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STAGE 5 · THE LOOP CLOSES · HELPING KIDS GIVE BACK

You have a career. They’re fighting for theirs.

League of Pros is the tribe of industry professionals donating time, expertise, and gaming skills to help hospitalized kids and ecosystem grads. Backed by Blizzard ($150K + gear), OTK ($600K raised), Jack Black. Your employer may even cut us a check for your hours.

⭐ 4-Star Charity Navigator|🏆 Platinum GuideStar|✅ 501(c)(3) Verified|🎮 850+ Volunteers

PROGRAM ECOSYSTEM® · YOU ARE HERE

Stage 5. The loop closes. Survivors become sponsors. The kids we helped grow up to help the next kids.

THE PROBLEM

Most ways to “give back” feel small. Logo on a t-shirt. Annual lunch. Bake sale.

League of Pros is the opposite. Use the skills you spent 10,000 hours developing — gaming, coding, design, leadership — to actually move a kid’s life forward.

850+
Active Pros volunteering
Senior devs, esports players, designers, leadership coaches. Real industry humans.
$600K
Raised by OTK in ONE stream
OTK ran a single Pokemon break campaign for us. League of Pros member orgs do this kind of impact regularly.
$150K
From Blizzard partnership
Plus 109 Secretlab chairs, Lovesac bean bags, employee match grants, 2+ year ongoing commitment.

HOW LEAGUE OF PROS WORKS

Three steps. We made it dead simple.

From signup to your first impact update — less than a week.

1

Sign Up.

Free 5-minute application at leagueofpros. Tell us your skills and how much time you have.

2

Match.

We connect you to a sub-program: Esports Teams (with Drop-In Gaming), Leadership Mentoring, Cause Jam, ProSphere, Inclusion Groups, or House of Hearts.

3

Impact.

Play for the kids. Log your hours. Your employer can match with donations. You get real-time impact updates on the kids your work helped.

WHO’S IN THE LEAGUE?

Industry pros. Esports players. Leaders. Designers.

The League is the network you wish your day-job had. Built around impact.

LoP Esports + Drop-In Gaming

A pro-esports league of non-pro gamers in AAA orgs.

In partnership with Drop-In Gaming (DIG), the League of Pros: Esports puts working professionals into competitive teams — with every match raising funds for hospitalized kids. Compete with peers. Help kids.

Join Esports League →

Cause Jam · ProSphere · House of Hearts

Six sub-programs. Pick your way to matter.

Cause Jam (build-for-charity hackathon), ProSphere, House of Hearts, Leadership Mentoring, Inclusion Groups, Esports. A few hours a month. A career changed forever.

See all sub-programs →

YOUR DOLLAR (OR HOURS) · THEIR LIFT

Donate, sponsor your team, or just log your hours.

Every action in the League turns into impact. Money helps. Time helps. Both is best.

$50
A month of platform hosting
Esports server, mentor tools, Discord, infra for one Pro’s impact work.

$250
Sponsor a Cause Jam
A weekend hackathon for pros to build games + tools that benefit hospitalized kids.

Most Impact
$1K
Sponsor a Pro’s impact year
One Pro’s full year of mentorship + esports event support. Career-grade impact.

$10K
Corporate Pro Sponsorship
Sponsor your company’s presence. Branded esports team. CSR-grade reporting.

Costs reflect typical program economics. Most employers match volunteer hours — ask your CSR team about a corporate match for your participation.

WE’RE GIVING · LOP CAMPAIGNS

Three paths · all free to join.

You don’t have to be senior. You don’t have to be famous. You have to want to help.

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Industry Pro · Join
FREE

Join League of Pros

Free 5-minute signup. Tell us your skills (gaming, code, design, leadership), your time, your goals. We match you to a sub-program.

Join the League →

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Esports Player · Compete
ROLLING BRACKETS

Join the LoP Esports league

Compete in our pro-esports league in partnership with Drop-In Gaming. Non-pro gamers, AAA companies, real impact per match.

Join Esports →

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Company · Sponsor
OPEN

Sponsor your company’s presence

Branded esports team. CSR-reportable impact. Permanent League of Pros presence. Tax-deductible. Blizzard-tier engagement available.

Corporate sponsor →

New sub-programs launching quarterly. We’re Giving will surface specific impact campaigns when it launches — or fund the general LoP pool.

WHY YOU CAN TRUST US

Top 0.1% of charities. Every dollar tracked. Every kid named.

A 2022 meta-analysis showed gaming therapy delivers 43% pain reduction and 61% anxiety reduction for hospitalized kids. We use what works.

⭐⭐⭐⭐
4-Star Charity Navigator
Top 300 of 225,000 charities
86%
Direct to Programs
14% covers admin + fundraising
$1.50
= 1 life touched
Updated from $1 in 2018
100M
Kids in 10 Years
Our north-star vision

You spent 10,000 hours getting good at something. Use it to save a kid.

Free to join. Career-grade impact. Your employer may even pay for the hours.

Helping Kids For Life®

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

FAQ · League of Pros

What is League of Pros?

League of Pros is the Games For Love network of industry professionals who donate time, expertise, and gaming skills to help hospitalized kids and the kids in our Program Ecosystem (Kids of STEAM students, Scholarship recipients, Interns International placements). Free to join. 850+ active volunteers.

Who can join League of Pros?

Anyone with industry experience in gaming, technology, STEAM, entertainment, leadership, or design. Senior devs, esports players, mentors, designers, producers, leaders. You don’t have to be famous — you have to want to help.

How much time does League of Pros require?

Flexible. Most members give 2-4 hours per month. Some give more (esports league, mentoring multiple interns). You set your own commitment level. Log your hours through our platform.

Will my employer match my volunteer hours?

Many do. Blizzard does. Ask your company’s CSR or HR team about volunteer match programs — most major employers will cut a check to GFL based on your logged hours.

What’s the LoP Esports league?

A pro-esports league of non-pro gamers within AAA companies, in partnership with Drop-In Gaming (DIG). You compete with peers from other companies, and every match generates impact for hospitalized kids. Brackets run year-round.

What companies and creators back League of Pros?

Blizzard Entertainment ($150K + 109 chairs + Lovesac + Secretlab + multi-year partnership). OTK ($600K raised in a single Pokemon break stream). Echo Guild ($90K in one campaign). Jack Black champions our cause. Plus 850+ individual industry pros.

How does League of Pros connect to GFL’s other programs?

League of Pros is Stage 5 (the loop closing) of our Program Ecosystem®. Members mentor Kids of STEAM students, sponsor Scholarship recipients, host Interns International placements, and run esports events that fund GFLX hospital gaming. Survivors become sponsors.

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