Purpose Statement
The mission of the Urban School Athletic Foundation is to restore a community environment in the urban areas of Chicago that recognizes the critical importance of athletics as a learning experience. Athletics can often teach lessons that are as important as academics in preparing a young person to succeed in life. Unfortunately, public funding mechanisms in this country have significantly eliminated athletics as a learning tool in many urban areas. The USA Foundation of Chicago has established a community based business model that can accomplish this mission without dependency on public funding for start up and long term survival.

Advocacy Statement
USAF also engages in activism that advance the public awareness and commitment to the importance of athletic opportunities for young people in urban areas of Chicago. Athletic activities for young people in these communities will continue to decline without determined efforts to secure recognition of the importance of this problem and the need to tackle it.