Making a Difference, One Swim Lesson at a Time.

At Alma Swim Foundation, we’re more than a nonprofit — we’re building a legacy for water resilience. Too often, conversations about swimming in Black communities stop short of action. We step in to bridge that gap, ensuring children and families experience just how fun and safe swimming can be.

  • 54% of Americans can’t swim or don’t have basic swimming skills 

  • Over 4,000 people lose their lives to drowning every year

  • Black children are 7x more likely to drown than white children 

  • It takes 8 weeks or 20 hours of lessons for someone to feel safe and confident in the water 

  • Average costs to teach someone to swim is $300

Why We Exist

  • Taught 300+ children and adults to learn how to swim 

  • Provided a $15k value in swim lesson services 

  • Provided 500+ swim lessons

Impact to Date

Let’s keep making waves

With your help, we’ll expand our reach so our Black community can experience the safety and confidence that comes with knowing how to swim.

Mission Partners

Advent Health
American Red Cross
Town of Eatonville
City of Orlando
Courageous Leap
Let Us Swim
Swim Global Project
Team Kareem Memorial Foundation
Waves4Change
The Y
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Board Members

  • April Kirby

  • Ashley Mioducki

  • Denise “DJ NiecyD” Moore

  • Elizabeth Haines

  • Joseph Daniels

  • Noelle Singleton

  • Shydonna Tossie

  • Toni Hunt