Port vs. Starboard
Every rower pulls on one side of the boat. Pick yours when you give, the side raising more takes more of the board. Whoever's ahead at midnight wins bragging rights for the 2027 season.
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Your gift keeps rowing and sailing open to every Cleveland kid, whether or not their family can pay.
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2025 By the Numbers
What last year's gifts built
6,300+
Young people reached across Northeast Ohio
3,625
In-school Class Takeover engagements
1,158
Students in STEM programming — 1,370 learning hours
861
Foundry Field Trip students on the Cuyahoga River
From the Boathouse
A place on the water, a coach in your corner
When The Foundry coaches first met Maya in third grade, she was shy and had never been on a sailboat. She joined Explore Sailing Academy with her cousin and kept coming back, even becoming the first sailor to register for our new Explore Sailing summer camps, bringing more family members with her along the way.
From Spring 2024 through Fall 2025, she grew her sailing skills and her confidence, becoming a leader who encouraged others and set a powerful example of what supportive coaching and opportunity can unlock. She now has officially moved up to our Middle School Sailing program.
Maya · Explore Sailing Academy → Middle School Sailing
For most of our athletes, a Foundry Field Trip or a Row. Sail. Dream.experience is their first time on the water. Your gift is what turns that first day into a full season, and a season into a path toward college and careers on the Great Lakes.
