About Us
Foundation To Be Named Later brings people together who share a passion and purpose to invest in young people and the organizations that support them in the cities we love. Our communities’ shared passions for music and baseball are the backdrop for our legendary fundraisers which generate support for our nonprofit partners and our Peter Gammons College Scholars.
Our nonprofit partners are boldly changing the game for urban youth and through these organizations, we identify our Peter Gammons College Scholars, exceptionally talented young people with big dreams for college and career. These Gammons Scholars receive tuition grants, leadership training and mentors who are personally invested in helping them achieve success.
Our Story
During 2005 Red Sox Spring Training, twin brothers Theo and Paul Epstein came up with a way to harness the goodwill of Boston Red Sox fans, jubilant from their first World Series Championship in 86 years, to enrich the community for the greater good. Knowing the deep divide between those who have a lot and those who don’t, they started an organization to support urban youth and families and called it Foundation To Be Named Later, a playful nod to the Major League Baseball Trade Term: Player To Be Named Later.
Our Signature Event: Hot Stove Cool Music
Theo and Paul teamed up with MLB Baseball Hall of Fame journalist Peter Gammons who, along with a team of baseball and music All-Stars, had been organizing the Hot Stove Cool Music benefit concert since 2000 which is held every January in Boston and, after Theo’s move to the Cubs in 2012, every summer in Chicago.
Our Signature Program: FTBNL Peter Gammons College Scholarship Program
In 2010 we launched our own scholarship program to honor our beloved and tireless champion Peter Gammons. We provide tuition grants, mentors and leadership training to a select cohort of college-bound students identified by our nonprofit partners, who have overcome tremendous obstacles and have high financial needs. Since inception, 225+ students have received over $1.25M in grants from the program.
LEADERSHIP. SERVICE. DETERMINATION. EXCELLENCE.
Our Name: Foundation To Be Named Later
A playful nod to the MLB baseball trade term Player To Be Named Later. A Player To Be Named Later (PTBNL) is an unnamed player involved in an exchange or trade of players between teams. The terms of a trade are not finalized until a later date.
Everything about this foundation – our culture, our fundraising, our impact – is unscripted, entrepreneurial, and often surprising, just like the term PTBNL connotes in baseball.