In Tel Aviv, on a field that began its life as something else, children play baseball. They learn the game from coaches whose knowledge crossed an ocean. The equipment arrived the same way — in suitcases, through friends of friends, ordered one piece at a time from across the world — because in this country, the sport has no commercial infrastructure, no government support, and no obvious place to take root. And yet it has. Each season, more children arrive. Each season, the field improves. What began as a small experiment in an unlikely place is becoming, year by year, a permanent institution.
The Tel Aviv Baseball Club exists because of private commitment. There is no league funding to draw on, no school district that absorbs our costs, no ministry that subsidizes our coaches. Every glove, every uniform, every floodlight has been made possible by individuals and families who decided this mattered. We are now at the point in our growth where the next chapter — proper infrastructure, a sustained scholarship program, a true home for the game — requires a small number of partners willing to commit at a meaningful level. This page is an invitation to be one of them.
The most visible commitments transform the field itself. Stadium lights, proper dugouts, a safe backstop, a permanent batting cage, a dedicated bullpen, secure equipment storage — each of these is a project a single donor can complete. Naming opportunities are available across all major projects, with permanent recognition at the field. We work personally with each donor on the form their gift will take.
For businesses prepared to make a recurring commitment, we offer named partnerships across the operating year — equipment shipments from the United States, full uniform sponsorship, a season of field maintenance, a season of coaching. These are multi-year relationships, not transactions. The visibility is real, the recognition is institutional.
No child is turned away from our program for inability to pay. The Access Fund is what makes that promise sustainable. Donors underwrite participation for players whose families cannot meet full tuition. With family consent, contributors receive a personal annual report from the player they have supported. For many of our most committed donors, this is the most meaningful giving they do.
What turns a practice into a memory is the experience around the field — a concession stand, proper seating, the events that bring families together at the start and end of each season. Smaller in scale than capital projects, but no less essential to what we are building.
Every donor’s relationship with the club is shaped individually. Recognition takes many forms — naming a fund, a program, a season; visible acknowledgment at the field; private experiences that connect a donor to the players and the work. We meet with each prospective partner to understand what matters to them, and we build the recognition around the gift.
Tel Aviv resident since 1998. Three generations of family connection to the club.
Tel Aviv resident since 1998. Three generations of family connection to the club.
Tel Aviv resident since 1998. Three generations of family connection to the club.
Tel Aviv resident since 1998. Three generations of family connection to the club.