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G I V I N G G U I D E 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com December 15, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 59 ABOUT US Year established: 1924 Annual revenues: $26,176,314 (most recent fiscal year) Total number of employees: 43 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) 40-town region including: Andover; Ashford; Avon; Berlin; Bloomfield; Bolton; Canton; Chaplin; Columbia; Coventry; East Hartford; East Windsor; Ellington; Enfield; Farmington; Glastonbury; Hampton; Hartford; Hebron; Lebanon; Manchester; Mansfield/ Storrs; Marlborough; New Britain; Newington; Rocky Hill; Scotland; Simsbury; Somers; South Windsor; Stafford; Suffield; Tolland; Vernon; West Hartford; Wethersfield; Willington; Windham/Willimantic; Windsor; and Windsor Locks. TOP FUNDING SOURCES Employee workplace giving: 74% Corporate gifts: 23% Individuals outside of the workplace: 3% GOALS By working together, we provide opportunities for individual and community success. Our shared priority areas: • Ensure children read at grade- level by the start of 4th grade. • Ensure students enter 9th grade ready to succeed and graduate on time. • Help adults and families achieve financial security. • Provide access to immediate emergency assistance to meet basic needs, such as food and shelter. FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES Each year more than 400 local workplaces and tens of thousands of individuals participate in the United Way Campaign. Together, we raised more than $24 million in 2014. To showcase our partners' accomplishments in the community, the United Way Best Of Awards are held each year. Other fundraising events include: Power of the Purse Luncheon and Silent Auction — Our United Way Women's Leadership Council's signature event features an auction of high-end purses; time to network with professional and philanthropic leaders; and the event raises money to support two family financial centers in Hartford. Spin for Kids — An annual spin-a-thon featuring teams of costumed cyclists, this United Way Emerging Leaders Society event raises money to support United Way's programs and initiatives helping kids succeed in school and in life. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES • Conduct a United Way Campaign at your workplace • Give online at unitedwayinc.org/give • Make a corporate or individual gift • Join our Women's Leadership Council. Learn more at unitedwayinc.org/women • Join our prestigious Constitution or Tocqueville Society, and be recognized as a leader of caring in our community. Learn more at unitedwayinc.org/givingsocieties • Join our Emerging Leaders Society. Learn more at unitedwayininc.org/emergingleaders Those who give directly to United Way Community Investment make real change possible in the 40 towns of central and northeastern Connecticut. Dollars are closely monitored to ensure your gift is well spent in the priority areas that lead to sustainable community change now and in the future. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES In the past year, United Way mobilized more than 5,000 volunteers, including volunteers to improve the lives of children and families in our community. Results of this mobilization include returning $28 million to 11,000 local tax filers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and reading to more than 7,000 students to help improve literacy skills. Other year-round volunteer opportunities include: • Preparing taxes for lower-to-moderate wage earning families at a free tax site: unitedwayinc.org/vitavolunteer • Providing one-on-one assistance to children through our volunteer United Way Readers program: unitedwayinc.org/read • Providing one-on-one budget coaching to help individuals reorganize finances, maintain a budget, pay bills on time, and save for the future: unitedwayinc.org/budgetcoaching • Helping children build home libraries and make reading more interactive by creating literacy kits in your workplace: unitedwayinc.org/literacykits • Raising awareness about community issues through a group engagement activity: unitedwayinc.org/makingchoices Visit unitedwayinc.org/volunteer to find opportunities near you. Chair, 2015 United Way Campaign Greg M. Barats* The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company Treasurer Donald Allan, Jr.* Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Windham Region United Way Advisory Board Mario D. Conjura People's United Bank Michael J. Auseré Eversource Energy Peggy Buchanan* Connecticut AFL-CIO Julio A. Concepcion MetroHartford Alliance Eric Daniels Robinson & Cole LLP Chair, United Way of New Britain and Berlin Advisory Board William F. Dowling Bill Dowling Sports Chair, United Way of North Central CT Advisory Board Robert E. Earley, III Comcast Corporation Otto Eichmann Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Dr. Derek A. Franklin Clinical & Forensic Consultants Michael Goldbas Deloitte LLP Jeffrey Hubbard First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. Margaret Marchak Hartford HealthCare Corporation Shawn J. Maynard* Windham Hospital Foundation Colleen McGuire University of Connecticut Patricia H. Meiser Meiser Sports Consulting Natalie B. Morris* United Technologies Corporation Chair, United Way Emerging Leaders Society Ashley Netz Cigna Corporation Brian A. O'Connell Citizens Bank James O'Meara* Webster Bank Chair, United Way Women's Leadership Council Noreen Randazzo Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Ex-Officio, Former Board Chair Wayne S. Rawlins, M.D., M.B.A.* ConnectiCare, Inc. Cynthia Ryan* Cigna Corporation Lynn Ryan Goodwin Capital Advisers, a Conning Company Lyn G. Walker* Shipman & Goodwin LLP Jennifer L. White The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. * Denotes membership on Executive Committee President and CEO Susan Dunn Chairman Greg C. Toczydlowski* Travelers United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut 30 Laurel Street, Hartford, CT 06106 | 860-493-6800 UnitedWayInc.org OUR MISSION: United Way's mission is to engage people to improve lives and change community conditions. We have the unique ability, vision and resources to bring together diverse stakeholders around a community vision of creating positive change to achieve long-lasting results for children and families. BOARD OF DIRECTORS