4-STAR RATED CHARITY ON CHARITY NAVIGATOR
Sick kids need
heroes who play.
That’s you.
We bring gaming to kids in hospitals, fund life-saving treatments in 11 countries, then support them for life with free education, scholarships, and careers.
WHO WE ARE
Who is Games For Love?
Games For Love is a charity that helps kids in hospitals through play, and after the hospital through support in education, mentorship, and upward mobility in careers for children receiving care. Started by a father who just wanted to bring joy to his son during hospital stays and saw opportunities to fill gaps no one else was seeing.
WHY WE EXIST
Every 3 seconds, a child enters a hospital scared and alone.
Millions of children face illness, isolation, and lost futures. They need more than medicine. They need to feel like kids again. And when they leave the hospital, they need someone who doesn’t disappear.
The Hospital Crisis
Children experiencing hospitalizations face anxiety, depression, and developmental setbacks. Distraction therapy is clinically proven to reduce pain and suffering during treatment.
The Global Gap
In developing countries, children are denied treatment if families can’t pay upfront. 7 of 10 deaths of children under 5 are from completely treatable causes. A $50 rabies shot can save a life.
The Dropout Point
Most charities stop at the hospital door. The child goes home and the support vanishes. No education bridge. No scholarship. No career path. We believe that’s unacceptable.
WHAT WE DO
What We Do
Healing Through Play
In the Hospital
We ask hospitals ‘how can we help?’ and ‘what do they need?’ Then we fill in every gap — game rooms, consoles, wifi, adaptive tech — whatever it takes so kids get the play therapy they deserve.
A moment of normalcy in an extraordinary situation. Through listening, we also discovered children internationally need life-saving treatments — we’re sometimes their last line of defense.
Helping Kids For Life®
After the Hospital
The battle to live happens in the hospital, but the battle for the rest of their lives happens once they are discharged and go home to heal. We provide STEAM education, Scholarships, Internships, and Career Incubation so that children don’t “age out” of care and support.
We help them catch up to their peers and then provide a Program Ecosystem® that is Helping Kids For Life.®
PROGRAM ECOSYSTEM®
Six programs, one Program Ecosystem®
Hospital bed → career → giving back.
Our six programs work in tandem as one circle of support. Most charities help in one moment, then disappear. We don’t. Every kid we lift out of a hospital can ride education, scholarship, and internship upward into a career, then come back and lift the next kid. Tap any program to explore it.
Hospital
Stage 1 · The crisis
Education
Stage 2 · Catch up
Scholarship
Stage 3 · Get funded
↑ Upward Mobility ↑
Career
Stage 5 · Then give back
Internship
Stage 4 · Real experience
The Loop Closes · Survivors Become Sponsors
REAL STORIES, REAL LIVES
This is what your dollar does.
1Up LifeBridge
Meet Jaime.
Cancer diagnosis → 3x Para Games gold.
Diagnosed · Osteosarcoma. Aggressive bone cancer. No one stepping up.
Saved · GFL funded her life-saving leg amputation and 2 prostheses through 1Up LifeBridge.
Recovery · We covered her stay at a long-term recovery facility and brought consoles, VR, and joy.
Today · Cancer survivor. College student. 3x Para Games gold medalist.
Tomorrow · Pursuing Civil Engineering. Qualified for the 2028 Paralympics in LA.
WHAT HOSPITALS SAY
Trusted by the best hospitals in the world.
“Games For Love has been an incredible partner. Their gaming stations bring genuine joy and comfort to our patients during some of the hardest days of their lives.”
Child Life Department
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“The difference we see in our patients when they have access to gaming is remarkable. It reduces anxiety, helps with pain management, and gives them something to look forward to.”
Therapeutic Recreation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
“Our partnership with Games For Love has transformed how we approach therapeutic play. The kids light up, and it makes a measurable impact on their recovery experience.”
Patient Experience Team
IWK Health Centre
BY THE NUMBERS
The impact your generosity creates.
30M+
Hours of Play Therapy
Distraction therapy delivered
Hours of Play Therapy
Distraction therapy delivered
13.07M+
Kids Impacted
Through hospital programs
Kids Impacted
Through hospital programs
5,000+
Lives Saved
Globally via 1Up LifeBridge
Lives Saved
Globally via 1Up LifeBridge
200+
Hospital Partners
Across the US and globally
Hospital Partners
Across the US and globally
11
Countries
Active operations worldwide
Countries
Active operations worldwide
$1=1
Child Helped
Dollar-to-impact ratio
Child Helped
Dollar-to-impact ratio
4 Stars
Charity Navigator
Highest rating possible
Charity Navigator
Highest rating possible
86%
Direct to Programs
Direct program spending
Direct to Programs
Direct program spending
TRANSPARENCY
Where your dollar goes.
86% of every dollar goes directly to programs.
4-Star Charity Navigator
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#1 Gaming Charity
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501(c)(3) Nonprofit
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100% Accountability
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Platinum GuideStar
Hospital gaming & distraction therapy
Life-saving treatments globally
Free STEAM education
Scholarships for adversity survivors
Career incubation & mentorship
200+ hospital partnerships
$1 = 1 Child Helped
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Every dollar you give brings gaming, healing, education, and hope to a child who needs it. This is your moment to change a life.
$1 = 1 CHILD HELPED · 4-STAR CHARITY · 86% DIRECT TO PROGRAMS
