Hallett Sports & Entertainment, the family-owned company behind the Indy Fuel hockey team and the Fishers Freight indoor football franchise, has pledged at least $100,000 per year to the Hamilton Southeastern Education Foundation (HSEF) for the next ten years — a commitment of at least $1 million to support classrooms across Hamilton Southeastern Schools.
The pledge comes from Sean Hallett, president of both the Fuel and the Freight, who recently joined the HSEF board of directors. Hallett told the HSE School Board Wednesday that once he saw firsthand the work the foundation does in local classrooms — funding teacher grants, student scholarships, and innovative learning projects throughout the district — he and his family’s sports enterprise decided to make a long-term investment in that mission.
Founded in 2001, HSEF has invested more than $4 million in programs supporting the students and staff of Hamilton Southeastern Schools. In the 2025-26 school year alone, the foundation funded 45 classroom grant projects totaling nearly $110,000. The Hallett pledge, at a minimum, would roughly double the foundation’s recent annual grant capacity.
The money will be raised through designated games for each of Hallett’s two teams — two Fuel games and two Freight games each season. In addition, the Fuel have ten Sunday home games on the 2026-27 schedule, and fans who purchase through a dedicated link can buy a ten-game Sunday package for $199, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the foundation.
Hallett emphasized that the $100,000 annual figure is a floor, not a ceiling. If the games and ticket packages raise more, all of it goes to HSEF.
The commitment deepens an already substantial relationship between the Hallett family and Fishers. Hallett Sports & Entertainment was instrumental in making the Fishers Event Center a reality — the 7,500-seat arena that opened in late 2024 as the anchor of the Fishers District development. Both the Fuel, who moved from Indianapolis, and the Freight, an expansion team of the Indoor Football League that began play in 2025, call the venue home.
For a foundation that touches every school building in the district, a guaranteed $100,000 a year for a decade is transformative — and if Fishers fans fill those Sunday seats, it could be considerably more.