Philanthropy
Steinberg is also well known for his desire for athletes make a positive contribution to society. Steinberg insists that every contract negotiated for his players include clauses that require the athlete to give back to their hometown, high school, university or national charities and foundations. According to Steinberg, this allows the athlete to function as a positive role model by repaying the community that helped shape him. As a result, Steinberg's clients have donated over $600 million to various charities around the world.
Steinberg contributes his time and efforts to a variety of humanitarian causes. He has actively been involved with the Human Relations Commission, Children Now, Children's Miracle Network, CORO Fellows Program and the Starlight Foundation. He founded and underwrites the Steinberg Leadership Institute, a nationwide program run by the Anti-Defamation League preparing students to fight racism and inequality throughout the world. He has endowed scholarships at his high school, donated time and resources to organizations such as Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and Junior Achievement. He has also endowed a classroom at Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley. Steinberg's community activism has drawn praise from the political world. He has received accommodations from Congress, State Senate, State Legislature, The Los Angeles City Council, Orange County Board of Supervisors, President Reagan, President Bush and President Clinton.
Steinberg's Annual Super Bowl Party brings together the elite individuals in sports, entertainment, business, and politics to raise money for a selected cause. Examples of past parties and their causes include: Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, FL which facilitated live satellite hookups between the party and troops in Iraq and in military hospitals around the world, and Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, AZ had an environmental emphasis and featured Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Governor Janet Napolitano, and Leigh releasing an endangered hawk back into the wild.
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