Project Background

Tribe7 began when a group of coaches/parents were driven to action when the box of
lax gear they donated each year got real smaller, while the bill got bigger.  For low
end stuff.  In the face of extreme pricing, as in, 'what is this, polo?' pricing, we  
decided to make a stand.  For lesser advantaged players, and for the game.  

Utilizing the services of the Brown Engineering Dept, we came up with what is now a
top-selling lacrosse head design, as well as a line of shafts, gloves, pads, women’s
goggles, and soon, the crowning achievement, if you will, a helmet.

Our story has begun by lowering the cost of donating gear by 66.5%,  after tax
deductions.  The next chapter,  which we are asking you to help us write, is
to make use of these savings in an impactful way.

We will begin in NYC, with the Public School Athletic league as a partner.
Donations are 100% tax-exempt.  A letter from the PSAL will be delivered to
you for accounting and record keeping.  
The Optimus Project

Lacrosse is growing fast, as affluent communities across the nation take it up with enthusiasm.  Unfortunately, the
barriers of entry have grown as well.  An elite game to begin with, it's price points have gotten out of reach for
the kids it could be of most value to.

Tribe7 is now lowering barriers, offering best in class gear at less than 50% of competitor’s prices.  Which allows
us to pursue our mission: a partnership with the NYC Public School Athletic League dedicated to knocking some
of these  walls down once and for all.    

Lance Hermus, the PSAL Sports Coordinator in NYC,  recognizes that the only way that the sport of lacrosse is
going  to sustain itself and grow in the city is in a public-private partnership. The PSAL has the coaches, the fields,
the refs, the transport, and even some momentum. But it’s up to us to get the kids the gear. The schools don’t
and won't pay for it.  And most kids,  approximately 99% of them, simply can’t afford it.  

Which ain’t fair. And we all like fair.  
deserving kids for the same price that it cost, just last year, to deliver 179 kits.  As such, we have achieved one of our
initial goals, by lowering the cost to donate high performance gear by 66.5%.

We know is that public school principles want to play lax badly.  Largely, to quote, because 'it’s elite.’ It gets kids into
schools, it get them places they dream of.  The ‘elite’ tag may be true.  
But perhaps not for long, if we have anything to do with it.  

The Cost of 500 Quality Kits at Market Prices is $240,000.00
Averaging the cost of boys and girls kits, per our 9:6 allocation, the total that a family
As in….not gonna happen.
The Cost of 500 Quality Kits via the OB Project:  $86,100 (after tax)
Tribe7 fulfills a large part of it’s mission with the Optimus Barbarus Project by lowering the
average cost per kit to $94.50, after tax deductions. ($122.50 for boys,  $49.00 for girls)

That’s the kind of math Tribe7 was founded for.
EAST HARLEM SCHOOL GIRL'S AT CAMP