Stories that LEAD

What we are learning, including the parts that did not work.

A young foundation, working in public. Notes on Idaho scholar-athletes, on getting girls into sport and keeping them there, and on the things we got wrong the first time.

ScholarsThe people who received something, and what happened next ProgramsGrants, camps, clinics and the Circuit — what we ran and what we saw ResearchWhat the data says about girls in sport, sourced and checked FoundationHow this organization actually works, including the awkward parts

Looking for the individual stories instead? IX Stories is the collection of first-person accounts — what stood in the way, what we funded, and what happened next, in their words rather than ours.

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Angela Taylor 11/10/26 Angela Taylor 11/10/26

The margin is two seasons

You know how many girls registered with you this year. Do you know how many of last year’s girls came back? That one number sits directly on top of the two-season margin, and almost nobody keeps it.