OUR MISSION
The Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of youth and families in need, both domestically and globally. By providing financial resources and developing unique programs, the Foundation strives to strengthen communities through educational and cultural enrichment opportunities.
ABOUT KVBFF
How KVBFF Started
In 2007, Bryant launched the VIVO Foundation — now known as the Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation — in an effort to provide young people with life-changing experiences designed to broaden their global perspectives. Through this initiative, Kobe and his wife, Vanessa, have sponsored international enrichment experiences for minority college students and provided domestic and international youth scholarships for the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy. Following Hurricane Katrina, VIVO brought eight boys from storm-ravaged New Orleans to Los Angeles for the Academy and a red carpet tour of the Los Angeles area.
Kobe's Basketball Career
Kobe Bryant has led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA Championships and is a 13-time NBA All-Star and 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history and currently ranks sixth on the NBA’s all-time regular season scoring list. Bryant earned the league’s Most Valuable Player Award in 2008 and led the NBA in scoring during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons. He was the 2009 and 2010 NBA Finals MVP and ranks third all-time in NBA post-season scoring.
Bryant has been selected thirteen times to the All-NBA First Team and eleven times to the All-Defensive Team. He has started in every NBA All-Star Game that has been held during his career, winning the All-Star MVP award four times (2002, 2007, 2009 and 2011). He won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1997. Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. Selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, he became the first guard in league history to be drafted out of high school.
Kobe's Philantrophy
Kobe Bryant devotes time, financial resources and his philanthropic passion to causes that benefit youth and young adults in need.
He serves as the National Ambassador for After-School All-Stars, a national after-school enrichment program for at-risk youth. In this role, Bryant visits with children at ASAS sites throughout the country, emphasizing the importance of education and being a life-long learner
Bryant is also actively involved with NBA Cares, and has dedicated hundreds of hours to local service projects through the league’s grassroots service initiative.
