In the first two months of his season-long giveback initiative Ks for a Cause, Dodgers All-Star Pitcher Trevor Bauer has collected 96 strikeouts, which means $96,000 donated to local nonprofits. Through Ks for a Cause, Bauer is providing financial support and highlighting various nonprofit organizations focused on STEM and/or youth programming in the greater Los Angeles area. For every strikeout this regular season, Bauer is donating $1,000. Each month, a different nonprofit organization is designated.
In April, Bauer threw 51 strikeouts and made a $51,000 donation to Think Together to help fund its afterschool STEM and robotics programming for middle school students in southeast Los Angeles. In May, Bauer threw 45 strikeouts and made a $45,000 donation to the Just Keep Livin Foundation to help fund its afterschool fitness and wellness programming at Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School in Inglewood and Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles.
This month, Bauer is supporting 9 Dots, a Los Angeles-based community of educators, researchers, and engineers committed to providing students from Title I elementary schools with the opportunity to engage in a transformative computer science (CS) education. 9 Dots has a special focus on creating empowering CS experiences for female, Latinx, Black, and low-income students. The organization creates learning environments that engage every student, foster joy, and promote fearlessness in problem solving while also providing teachers with the support and tools they need to lead exceptional computer science learning experiences.
Specifically, Bauer’s donation will help fund 9 Dots’ computer science education for elementary school students in Compton Unified and Los Angeles Unified school districts.
In addition to monetary support, Bauer is highlighting all Ks for a Cause organizations through a dedicated content series on his YouTube Channel and with limited-edition Ks for a Cause merchandise on his website. All proceeds from merchandise sales will benefit that month’s designated beneficiary organization.
Bauer is fully funding Ks for a Cause through grants via the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF). He has also partnered with LADF to evaluate potential partner organizations and to work with receiving organizations.
About Trevor Bauer
Trevor Bauer is an All-Star pitcher and entrepreneur in his 10th MLB season and first with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner was selected No. 3 overall in the 2011 MLB Draft and made his major league debut in 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians later that year and made his first All-Star appearance in 2018. Bauer was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in 2019 and went on to become the club’s first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award (2020).
Off the field, the former UCLA standout co-founded Momentum in 2019, a media company aimed at connecting fans and athletes on a human level and going behind the scenes of the lives, training, and game days of MLB stars. Bauer is also an equity partner and co-leads the baseball vertical at PlayersTV, the first-and-only multi athlete-owned TV network and media company.
