In sports we learn how to fight: for victory, for the entire team, in order to reach a goal. In many countries of the world a majority of people, despite their efforts, does not have access to education or sports. This is precisely the point where the Roger Federer Foundation (RFF) wants to intervene; the Foundation is aimed at developing individual skills, searching for innovative methods of resolution and acting goal-oriented in order to improve the children’s situation sustainably.

The RFF is a charitable grant-making foundation. It supports innovative projects operated by local relief organisations in selected countries of the world – projects that would otherwise lack sufficient funding.

The RFF focuses on sharing the responsibility of problem-solving with the local community (in terms of content, organisation and finance). The children, their families and the entire community must learn to participate in the analysis of needs, the development of innovative solutions as well as the proposal and implementation of measures in order to take over and maintain individual responsibility.

In Switzerland, the RFF supports talented children who meet the requirements of the official sports federations but lack the necessary means.

On top of the proceeds of the endowment, the RFF’s subsidies are to be increased by means of donations and proceeds from various sources. The total Foundation capital is CHF 1.6 mio.

The RFF only supports project partners disposing of a minimum of management tools (vision, mission statement, goals, strategy, milestones, budget, organisation chart, etc.).