The reason The Jesters Foundation was started was to support the growth of racquet sports in the United States.
Our donor contributions directly go towards programs and individuals that are meeting that mission – showing passion, leadership, and action that directly facilitate the growth of squash, racquets, and court tennis each year in the United States*.
Since 2022, The Jesters Foundation has awarded more than $55,000 in grants to programs, clubs, and coaches growing squash, racquets, and court tennis across the United States. In 2025 alone we awarded nearly $37,000 across seventeen recipients, including ten college club squash programs.
Ready to contribute towards that growth? There is always time to donate.
Sponsored a weekend clinic for young, gifted U.S. amateurs.
Creation of the College Club Squash Coaching Award, and
presented awards to Jonathan Cummings, Nku Patrick,
Tate Miller, Taivon Brown, Ronny Vlassak, Heewood Lee, and
Julian Wellings.
Supported Greg Zaff’s retirement funding efforts to benefit the SquashBusters urban program in Boston, MA.
Funded racquets for U.S. juniors going over to England for international competitions.
Supplied racquets and apparel to the U.S. Knott-Stephens touring team. The U.S. send a team of younger amateurs to England every four years for a week-long tour.
Title sponsor of the SEA summer Academy for gifted urban players.
The event is held at the Kent School in Connecticut.
Presented the College Club Squash Coaching Award to nine college programs: Arizona, Berkeley, Boston University, Clark, Georgetown, Rice, UCLA, the University of Washington, and Yale. An additional award went to coach Jonathan Cunningham.
Continued support of the Van Alen and Clothier Cup teams by providing racquets for their competition in Summer 2025 in Seacourt, England.
In conjunction with the North American Racquets Association, we announced and presented The Jesters Foundation Racquets Coaching Award to the professional(s) who best promoted the growth of the game in their respective clubs. This year’s awards went to Dan Fisher (Montreal), Neil Smith (Boston), and Conor Medlow (Chicago).
