The Lacoste Foundation supports the social and professional integration of young people and contributes to the improvement of local communities’ living conditions. For 15 years, more than 100,000 young people have been helped through 200 projects that combine sport and education.

Attentive to equal opportunities and, already, to the planet, René Lacoste initiated a vast plantation project on the family golf course in Chantaco in the 30s. On more than 50 hectares, 50,000 trees were planted. An action that meant the forestry workers of the region avoided compulsory work service in Germany.​ Later, with his wife, he also allowed junior players who assisted the players and the personnel's children to train on the same golf course. And a whole generation of young golf champions were born...