- Favre 4 Hope’s mission is to help children and cancer patients
- Quarterback and his daughter were both athletes at USM
Brett Favre’s charity, whose mission is to support “disadvantaged and disabled children and breast cancer patients”, donated more than $130,000 to the athletic foundation at his alma mater.
According to tax records obtained by ESPN, the Favre 4 Hope charity made the donations to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation between 2018 and 2020. Favre, a hall of fame quarterback, played college football at USM and his daughter was on the volleyball team from 2017. Favre was also trying to raise funds for a new volleyball stadium at USM at the same time.