Donovan McNabb Fund
430 E 162nd St., #177
South Holland, IL, 60473
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Established in 2000, the Donovan McNabb Fund (formerly known as the Donovan McNabb Foundation) has trumpeted the awareness and prevention of diabetes. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised and distributed to the American Diabetes Association. The Fund was started as a means to honor some of Donovan’s close family members, including his father Sam, who have been diagnosed with diabetes.
Each year the ADA hosts the Donovan McNabb Diabetes Camp for Kids through the foundation’s funding. The week-long resident stay at Camp Green Lane in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, open to diabetic boys and girls ages 8-16, offers a wide range of activities, including swimming, sports, hiking, arts and crafts, theater, music and campfire activities.
The DM5 Fund has also hosted an annual All-Star Football Clinic. This free football drills clinic is open to a few hundred 10-14 year olds and is run by Donovan and his father, and some of his NFL friends and coaches. 2009 marked the 9th year of the camp which takes place at the Eagles NovaCare Complex. The first two years the clinic was held in Donovan’s hometown of Chicago.
Some of the funds raised by the DM5 Fund have gone to education in the form of scholarships and through donations to Mt. Carmel High School and Syracuse University.
The Donovan McNabb Fund has also supported the American Red Cross, the United Negro College Fund, the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Temple University Children’s Medical Center, the Ronald McDonald House, the Philadelphia Free Library, the Police Athletic League, the Fraternal Order of Police, Xavier University and Dillard University.
For Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, the Donovan McNabb Fund and well as the McNabb Family have made contributions in the form of food, clothing and presents to bring joy and cheer to numerous needy Philadelphia families. In 2008, the DM5 Fund hosted the “Super 5 Bowl.” As an addition to the annual DM5 Christmas Party, Donovan hosted 120 children from the Philadelphia and Camden areas to a private bowling party with food and presents for all attendees.
In 2007, Donovan’s wife Raquel McNabb hosted her first annual Philadelphia Community Baby Shower. The event, paid for by the DM5 Fund, helped expectant and new mothers through the transition of having a baby. The event provided education from participating hospital nurses, health care advocates, as well as products and gifts for new parents to ease the financial burden.
The Fund has raised money through various means. In the past that has included cocktail dinners, Dine-A-Rounds, concerts, softball games, and golf tournaments.
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