Reds Community Fund: Celebrating 25 Years

Major League Baseball’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) serves over 100,000 young men and women in more than 200 cities worldwide. The baseball and softball program encourages racial and socioeconomic diversity as well as academic and character growth.

The Cincinnati Reds Nike RBI program offers year-round training through access to the Reds Youth Academy. Our teams compete at an elite level and travel to regional tournaments. The RCF helps with recruiting and scouting as well as focusing on developing well-rounded Major League Citizens through the RCF Scholars program.

Since 2006, the Reds Community Fund has helped renovate and maintain over 500 ball fields throughout Reds Country.

The annual Community Makeover is designed to transform a Greater Cincinnati neighborhood. The project features some of Cincinnati’s most iconic businesses along with local community partners who collaborate on a series of projects including investment in neighborhood baseball and softball fields.

The Reds Community Fund and USA Baseball have partnered to bring young athletes a unique baseball and softball experience known as Fun At Bat. Through this program, kids learn every aspect of the game from fielding and throwing to batting, all while placing an emphasis on character development, functional movement, literacy, active play, and fun! The overarching goal of the program is to promote fun and active lifestyles for children while teaching them the fundamentals of baseball and softball.