First Paddle Summer 2025

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Make an Impact Through Pickleball

When you support Southern Pickleball Academy, you're doing so much more than helping a sport grow—you're investing in young people and strengthening communities.

Your donation helps us bring pickleball equipment to local schools, run our First Paddle program where kids build confidence and life skills, provide scholarships for students' futures, and create opportunities for youth to discover how amazing they truly are.

Every contribution makes a real difference. Whether you're helping us get paddles into kids' hands or supporting a student's education, you're part of something that will impact lives for years to come.

Tax-Deductible Giving

Southern Pickleball Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law—please consult your tax advisor for details.

Online Donations

Credit Card Donation

Southern Pickleball Academy receives 100% of your online donation. Zeffy, our online donation platform, does not charge their non-profit customers; they simply allow donors to "tip" them for their service.

Other Donations

Prefer to send your donation in a check?

Make your checks payable to Southern Pickleball Academy and mail them to our Treasurer, Cindy Ogden.

404 Key Ave. New Ellenton, SC 29809

Please include a note with your email address and we will send you a receipt for your tax purposes. Thank you!

Qualified Charitable Distributions

Turn Your Required Distribution Into Real Impact

If you're 70½ or older, you can direct up to $108,000 from your IRA straight to Southern Pickleball Academy—and it won't count as taxable income. It's a smart way to support youth in our communities while potentially keeping yourself out of a higher tax bracket. Click here to learn more.

Financial Disclosure Statement

Southern Pickleball Academy is an approved 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization, incorporated in the state of South Carolina; all donations are tax-deductible. EIN 92-0510304.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the South Carolina SECRETARY OF STATE. Verification of registration can be viewed online at search.scsos.com/charities. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state of South Carolina. (SC REGISTRATION #P75339)