Our predecessor organization, Poway USA Wrestling, was created in 1990 to supported wrestling in Poway. That organization sponsored the Slammers Kids Wrestling Club and the Poway High School wrestling team.

In the fall of 2000, long-time Poway wrestling fan, Dr. Perry L. Munday, decided to make a very generous donation of $1,000,000 to create a new wrestling practice facility at Poway High School. After a number of meetings with the school administrators, it was decided that the most cost effective and expedient means of construction the new facility would be through a private foundation. The foundation would accept Dr. Munday's give, manage the construction, and transfer ownership to the school district upon completion.

Unfortunately, Poway USA Wrestling was not organized to serve this role. Thus, a new non-profit organization was created, the Poway Wrestling Foundation (PWF). PWF was created as a non-profit public benefit corporation and received its tax exemption status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

PWF accepted Dr. Munday's gift in December 2000. The Foundation has been working since that time to design and construction the new Dr. Perry L. Munday Wrestling Center at Poway High School. The center was completed in March 2002 and officially opened in April 2002. For more information on the Dr. Munday wrestling center click here.

With the Foundation up and running, it became clear that having two organizations (Poway USA Wrestling and the Poway Wrestling Foundation) supporting Poway Wrestling did not make sense. Thus, the Boards of Directors of each organization met to discuss ways to combine operations. It was decided that Poway USA Wrestling would terminate operations and gift its remaining funds to the Poway Wrestling Foundation. PWF agreed to perform all functions previously performed by Poway USA Wrestling including sponsorship of the Slammers Kids Wrestling Club.

By focusing all of our efforts on one organization, PWF will continue to provide the high level of financial and volunteer support needed to keep Poway Wrestling one of the nations best known and respected wrestling programs.