The Team Jesse Foundation

The mission of The Team Jesse Foundation is helping families of fallen soldiers in honor of SSG Jesse Williams. We are also committed to supporting the efforts of other charitable organizations helping military families more broadly. The Team Jesse Foundation evolved from Team Jesse, a summer lacrosse tournament team brought together by Kevin Mincio and Matt Corry to honor Kevin's friend and comrade, SSG Jesse L. Williams. The team embraced a higher purpose when Kevin was informed of Jesse's death while planning for the Lax Vegas Lacrosse Tournament in 2007. Kevin and Matt immediately knew that honoring Jesse and raising money for his daughter Amaya would be the new mission for their lacrosse team. Shortly after the the 9/11 attacks, Kevin left a Wall Street job to join the Army and served a tour of duty in Iraq with Jesse, where they became close friends. Before Jesse left for his 2nd tour of duty, after earning a Purple Heart in his 1st tour, he asked Kevin to “look after” his daughter Amaya in the event Jesse didn't make it back. Kevin obliged and Team Jesse is one of the ways Kevin is fulfilling his promise. Inspired to do more, in the Fall of 2010, Kevin and Matt took their commitment to the next level and founded the Team Jesse Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, with the help of Eileen Tang and Heather Hager.