Name

Gamers Outreach

Legal name

Gamers Outreach Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://gamersoutreach.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Entertainment Programs

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Game Streaming & Spectatorship Platforms (BPAMAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Games, Activities & Interactive Entertainment (HSACACAJ), Community Communications & Voice/Chat Platforms (Discord-like, in-game comms) (MPAFAIAE)

Keywords

• Pediatric hospital gaming
• Charitable gaming programs
• Hospital entertainment systems
• Video game charity
• Gaming kiosk manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Saline

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters. Monthly giving program The GRID starts at $10/month with benefits including quarterly update calls, early access to event tickets, and exclusive newsletters.
2. Annual Events (Gamers For Giving): Major annual LAN party and streamathon event. 2025 raised over $1.76 million. Includes ticket sales, streaming donations, and sponsorships.
3. Spooktacular Streamathon: Halloween-themed 10-day streaming event. 2025 raised $326,696 through hundreds of creator streams and community donations.
4. VTuber Summer Slam: Summer streaming event with VTuber community participation. 2025 raised $545,489 across 1,500+ participants.
5. Corporate Sponsorships and Grants: Funding from corporate partners including Child's Play (early supporter providing capacity building grant), Bill Simpson Foundation (Save Point grant), Humble Bundle (featured charity), and various gaming industry sponsors for events.
6. GO Kart Purchases and Funding: Individual donors and organizations fund GO Kart builds ($4,000/unit). Hospitals can request units; funding can come from direct donation or hospital wishlist adoption by donors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Gamers Outreach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that equips pediatric hospitals with hardware, software, and volunteers to deliver video game play to hospitalized children. Its programs include the GO Kart portable gaming kiosk, the Portal software platform for managing game content across hospital rooms, Save Point vending machines that distribute toys and rewards to patients, and the Player 2 volunteer initiative. Hospitals enroll to receive equipment and volunteers; the programs are funded by individual donations, monthly giving, corporate sponsorships, and annual fundraising events.

Product overview

Gamers Outreach is a charity organization that provides recreation to hospitalized children through video games. The organization operates a multi-product portfolio centered on bringing play to healthcare facilities: GO Karts are portable gaming kiosks (currently in version 3.1) that house consoles, monitors, controllers, and games for bedside entertainment; Portal is a software platform for managing video game content across hospital room networks; Save Point is a vending machine system distributing take-home items and game codes to patients; and Player 2 is a volunteer program pairing gamers with hospital opportunities. The organization complements its hardware/software programs with community fundraising initiatives including the annual Gamers For Giving LAN party, Spooktacular Streamathon (Halloween-themed), VTuber Summer Slam, and monthly giving program The GRID.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GO Karts: Portable video game kiosks built specifically for hospital environments, equipped with gaming consoles, monitors, controllers, and games
• Player 2
• Save Point
• Portal
• The GRID
• Gamers for Giving

Products and services

• GO Kart (Portable Gaming Kiosk Program) Portable gaming kiosk program that equips hospital rooms with a console, monitor, controllers, and 10+ pre-installed games for bedside play; designed specifically for healthcare environments with pneumatic monitor lift, secure console storage, and international shipping packaging. Provided at a unit funding cost of $4,000 each, deployed across 460+ hospitals globally.
• Save Point Distribution Machine High-tech vending machines that distribute toys, game codes, and swag to children receiving care at healthcare facilities. Acts as a distribution hub to equip kids with take-home goodies and create a sense of accomplishment as they progress through treatment. Currently testing with select healthcare facilities in the United States, with installations funded by grants such as the Bill Simpson Foundation.
• Portal Hospital Game Management Software Software platform to manage video game content across hundreds of hospital rooms. Deploys a server in a hospital connected to individual computers across patient rooms, enabling hospital employees to manage video game content, patient privacy, age-restricted content, game updates, and localized or online play from their desks. Concept program currently being tested in select healthcare facilities.
• Player 2 Volunteer Program Volunteer initiative pairing gamers with opportunities to give back in hospitals by distributing games, managing gaming devices, and playing games with patients. Specialized volunteers are available during weekday business hours, particularly suited for college gamers; 51 active volunteers serving 19 hospitals as of Q3 2025.
• The GRID Monthly Giving Program Subscription-based monthly giving community program where donors contribute recurring donations starting at $10/month to support Gamers Outreach programs year-round. Members receive a monthly GRID newsletter with free gift opportunities, early access to Gamers For Giving tickets, and quarterly calls with staff and special guests.
• Gamers For Giving Annual Event Annual flagship fundraising event and LAN party combining competitive gaming tournament, streamathon, and community fundraising. Combines ticket sales, streaming donations, and sponsorships to support all Gamers Outreach programs including GO Karts, Save Point, and Player 2. Raised over $1.76 million in 2025.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6.4 million+ gaming experiences provided annually across 460+ hospitals
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Humble BundlecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Gamers Outreach selected as featured charity for Humble Choice January 2026. 5% of every Humble Choice membership signup donated to organization. Partnership leverages gaming community for charitable giving.
• Halo Studios / XboxcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 October 2025Three-year partnership at Halo World Championship. Event features Gamers Outreach booth activations, limited edition Halo Infinite crossover merchandise, and PC raffles. Staff joined Halo Studios team at Seattle Children's hospital visit with Master Chief cosplayer. $67,212 raised at 2025 HaloWC bringing 3-year total to $106,092.
• Child's PlaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 April 2025Long-standing partnership since 2017. Child's Play provided early capacity building grant that enabled GO Kart manufacturing scale-up. Co-branded GO Karts now available featuring Child's Play's signature green and white color scheme. Child's Play network of 150+ hospitals receives priority access to GO Kart program. Partnership enables thousands of young patients to benefit daily.
• ESL (Esports League)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 July 2019Launched 'Gaming for Good' initiative starting with Gamers Outreach partnership at Intel Extreme Masters Chicago. Up to $10 from each IEM Chicago ticket donated to organization. Booth exhibition and fundraising campaign at ESL events.
• NZXTcoreTechnology or IntegrationManufacturing partner for GO Kart 3.0 design and production. Partnered to reimagine GO Kart assembly for modern consoles and international deployment. Enabled scale from hundreds to thousands of units.
• CRE8coreTechnology or IntegrationManufacturing partner alongside NZXT for GO Kart 3.0 production and design process.
• HermitcraftflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerMinecraft community that has raised over $1.2 million and delivered 310+ GO Karts through annual charity streams. 2022 stream raised $439,599; 2024 GFG raised $840,000. Organizer Scar joined Gamers Outreach Board of Directors in 2025. Estimated 899,000 gameplay experiences annually from Hermitcraft-funded GO Karts.
• Cooler MasterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpooktacular Streamathon sponsor providing MasterHUBs as contest prizes. Gaming hardware company supporting gaming charity events.
• HyperXminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpooktacular and Gamers For Giving sponsor providing headsets and peripherals as prizes. Gaming peripheral brand supporting community fundraising events.
• Bisect HostingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Spooktacular and VTuber Summer Slam. Created custom Minecraft server for VSS community streaming.
• Lenovo LegionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGamers For Giving sponsor providing gaming PCs and monitors for events. Technology sponsor for warehouse operations.
• CLXminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor providing custom gaming PC prizes. Built limited edition Halo Infinite x Gamers Outreach gaming PC for raffle at HaloWC.
• Symbiote StudiosminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated over 900 plushies for Save Point machines. Creative partner providing take-home items for hospitalized children.
• Chip Theory GamesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDonated board games including Neighborhood Hide & Seek and Tangram Adventure for Save Point prize inventory.
• Chaos CrewminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFacilitated first GO Kart delivery to South Africa at Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Child's Play Charity: Long-standing gaming charity that provides toys, games, and entertainment to hospitalized children through a network of 150+ partner hospitals. Gamers Outreach's core strategic partner and closest peer in mission, donor base, and corporate sponsor overlap.
• Extra Life: Gamers community fundraising program benefiting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Comparable community-driven fundraising model using gamers/streamers to raise money for pediatric hospital care, directly competing for similar donor pools.
• AbleGamers Foundation: Charity that advocates for accessibility in video games for disabled individuals, including hospitalized patients. Direct peer sharing the gaming-charity-for-healthcare niche, similar donor community, and overlap in adaptive controller initiatives.
• Starlight Children's Foundation: Nonprofit delivering entertainment, education, and technology programs to hospitalized children including gaming-focused initiatives. Operates in the same hospital pediatric entertainment space with overlapping hospital partnerships and donor base.

Broad incumbents

• Make-A-Wish Foundation: Major pediatric charity granting wishes to children with critical illnesses. Larger, more established nonprofit operating in adjacent pediatric-hospital support space with overlapping donor demographics and corporate sponsor relationships.
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: Nonprofit raising funds for 170+ children's hospitals across North America. Comparable mission of supporting pediatric hospital infrastructure and programs; Extra Life's beneficiary network and overlapping hospital relationships make it adjacent.
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Leading pediatric treatment and research hospital and charity. Larger institutional peer in the pediatric healthcare charity space, competing for similar donor and corporate sponsorship dollars at greater scale.

Emerging players

• National Pediatric Cancer Foundation: Smaller-scale pediatric cancer charity focused on funding research and family support. Adjacent in serving hospitalized pediatric patients and competing for healthcare-focused donor dollars, though narrower disease focus.
• Global Gaming Initiative: Nonprofit that unites the gaming community to support charitable causes. Comparable in using gamers and streamers as a fundraising channel, though less focused specifically on pediatric hospital entertainment.

Regional players

• Dreams Come True Foundation: Charity fulfilling dreams for children with life-threatening illnesses across the United States. Adjacent pediatric-hospital-support mission competing for similar individual and corporate donors with a different programmatic model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gamersoutreach
• YouTubeyoutube.com/gamersoutreach
• Facebookfacebook.com/gamersoutreach
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gamers-outreach
• Instagraminstagram.com/gamersoutreach

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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