Alejandro Villanueva
Philanthropy
Special Ops Warrior Foundation
(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.
Villanueva ranked 30th in player sales and received a nice royalty check as a result. But rather than pocket the money, he decided to donate the proceeds to various charities in Pittsburgh and the other three AFC North cities where he regularly appears.