About

AC Fairhill is a philanthropic youth organization based in North Philadelphia, whose mission is to provide programming driven through youth fitness and development for low-income children, with its initial programming being youth soccer. AC Fairhill is supported by private donors and partnering organizations, such as Common Ground Management Inc which provides support for coaching, equipment, training facilities, and curriculum.

AC Fairhill’s goal is to provide its student-athletes with high-level training opportunities, academic assistance, and cultural and community education. The year-round program is offered in two semesters, Fall/Winter, Spring/Summer, during which the student-athletes participate in league play, as well as in extracurricular activities.

Through its curriculum and its network of relationships with schools, AC Fairhill helps children from North Philadelphia, which has the lowest median house-hold income in the City of Philadelphia, receive admission into higher performing private or public schools through athletic, academic or behavioral merit.

AC Fairhill is a not-for-profit corporation and public charity under Section 501(c)3 of the United States Internal Revenue Code. EIN: 83-1849736.