Kyle Higashioka

Kyle Higashioka

Philanthropy

latest philanthropy

MLB Urban Youth Academy

Major League Baseball's first Urban Youth Academy was founded in 2006 in Compton, California. As a not-for-profit organization, the UYA aims to set the standard for baseball and softball instruction, teach and educate in Urban America, and enhance the quality of life in the surrounding communities. Major League Baseball has set out four facets to the Urban Youth Initiative: • Grow the games of baseball and softball while cultivating diversity in all aspects of the game • Make meaningful contributions to the development of urban communities • Provide safe and organized recreational activities for urban youth • Prepare urban high school players for college and professional baseball and softball programs

Special Operations Warrior Foundation

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation’s enduring promise to America’s Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps Special Operations personnel is to: (1) Ensure full financial assistance for post-secondary education from an accredited two or four-year college, university, technical or trade school, as well as educational counseling, preschool grants, private tutoring, college planning and career transition programs to the surviving children of Special Operations personnel who lose their lives in the line-of-duty and the children of all Medal of Honor recipients. (2) Provide immediate financial grants to severely wounded, ill, and injured Special Operations personnel who require hospitalization.