Commonwealth formed a partnership with RISE Sports Advisors to accelerate their vision for helping athletes become entrepreneurs and to excel in their purpose beyond athletics. The first athlete we served was Jaylon Smith who founded the Minority Entrepreneurship Institute to help close America’s wealth gap. Jaylon’s work was profiled by NFL Network and he was the subject of a Harvard Business School case study. Please see below for more Athlete + Entrepreneur partnerships featuring performance philanthropy and impact investment.
GT Sports Advisors in partnership with Commonwealth is pleased to announce the development of the nation’s first uniquely designed sports and leadership campus for young female athletes. Designed with state-of-the-art technology, the athletes will have access to premium sports facilities, a health and wellness center, leadership development material and a museum that celebrates woman sports accomplishment.
Commonwealth is sponsoring the initial raise for Indiana Fever star Lexie Hull’s new beauty brand for hard-charging female athletes, business executives, and others who want makeup to perform under pressure. Lexie and her cofounder, former Stanford roommate-turned-VC Sarah Guller, were recently selected for Estée Lauder’s pitch competition in Paris.
NESTRE was founded by Tommy Shavers to deliver training from the neck up. After discovering neuroplasticity during his recovery from concussions during his college football career, Dr. Shaver’s invented a cognitive performance method that elevates performance for elite athletes and special operations warfighters alongside anyone else who wants to up their game in life.
A dime to a dollar. That’s the gap between the median net worth of an Black American family ($17,000) and a white American family ($170,000). NFL Pro Bowl linebacker and Notre Dame legend Jaylon Smith partnered with Commonwealth to help close the wealth gap in America by accelerating high-growth entrepreneurship and impact investing.
Sagamore is the operating partner for this foundation, founded by David Simmons in support of his seven boys’ commitment to helping children with autism and other youth development activities.
Michael Ledo founded RISE Sports Advisors as a multi-family office for athletes who want to be entrepreneurs. Among his offerings is a Donor Advised Fund operated by Commonwealth to support his athlete entrepreneurs’ purpose beyond athletics.
Commonwealth harnesses entrepreneurial talent to create more opportunities for everyone to flourish.
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