The Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) are finalists for MLB’s Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence in 2025, recognizing their wildfire relief and recovery efforts across Southern California.
Established in 2010, the Selig Award honors Major League Baseball clubs demonstrating charitable and philanthropic impact.
Fans age 13 and older are able to vote for the winner now through Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at MLBtogether.com/selig.
In response to this year’s devastating wildfires across Southern California, the Dodgers and LADF mobilized to support affected communities. Guided by a long-standing commitment to action in times of crisis, the team united sports organizations, civic leaders, and local partners across L.A. to deliver rapid, meaningful relief.
Their efforts focused on both immediate recovery and long-term resilience for families, youth and communities most impacted by the devastation.
Since January, LADF efforts have distributed more than 625,000 essential items, delivered 1.5 million meals, and provided over 4,200 educational resources to families in need. They’ve also revitalized two Dodgers Dreamfields in Altadena and helped fund the Palisades YMCA’s rebuilding, ensuring communities recover and rebuild stronger.
Full finalists for Selig Award
The Dodgers are joined by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees as finalists for the prestigious honor.
The Diamondbacks are finalists for their D-backs Inter-Tribal Youth Baseball and Softball Tournament.
For 25 years, the Diamondbacks have hosted the largest Native American youth baseball and softball tournament in the world, and one of only a few Native-exclusive events operated by an MLB team. The tournament has welcomed more than 20,000 participants since its inception, becoming a centerpiece of community, culture and sport for Native youth across the country.
The Red Sox are a finalist for their Fenway Park Learning Lab, an immersive, educational tour for sixth-grade Boston Public Schools (BPS) students.
The program, co-designed with BPS educators and staff from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, leverages Fenway Park as a teaching tool bringing classroom curriculum to life in areas including statistics, history, science and financial literacy.
The Royals are being recognized for the Royals Literacy League (RLL), which works to build excitement around reading and literacy in elementary-aged students in Kansas City, while providing additional support to, and appreciation for, the educators that serve them.
Only 23% of Kansas City district and charter school third-graders read at grade level. Third-grade reading is a key predictor of high school graduation and long-term success, and by this stage, kids go from learning to read to reading to learn.
The Yankees are finalists due to their program HOPE Week, which stands for Helping Others Persevere & Excel.
Over 16 seasons, HOPE Week has brought players, coaches and front-office employees into the community for an annual, weeklong celebration of inspiring individuals and community organizations. Yankees players not only surprise honorees with a specially-planned event in their neighborhood, but they bring local and national media with them, providing critical exposure to help honorees grow their impactful efforts.
HOPE Weeks are also held by each of the Yankees’ Minor League affiliates, and nearly 500 total HOPE Week events have been held over the years in New York and in Yankees-affiliate cities.
The initiative has inspired other sports teams, schools and businesses to embark on similar endeavors, and along the way the Yankees have contributed more than $1 million to fund the honorees’ missions.
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