Helping Today's Youth Become Tomorrow's Leaders.
Legacy Raising Foundation connects education, mentorship, athletics, wellness, family support, and strategic partnerships to help young people prepare for school, sports, college, careers, leadership, and life.
A Global Vision for Every Child
Legacy Raising Foundation is building pathways that connect education, mentorship, athletics, wellness, family support, and future opportunity. Watch our story and discover the national vision behind our mission.
Educate. Empower. Elevate. — Founded in New Mexico. Built to create opportunities across communities, states, and borders.
Potential Is Everywhere. Opportunity Is Not.
Every young person carries talent, resilience, and the capacity to lead. But talent alone is not enough. Without access to mentors, academic preparation, safe spaces, and meaningful opportunities, potential goes unrealized. Legacy Raising Foundation exists to close that gap — starting in New Mexico and building a model designed to grow.
See the ImpactFour Pillars. One Mission.
Education
Strengthening attendance, academic confidence, graduation preparation, SAT and ACT readiness, college preparation, and career development through tutoring, intervention, and preparatory-academy partnerships.
Mentorship and Leadership
Connecting young people with consistent, positive adults who help them develop confidence, responsibility, resilience, accountability, purpose, and sound decision-making.
Athletics and Wellness
Using sports, fitness, competition, and wellness as pathways to engagement, discipline, teamwork, confidence, healthy living, and future opportunities. Athletics is part of the complete developmental journey.
Community and Family
Building partnerships around young people so that students and families have access to consistent support, resources, communication, and opportunities that strengthen the whole community.
The Barriers Are Real. So Is the Potential.
Young people across communities face real and measurable barriers to success — not because of who they are, but because of gaps in access, connection, and opportunity. Legacy Raising Foundation is being built to address those gaps directly, starting in New Mexico with a model designed for national growth.
Our programs are designed around the specific challenges youth face today: chronic absenteeism, academic unpreparedness, limited mentorship, inadequate college and career guidance, and few pathways that connect education, athletics, wellness, and family support into one coordinated journey.
Eight Pathways. One Mission.
Every program is designed to address a specific barrier and build a specific strength. Together they form a comprehensive support system for young people and their families.
Attendance Intervention
Reconnecting students who are missing school through family engagement, mentoring, and school partnerships.
Academic Support and SAT/ACT Prep
Tutoring, SAT and ACT preparation, academic coaching, and preparatory-academy partnerships to close learning gaps and open college doors.
Athletics and Multi-Sport Development
Track, football, and multi-sport development building discipline, teamwork, and leadership as part of the complete developmental pathway.
Mentorship and Leadership
One-on-one mentoring, character development, accountability, and leadership programming for long-term growth.
College and Career Readiness
Preparing students for life after high school through college exploration, career development, and strategic guidance.
Mental Wellness and Life Skills
Resilience, mental wellness, healthy decision-making, and life-skills programs supporting the whole young person.
Partnerships That Create Pathways
Meaningful youth development requires more than a single program or organization. Legacy Raising Foundation is building partnerships with preparatory academies, schools, athletic programs, educators, tutors, mentors, businesses, and community organizations. Together, these partnerships can provide young people with coordinated academic support, athletic development, mentorship, SAT and ACT preparation, college and career guidance, wellness resources, technology access, and exposure to new opportunities.
Our goal is to connect the people and resources surrounding each young person so that academic progress, athletic development, personal growth, family support, and future preparation work together — not separately.
Strategic partnerships make it possible for young people to receive comprehensive support while participating in structured programs that develop the whole person. These relationships are essential to our ability to create measurable, sustainable pathways from childhood through graduation, higher education, careers, and leadership.
Partnership Types
Built to Make a Difference.
Legacy Raising Foundation is launching with a comprehensive structure designed for long-term, measurable impact — starting in New Mexico and built to grow.
Our Home Is New Mexico. Our Vision Reaches Beyond Borders.
Legacy Raising Foundation was founded in New Mexico — our home, our starting point, and the place where our initial partnerships are being developed. But the Foundation is being built as a nationally scalable organization that can partner with schools, preparatory academies, athletic programs, community organizations, businesses, and families in multiple states and eventually internationally. We start here. We build from here. We grow beyond here.
Built by People Who Believe in Young People.
Legacy Raising Foundation was co-founded by Lamar Jackson and Eaaron Smith — two leaders who share a conviction that every young person deserves access to the relationships, resources, and opportunities needed to succeed. Their vision drives every program, partnership, and decision the Foundation makes.
Meet Our Founders
Lamar Jackson
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
Eaaron Smith
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
The Work Starts With You.
Legacy Raising Foundation is building something meaningful for young people and their families. Whether you give, volunteer, mentor, partner, or connect your school — your involvement makes the difference between a program that exists and one that changes lives.
