The JJ Watt Foundation serves middle schools in Wisconsin and Texas, as well as deserving schools in any other state that have insufficient funding for after-school athletic programs — or that have no after-school athletics whatsoever. Participation in athletic programs gives children the opportunity to expand their horizons and learn valuable life lessons that will serve them well beyond their years on the playing field.

The goal of the JJ Watt Foundation is to provide these opportunities for children in the community to not only give them a safe, supervised, and structured setting in which to spend time after school, but also to teach the children how to work together within the context of a team, how to persevere in the face of adversity, and that hard work is the best path to success in any situation.