A-Rod Corp donated $1 million to Boy & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade in 2010, and an additional $1 million in 2015 in partnership with MLB to support the expansion of South Florida Clubs. Alex joined the board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade in 1999, and the board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in 2020.
In 2002, Alex donated $3.9 million to help renovate the University of Miami’s baseball stadium, Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field, and to fund a scholarship program for Boys & Girls Clubs alumni to attend the University of Miami. He joined the school’s Board of Trustees in 2003. In 2017, Alex pledged $500,000 to the University of Miami Business School.
Alex’s gifts to Florida International University have provided scholarships to dozens of first generation college-bound students.
Giveback Homes is a community of real estate professionals committed to donating and volunteering to build safe, affordable homes across the United States and Central America. Through his work with Giveback Homes, Alex donated a new home for Gregoria and her three children in Central America.
