When someone's doing a genuinely good thing — for kids, animals, or the outdoors — we don't sit on our hands. Right now, that's a 16-year-old from Melbourne. Next, it might be a classroom on your street.
He climbed into a kart at five and hasn't stopped since. Eleven years later, his name rides on car #22 in the USF2000 Championship — IndyCar's official feeder ladder — with his career managed by A14 Management, Fernando Alonso's driver agency.
When his car runs at Indy this season, our patch is on the bodywork. Not because we wanted the photo. Because we said we'd back him. There's a difference, and we know which one this is.
A kid from Melbourne. A brand built by dads. Both betting big on the same belief — that you can chase a wild thing and still pull it off.
Karting since 5
First behind the wheel as a kindergartener
USF2000 · 2026
IndyCar's feeder ladder
On the car at Indy
NATPAT patch, Indy 500 race week
A14 Management
Fernando Alonso's driver agency
From five to sixteen — eleven years on the throttle
What comes next
The next one looks nothing like him.
Brad's a 16-year-old chasing a wild thing on a racetrack. He's our first. The next ones won't be him, and we mean that.
Maybe
The teacher pulling a hike together for the kid who'd never get one otherwise.
Maybe
The two-person rescue that won't turn one more away, even when it should.
Maybe
The one nobody's funding yet. The one you spot before they put their hand up.
Why we do this
It started with a sticker and a stubborn question.
Surely there's a better way. That question built every patch we make. The small daily wins for families. Backing the people who just get on with making good things happen is the same instinct, scaled up. You spot something worth doing long before anyone asks permission. We want to stand next to that, and put something real behind it.
Who this is for
The kinds of good we get behind.
A kid chasing a dream
The wild goal nobody else is funding yet.
A community doing good
Families making something better, outdoors and beyond.
A classroom adventure
The teacher organising the hike, the trip, the day outside.
An animal shelter
The rescue quietly taking in one more.
How it works
Three laps. One real commitment.
01LAP
You · the writer
You tell us
A parent. A teacher. A shelter. A coach. Anyone with something good already in motion, for kids, animals, or the outdoors.
→ We read every single one.
02LAP
Us · the choice
We listen, then choose
We can't get behind everyone. So we pick a few each year and go all in, rather than spreading thin and helping no one.
→ A real commitment, not a quick like.
03LAP
All in
We get behind it
Funding, gear, our platform, our people. Whatever genuinely moves the needle for that kid and that family.
→ In their corner for the long haul.
FINISH LINE
Trust that feeling. The one that says they've got something.
It's there for a reason. It always has been.
Got someone in your corner?
Tell us what you're backing.
Could be your kid, your class, your rescue, your cause. Don't polish it — just tell us, like you'd tell a friend.
~3 minutes · real people read these · no application window
Your turn
What are you backing?
A kid, a class, a shelter, a cause. Tell us about the good thing you're trying to make happen.
♥
Got it. Thank you.
We read these ourselves, not a bot. If yours is one we can get behind, you'll hear from a real person at NATPAT. Either way — keep backing them.
What we put behind it
Anywhere from a $200 weekend kit to a season-long commitment. We size it to what actually helps — not to a fixed package.
When we read
Year-round. No application window, no deadline. We back a few each season, when the right ones land.
What we do with your story
Real people read it, not a bot. It stays with us. If we can't get behind yours, we delete it on request.
Good to know
The honest answers
Who can actually apply?+
Anyone with a good thing already in motion — for kids, families, animals, or the outdoors. A parent, a teacher, a shelter, a coach, a community group, or the person doing it themselves. You don't need to be a registered charity.
Can I nominate someone else?+
Please do. Backing someone who'd never put their own hand up is kind of the whole point. Tell us about them and we'll take it from there.
What do you actually give?+
Depends on what helps. Sometimes it's funding, sometimes product, sometimes our platform and audience, sometimes just rolling up our sleeves. No fixed package. We work it out with you so it genuinely moves the needle.
How do you choose?+
We read every single story ourselves. We back a few each year and go all in, rather than spreading thin and helping no one. We're looking for something real and a person genuinely behind it — not the most polished form.
How long until I hear back?+
Give us a few weeks. Real people read these, not a bot. If yours is one we can get behind, you'll hear from someone at NATPAT. We can't take on everyone, but a good story is never wasted on us.
Does it cost anything?+
Nothing. No fee to apply, no catch. If we back you, it's simply because we believe in what you're doing.