Three-time World Series champion, eight-time All-Star and 2018 AL MVP Mooke Betts has proven time again how much he cares about the communities he is a part of, whether that be in his native Tennessee, Boston or his beloved city of Los Angeles.
The 2024 season was a long campaign that triumphantly ended with the Dodgers winning their eighth World Series championship and riding on a double-decker bus, but that didn’t slow Mookie down as the calendar year turned to 2025.
In January, Mookie, through his 5050 Foundation, donated more than $30,000 of Nike clothing for victims of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Just a few weeks later, Betts, in partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) donated more than $160,000 to the Brother Crusade to help fight hunger and homelessness in Los Angeles. In March, Mookie served customers at a local Raising Cane’s in Alhambra, Calif., helping raise more than $100,000 for his 50/50 Foundation.
In 2021, Mookie and his wife, Brianna, established the 5050 Foundation. The mission was simple: “Break barriers that hold kids back from their potential, particularly those who struggle medically and financially.” The four pillars of the foundation represent the values of Mookie Betts: mental/emotional health, nutrition, financial literacy and physical fitness.
In 2025, the 5050 Foundation partnered with the Obama Foundation at Hyde Park Academy to donate youth sports equipment and other supplies while also funding the Mookie Betts Metro Baseball Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. He also helped set up an Academic Challenge, in partnership with LAUSD, spearheading a GPA challenge for baseball and softball teams and provided a career day, equipment donation and Dodgers game experience.
In June, Mookie invited the Baseball Generations organization to Dodger Stadium for a Juneteenth educational programming and Black Heritage Night game. Later in the month, his foundation assisted a local Altadena family (the Franklins) who lost their home in the Eaton Fire -- providing both financial support and resources.
To introduce 5050 Foundation to a broader audience, they launched the annual Mookie Betts + Friends Bowling Tournament in 2023. A portion of the proceeds from the 2024 event went toward field improvements at Jackie Robinson’s high school, John Muir, and included dugout renovations, outfield widescreens and other various projects to boost the quality of the field offerings.
In addition to physical renovations and refurbishments of youth sporting facilities, Mookie and the 5050 Foundation has paid visits to UCLA Children’s Hospital, where they created the Betts on Us Fund -- the purpose of which is to help families of pediatric patients in need of financial assistance gain access to adequate health care support. In addition to the hospital partnership, Mookie partnered with Crete Academy in South Los Angeles to help bring more than 700 underserved youth and their families to a Dodgers game last September. Mookie and the 5050 Foundation also hosted a financial literacy workshop this past January for three different local high schools at Dodger Stadium where students learned important financial literacy tools from seasoned Bank of America professionals.
The work hasn’t stopped in LA, as Betts created “Team Mookie” in Nashville. The elite boys’ basketball and Amateur Athletic Union team, whose 16U squad clinched the EYBL Championship league title in May 2024. He now has helped fund six AAU teams in the Nashville region.
In addition to his personal community and foundation work off the field, Mookie Betts continues to be a regular part of the Dodgers community programming where he has entertained, mentored and visited with Make-A-Wish program participants, UCLA Health patients, local students and student athletes. He also participates in the Dodgers’ annual Juneteenth activations and supported the teams’ efforts to grow their African American fan base through his engagement in the annual Black Heritage Night programming as well as Jackie Robinson Day activations in support of MLB Initiatives.