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Inside TGR Foundation’s(Tiger Woods Charity) Learning Lab Model: Education, Measurement, and Durable Skills

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Cindy says TGR added the arts because AI may cover early coding, but creativity and curiosity still matter.

1. The Charity Charge Show interviews The Charity Charge Show and TGR Foundation CEO Cindy Court about 30 years of Tiger Woods’ charity. 2. Stephen Garton hosts Cindy Court, whose background includes Berry College, Special Olympics International, and Boys & Girls Club of America. 3. The episode asks how the TGR Foundation moved from Tiger Woods’ early golf clinics to a scalable education model. 4. Cindy says the foundation started in 1996, when Tiger Woods was just beginning his professional career. 5. She says Tiger’s parents used a family motto of “sharing and caring” and pushed him toward giving back. 6. She describes the first 10 years as golf clinics and introductions to the game for kids from under-resourced communities. 7. She says 9/11 and Tiger’s drive home from a golf tournament pushed him to focus the foundation on education. 8. Cindy says the first learning lab opened in Anaheim, California, and has operated for 20 years beside Tiger’s high school and golf course. 9. She describes Anaheim as a 35,000-square-foot building that feels more like higher education than school. 10. She says the learning lab offers STEAM educational enhancement, health and well-being, and career and college readiness. 11. Cindy gives the forensic science curriculum as an example, with a mock crime scene, thumbprints, deductive reasoning, and team work. 12. She says students also do marine biology, drones, rockets, robots, golf clinics, mindfulness, and summer camps free of charge. 13. Cindy explains that TGR now uses a theory of change and pre- and post-surveys to measure confidence, safety, mentorship, and durable skills. 14. She says the foundation standardized its platform across Anaheim and Philadelphia, and the system sits on Salesforce. 15. Cindy describes the April 1 opening of a 30,000-square-foot learning lab on the Cobbs Creek campus in West Philadelphia. 16. She connects Cobbs Creek to Charlie Sifford, whom Tiger calls “Grandpa Charlie,” and says the campus includes a simulator, synthetic putting course, and future golf-course revenue for education. 17. She says TGR will open a learning lab at Lulu’s Place in Los Angeles in early 2027, then Atlanta later in 2027, and Augusta in early 2028. 18. Cindy and Stephen discuss the tone as practical, detailed, and focused on how nonprofit scale works without mission creep. 19. Listeners who care about nonprofit scaling, youth education, and strategic partnerships will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting celebrity golf stories without program design detail may skip this one.

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A grounded look at how mission, measurement, and scale have to hold together.

The piece treats TGR Foundation less like a success story and more like a working system, with thirty years of history, a learning lab network, and a clear habit of checking whether students actually change.

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