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Community Impact

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We believe all young people deserve the opportunity to discover their passions and achieve their full potential. We invest in programs and partnerships that help kids build positive skills and mindsets in the communities where we live, work and play. Millions of young people, especially young people of color, girls and non-binary youth, and families experiencing financial challenges, face an opportunity gap, with limited access to the support systems that lead to possibility. We focus evo’s giving and volunteerism on organizations that serve youth in the opportunity gap, and particularly organizations committed to getting kids active, outdoors, and engaged in a positive mentoring relationship.

How We Make Positive Impact

evo partners with nonprofit organizations that reduce barriers to getting young people outside. We partner with organizations by providing grant funding, outfitting young people with the best gear, volunteering, creating unique experiences, and connecting our customers to great causes. We invite you to join us in the work of closing the gap, and opening the door to community, and to adventure.

Where We Give

This chart provides a breakdown of our current giving priorities.

  • 79% Outdoor Youth Programs
  • 5% Broader Outdoor Equity / Access
  • 4% Environmental Justice
  • 4% Thriving Communities
  • 4% Special Request & Emergency Response
  • 4% Storytelling

In-Cart Donations

How our customers have given back through their in-cart donations.

$139,043

$ 139,043 Donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound since 2015.

$52,291+

$52,291 Donated to Carbon Fund since 2012.

$48,116+

$48,116 Donated through our Give Together Round Up for outdoor youth programs since 2016.

$5,000,000

$5,000,000 The total amount provided to support our communities since evo’s founding in 2001.

Our Pledge

Here’s a snapshot of our giving goals.

$1m

We’re committed to donating $1m a year for the next 10 years.

90%

90% The percentage of our donations that will go toward youth-focused organizations.

60%

The percentage of our donations that will go to BIPOC led organizations.

Skate Like a Girl

Skate Like a Girl’s mission is to create an inclusive community by promoting confidence, leadership, and social justice through skateboarding. Responding to the historic exclusion of certain identities, such as women and trans people, Skate Like a Girl leads programs in Seattle, Portland, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and beyond that create safe spaces and eliminate barriers to access in skateboarding. In 2021, Skate Like a Girl engaged more than 5,000 participants, creating spaces centering on youth, women, trans, non-binary and/or gender nonconforming skaters. As partners, evo and Skate Like a Girl work together in a variety of ways to build a skate community where all people are welcome. For example, at evo’s All Together Skatepark in Seattle, WA, we host weekly inclusive skate nights aka Women &/or Trans Sessions as well as Wheels of Fortune (WOF) – the longest running global gathering of non-traditional skateboarders featuring a contest and showcase for skaters of all ages and skill levels.

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Featured Partners

Youth In Focus

Youth In Focus

We believe the arts help us connect with ourselves, our values and identity with our community. We are proud to be in partnership with Youth in Focus, whose mission is to prepare the next generation of creative thinkers to meet the emerging needs of a global society by amplifying teen voice through photography and arts education.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Youth in Focus values art as a powerful medium of change to create a healthy, vibrant, more equitable, and just society for all.⁠⁠ In 2021, we supported a paid internship program for seven students from the Creative Career Cohort in partnership with our photo team and featured their work in our Seattle store gallery. This past summer, we featured works from 7 students from the Creative Career Cohort in our Seattle store. We also matched and donated register round-up contributions for the month of August.

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Indigenous Women Outdoors

Indigenous Women Outdoors

IWO’s mission is to hold space for Indigenous women to come together and feel safe on the land. We want Indigenous women* to be leaders in the outdoor industry and to be confident in sharing their knowledge and connection of the land with the greater public. Through guidance and mentorship, participants can choose to start getting their own training and certifications to feel safe out on the land, as well as lead other groups and women to get outside.

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Brown Girl Surf

Brown Girl Surf

Brown Girl Surf is working to build a more diverse, environmentally reverent, and joyful women’s surf culture. They’re doing remarkable work to increase access to surfing, cultivate community and amplify the voices of women of color surfers.

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Indigenous Life Sport Academy

Indigenous Life Sport Academy

ILSA was created to improve the quality of life and empower Indigenous youth through snowboarding. They provide year-round programming, free access to training programs and the opportunity to learn a sport that can be enjoyed for a lifetime.

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National Brotherhood of Skiers

National Brotherhood of Skiers

NBS works to increase participation in winter sports by offering organized ski and snowboard trips to people of color from underserved communities.

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the Service Board

the Service Board

the Service Board mentors teens to conquer personal and cultural challenges through outdoor adventure, environmental and social justice education, and public service.

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SHRED Foundation

SHRED Foundation

SHRED Foundation teaches life skills and opens career paths for underserved youth through snow and skate culture.

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How evo Employees Get Involved

We offer our employees volunteer paid time off so that they can support the causes they’re passionate about. We also provide an employee matching fund and will match each of our employee’s donations up to $500 per year.

39,475

39,475 Number of volunteer hours evo employees have logged since 2016.

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Giving Back with evo Brand Goods

Our products reflect our purpose. We donate 2% of evo-branded product sales to youth-serving organizations in our community.

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Join the evo Family

Work With Us

People often asked why I started evo and when it started, and I’ve always held that the path of our business is intertwined in our personal journeys. The reality is that in a sense, the inspiration for evo existed long before 2001. My Uncle Jack introduced me to skiing in grade school, and I’ve been doing everything that I can to participate ever since. Selling gear as a little kid provided the means to buy lift tickets and access this amazing experience, and for over 20 years now, evo really has been a story of one thing leads to another. From hustling to buy a lift ticket, to eventually getting the chance to chase winters worldwide, evo has opened doors to a world of sport and culture that I could have never imagined. As we move ahead, the desire to share that same experience drives our site, our stores and most of all, our evoTrip adventure travel vacations – our opportunity to introduce customers to these amazing sports and culture experiences around the world.

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