The beginning
1997: Johan Cruyff’s dream to use sport to make children happier and create a better society becomes a reality with the establishment of the Cruyff Foundation.
What we want to achieve
Getting young people exercising: disabled youth, children in all parts of the city, and children on the schoolyard. No child on the sidelines.
Who we are
- Fourteen staff, two work placement students, and five board members, supported by a wonderful group of ambassadors and volunteers
- Determined, catching, quirky, professional, connecting
- We spend 94% of our total income directly on the cause
- Our CBF percentage is 11%
- Our mission is to get as much money to the cause as possible
What we’re good at
- Empathising, innovating, activating, binding
Why
- Health, social contact, having fun, and bettering yourself. An active world is a better world, and every child should be a part of it.
With whom
- With the government, clubs, teams, schools, sports associations, NOC*NSF, and institutions for organising and implementing projects
- With the National Postcode Lottery, partners, and donors on the fundraising side
- With ambassadors and media to raise the profile even further
- With volunteers making every event a great success
How
- With the Cruyff Courts, Special Cruyff Courts, Schoolyard14, sports projects for disabled children, the annual Open Day, and Heroes of the Cruyff Courts
Achieved in 2015
- Over 100,000 children being active every week
For disabled children
- 40 of 298 applications approved, seven Special Cruyff Courts opened, four Special Cruyff Courts approved, 27 schools with a Schoolyard14 in the special education/care program, 34 talented athletes on Paralympic Talent Day, and more than 1,000 children attending the Cruyff Foundation Open Day
In communities
- Over 60,000 children active on the Cruyff Courts every week, five new Cruyff Courts in the Netherlands, six new Cruyff Courts in other countries, 31 water taps installed at Cruyff Courts, three Cruyff Courts replaced, one mobile Cruyff Court, and 239 Cruyff Court 6vs6 tournaments
In schools
- 91 schools with a new Schoolyard14
