Tyreek Hill’s family presented a $40,000 check to the athletic departments at Coffee High School and Atkinson County High School in May 2023. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons
Tyreek Hill was born in Pearson, Georgia and attended Coffee High School in Douglas, about a 20-minute drive away, according to WALB and the O’Colly. His family foundation presented a $40,000 check to the athletic department at Coffee High and Atkinson County High, as a post on the foundation’s website states. The Tyreek Hill Family Foundation announced the $40,000 donation on May 25, 2023. Athlon Sports revisited it in a report published on October 30, 2026 and Yahoo Sports carried a version of that piece. The $40,000 check was presented during a free youth football camp in Douglas Hill, at that time, Miami Dolphins wide receiver, concluded a full-house camp on Sunday, May 21, 2023, with children of Coffee, Atkinson and Irwin counties being invited, Daily Coffee Press reported. The foundation post mentions a $40,000 check to support the athletic programmes at Coffee High School and Atkinson County High School. However, the available posts do not clarify whether this was a separate donation or part of the previously reported $40,000 contribution. The foundation has kept giving in Georgia since the camp According to Every.org, the foundation is a youth development charity organisation which operates from Pearson and received nonprofit status in 2017. The foundation’s first gala, in December 2021, raised over $177,000 for youth mental health programmes, according to its website. In October 2024, Hill’s foundation launched a Hurricane Helene relief campaign for Georgia and matched donations up to $20,000, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. It also provides Cheetah Scholars, a college scholarship program giving out 10 scholarships each year and increasing by $5,000 to the scholarship fund for every touchdown scored by Hill in the 2024-25 season. High school sports participation reached 8,266,244 students in 2024-25
Hill moved from Pearson to Coffee County for high school According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hill was brought up in Pearson, Atkinson County, but went on to study at Coffee High from the time he was in the ninth grade. Hill told the paper that his grandparents felt he needed a change. O’Colly, Oklahoma State University’s student newspaper, described Atkinson County High as small and said his family chose Coffee High, known for its sports programmes and exposure.
He studied there in football and track, then attended Junior College for two years. Coffee High School in Douglas, Georgia. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Separately, a photo shared by Daily Coffee Press shows Hill presenting a check to Atkinson County, which was accepted by the principal and assistant principal of Atkinson County Middle School. The foundation describes its mission as empowering children.
The Aspen Institute’s State of Play 2025 report found that the average family spent $1016 on a child’s primary sport in 2024, 46% more than in 2019. The same report cites the National Survey of Children’s Health, run through the US Census Bureau, which found that 55.4% of children aged 6 to 17 played sports in 2023, up from 53.8% in 2022. As mentioned earlier, the report refers to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, which says that there was a growth in the participation of children aged 6 to 17 in team sports by 6% within a year in 2024, whereas their participation regularly decreases among teenagers aged 13 to 17.
Hill’s gift went to the school athletic department at a time when families are spending more to play. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.