Support Garden State Esports
Protect A Place Where Kids Belong
Every student deserves a place where they are seen, supported, and celebrated. For thousands of New Jersey students, Garden State Esports has become that place: a community where friendships begin, confidence grows, and students discover they matter. But places like this don't exist by accident. They're protected by people who believe every student deserves somewhere to belong.
One thing we hear from parents again and again is:
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Become one of the people making sure today's students never have to say the same thing.
Help A Student Belong
Esports Is the Hook. Student Growth Is the Outcome.
Students may join because they love gaming. What they discover is something far more meaningful: friendship, confidence, leadership, teamwork, career exploration, and a community where they truly belong.
400+
Schools Served Across New Jersey
12,000+
Students Reached Statewide
42%
Were Not Involved in Any Other School Activity Before Esports
97%
Report Making New Friends Through GSE
Why your Gift matters
Every Student Deserves a Place to Belong
Every gift helps Garden State Esports create opportunities for students to discover friendship, confidence, leadership, and purpose. Together, we are building a future where every student has a place to belong and the opportunity to succeed.
Belonging
Protect A Student's Place To Belong
Every season, thousands of students walk into a GSE program hoping to find where they fit. Your generosity helps create welcoming school communities where students build friendships, develop confidence, and discover that they belong.
Opportunity
Empower Educators to Change Lives
Help provide professional development, coaching, and ongoing support so educators can build safe, inclusive spaces where every student feels they belong and has the opportunity to succeed.
Future REady
Prepare Students for Tomorrow's Careers
Students gain more than gaming experience. They develop leadership, teamwork, communication, broadcasting, event production, and technology skills that prepare them for college and future careers.
$25 / month
Become A GSE Guardian
Every Guardian protects a place where students belong.
The Guardians are a community of monthly supporters who make sure Garden State Esports is here for every student who needs it.
Your monthly gift creates dependable funding that allows us to welcome more students, support more schools, and protect the communities where kids build friendships, confidence, and purpose.
Because belonging shouldn't depend on a budget.
Guardians Receive:
Updates showing the impact of their generosity
Invitations to GSE Championships
Exclusive Guardian T-Shirt
$100
Empower an Educator
Help a coach build something students believe in.
A $100 gift helps provide educators with training, resources, and support to launch or strengthen a scholastic esports program. Many advisors are not gamers. They are caring adults who believe students deserve another reason to stay connected to school.
$500
Build Future Pros
Fund real experience for students exploring real careers.
A $500 gift supports student workforce opportunities through esports, including live production, broadcasting, event operations, shoutcasting, media, and leadership roles. Students do not just play in GSE. They help run the show.
Shoutcaster
Producer
Network Engineer
Event Crew
Students do not just watch the broadcast. They produce it. From commentary and directing to cameras, graphics, replay, and streaming, every event becomes a real-world learning experience.
Featured Initiative
Give the Gift of Opportunity
Broadcast in a Box gives schools everything they need to empower students to produce professional-quality live broadcasts.
Every Broadcast in a Box allows students to produce professional-quality livestreams while gaining real-world experience that cannot be replicated in a classroom. Your gift does more than provide equipment. It opens doors to careers in broadcasting, sports media, entertainment, technology, and live event production by giving students the chance to learn by doing.
Equip schools with professional media production technology
Give students authentic experience producing live events
Prepare students for careers in broadcasting, media, technology, and live production
Build New Jersey’s next generation of creators and production professionals
Student Spotlight
Meet The Students You're Supporting
Every student joins Garden State Esports for a different reason, but many leave with something much bigger than a championship. They leave with confidence, friendships, leadership skills, and a vision for their future.
Kiera Karl
The Best Of Garden State Esports
Kiera's journey with Garden State Esports began in eighth grade as a Rocket League player at William Annin Middle School. What started as a love of competition quickly became something much bigger.
Kiera started volunteering at GSE championships and quickly discovered a passion for serving others behind the scenes. They learned tournament operations, became a certified referee, and earned a place on GSE's Student Leadership Team. Their dedication eventually led to a role on the organization's leadership team.
Today, Kiera serves as GSE's Head Rocket League Official and Director of Student Workforce Experiences. They lead the team that welcomes schools during workforce field trips and help coordinate the behind-the-scenes work that makes GSE's statewide championships possible. At just 21 years old, but with eight years of experience through GSE, Kiera now mentors other students and helps them discover the same confidence and opportunities that shaped their own journey.
The experience didn't just build technical skills. It built leadership, confidence, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Today, Kiera is pursuing a Business degree at Raritan Valley Community College while building Azurite Productions, their own esports production company. They also hope to launch a competitive Splatoon league that creates opportunities for the next generation of players and creators.
Kiera's story shows what happens when a student is given more than a place to play. They're given a place to belong, opportunities to lead, and adults who believe in their potential. That's the impact your support makes possible.
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I joined GSE because I loved Rocket League. I stayed because people trusted me with real responsibility, believed in my potential, and gave me opportunities I never imagined possible. Today, I'm building a career doing what I love, and now I get to create those same opportunities for other students.
— Kiera Karl, Director of Student Workforce Trips
Become A Partner
More Ways to Create Student Opportunity
Championship Experience
Support livestreams, medals, trophies, event production, and unforgettable student championship experiences.
Inclusive Gaming
Support Unified, Valkyrie, adaptive gaming, and initiatives that expand belonging and access for every student.
College & Career Pathways
Help students visit colleges, connect with recruiters, and explore scholarships and careers.
Student Travel
Help remove transportation barriers so students can attend championships, showcases, and career-connected events.
Production Academy
Support students learning broadcasting, directing, tournament operations, graphics, streaming, and live production.
Let's Build One Together!
Have an idea? Let's talk about how we can build something special together! Reach out.
Our Track Record
Trusted by Schools. Focused on Students.
Garden State Esports is an educator-founded nonprofit serving schools across New Jersey through structured competition, educator support, inclusive programming, workforce development, and college pathways. When you support GSE, you invest in a credible organization with a proven track record of student impact.
Educator-Founded Nonprofit
Serving 400+ Schools Statewide
12,000+ Students Served
Statewide Championships
College & Workforce Partnerships
Measurable Student Outcomes
Ready to Invest in the Next Generation?
Every student deserves a place where they can belong, grow, and discover what’s possible. Whether you make a gift, become a partner, or fund a transformative initiative, your support helps more students build friendships, develop leadership skills, and prepare for their future.