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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 7 SUPPORTING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES H arvard Pilgrim Health Care — serving members in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire — is committed to improving the health of the communities we serve. We are proud to extend the work of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation — and the collective community engagement of our 1360 employees — to benefit Hartford and other areas of the state. Harvard Pilgrim is engaging our members, employer customers, providers and our communities to help improve the way people eat. The Foundation has been active in working to encourage healthy eating and active living, and funding initiatives to bring fresh, healthy and local produce to inner city residents through community gardens and a mobile farmers market. The Foundation also enlists the support of Harvard Pilgrim staff to serve our local communities by working with local partners on service days in the Hartford area. And, our mini-grant program enables each of our employees to direct $500 annually to a local charity of their choice, in memory of Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. As a company, we have also made inclusion a strategic business initiative, one in which we value difference and believe we create value through difference. As our presence continues to grow in Connecticut, we've enjoyed working with several Hartford-area agencies and we look forward to building on these relationships to help improve the health of the entire Hartford community. Eric H. Schultz President and CEO Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Board Chairperson Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation NON-PROFIT, FOR-PROFIT — WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? H ow is it that a business journal focuses on non-profit organizations in every edition and in this special publication once a year? While part of the answer is that the Hartford Business Journal demonstrates good corporate citizenship by raising awareness of non-profits in our community, I think it is also because they understand the value non-profits bring to our region. By definition, a non-profit organization is a non-business entity that uses its surplus revenues to further its purpose or mission, rather than distributing its surplus income to its directors or owners as profit or dividends. I define it as a business where revenue, just like for-profits, has to exceed expenses. However, it is a business with customers who, more than likely, cannot afford to pay for its services. Therefore, the non-profit has to demonstrate a greater value to society in order to find the revenues to stay in business. Non-profits play a significant role in our economy representing ten percent of Connecticut's workforce alone. Nationally, if the non-profit sector were a country, it would be the seventh largest economy in the world, according to the National Council of Nonprofits. The impact of and critical role played by non-profits is unquestionable. This publication celebrates those businesses that are deemed non-profit, that are providing value to our friends, neighbors, relatives, maybe even to ourselves and the corporations, foundations and individuals who are making it possible for those services to continue to be delivered. For United Way that means we can continue to support programs and initiatives that help children to read on grade level so that they are set on the path to graduating high school, college and career ready. It means we can support ALICE households — the one in three families in Connecticut — who are struggling financially to make ends meet. And continue to provide a safety net of emergency services — food, shelter, crisis counseling — when needed. Kudos to the Hartford Business Journal for recognizing the role our non-profit businesses — as well as our for-profit businesses — play in the quality of life in our region. Susan B. Dunn President and CEO United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut

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