Empowering Youth.Strengthening Families.Building Healthier Communities.

Building stronger, healthier communities.

Since 2021, we’ve worked to build physical, mental, and emotional health in youth and families — through mentorship, athletics, health and cancer screenings, and service.

Our Impact See Our Programs

Who We Are

The Wallace Foundation, established in 2021 by Coach Sean Wallace, is dedicated to promoting awareness of physical, mental, and emotional health. Its mission is to instill confidence, foster individual responsibility, and encourage the development of life-enhancing goals, enabling individuals to realize their full potential in great health.

Impact at a Glance

More than 5,000 students and families reached
More than 200 youth mentored
More than 20 health and wellness initiatives
More than 20 civic engagement initiatives
More than $10,000 in scholarships awarded

The Four Pillars

The Wallace Foundation is built on four pillars. They guide every program we run, every partnership we build, and every dollar we invest in our community.

01
Civic Engagement
Building informed, engaged and responsible community leaders.
02
Educational Advancement
Preparing young people for success beyond the classroom.
03
Healthy Living & Wellness
Helping individuals and families build healthier lives—physically, mentally and emotionally.
04
Mentorship & Personal Development
Helping young people recognize their potential and develop the confidence to pursue it.

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The Man Behind the Foundation

Coach Sean Wallace

A champion athlete at Southern University, a coach and educator in Baton Rouge for over a decade, and a minister and mentor to hundreds of people - Sean founded this Foundation in 2021 to give underserved families what he had spent his life giving his players: attention, structure, and belief.

He passed on February 20, 2025. His legacy lives on as the work continues in his name.

Read Sean’s Story

Our Work in Action

Our mission becomes meaningful when it moves beyond words and into communities.

Exposure
Strong Summer Experience
A summer-long program that pairs students with mentors, takes them on field trips and college tours, and builds in life skills classes, health and wellness programs, and counseling sessions.
Grief workshops
Healing Helps Workshop
An interactive grief workshop that gives youth and families space to process loss and support each other afterward.
Football fundamentals and teamwork
Youth Football Camp
A free, non-tackle football camp built around fundamentals, teamwork and discipline, with lunch provided at no cost.
Community service
MLK Day of Service
A day of service in Dr. King's name spent restoring and beautifying homes in North Baton Rouge.