syndrome Foundation
  Dravet Syndrome Foundation’s mission is to raise research funds and increase awareness of Dravet syndrome and related epilepsies.  
  For more information: Call 203-880-9456 , email maryanne.m@dravetfoundation.org  or visit www.dravetfoundation.org
• Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR) – SOAR for Orphans
  SOAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian relief to orphaned Armenians throughout the world.
  For more information: Call 601-213-3452, email gyacoubian@soar-us.org  or visit http://soar-us.org
• Girls on the Run – SoleMates
  Raise funds to help expand Girls on the Run in Philadelphia!  
  For more information: Call 610-235-6406, email gotrphiladelphia@gmail.com  or visit http://www.gotrphiladelphia.org/
• Organization for Autism Research – Run for Autism
  Join us and choose to be part of a group of committed individuals dedicated to raising funds for autism research. 
  For more information: Call 703-243-3466, email run@researchautism.org  or visit http://www.firstgiving.com/oar
• Racing to Register – Team RTR
  TEAM RTR uses sports to inspire people to join the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry and fight blood cancers. 
  For more information: Call 215-292-5575, email  info@racingtoregister.com or visit http://racingtoregister.com/
• Maasai Rising
  Maasai Rising aims to improve the lives of all members of the Maasai Tribe in Kenya and Tanzania. 
  For more information: Call 215-605-1748, email info@maasai-rising.org or visit http://www.maasai-rising.org/
• SeriousFun Children’s Network – Team SeriousFun
  Creating opportunities for children and families to reach beyond illness and discover joy, and confidence- always free of charge.  
  For more information: Call 1-866-444-8860, email Teamseriousfun@seriousfunnetwork.org or visit http://www.teamseriousfun.org/
• Access Sports
  Providing multi-dimentional experiences of sports through event attendance and interactive clinics to at-risk and special needs populations.
  For more information: Call 215-951-0330 ext 2141, email lori.mcclure@rhd.org or visit http://www.access-sports.org/