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G I V I N G G U I D E 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com November 22, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 19 The Greater Hartford Arts Council helps to improve lives and transform communities through the arts, right here in the Capital Region. Our goal is to connect all citizens to the arts in our communities and provide support to the arts and cultural organizations that make Greater Hartford such a vibrant place to live, work and visit. We do this through our United Arts Campaign, an annual, community-wide fundraising effort to raise awareness and support for the arts. Thanks to the generous contributions of area corporations and individuals like you, the Arts Council is able to provide critical operating support to nearly 150 local non-profit arts organizations, allowing them to serve our community with cultural programming, educational opportunities and so much more. To learn more and join the United Arts Campaign, please visit LetsGoArts.org/Join. FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES You're invited! The Arts Council's signature fundraising event, Big Red for the Arts, takes place each March and is an exciting celebration of arts and culture. The evening features signature dishes from more than a dozen of the area's best restaurants, as well as local spirits and brews, and wines from around the world! All proceeds benefit the United Arts Campaign. To learn more and for details of Big Red for the Arts 2017, please visit LetsGoArts.org/BigRed. GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Join the United Arts Campaign by: • Conducting a workplace giving campaign. Help spark creativity at your company and encourage your employees to get involved, give back and connect with the arts in their community. • Making a corporate gift. Show your company's commitment to your community through a corporate gift to the United Arts Campaign. • Becoming an individual donor. Be a leader for the arts in your community by making a personal gift to campaign. Visit LetsGoArts.org/Join to learn more and join the United Arts Campaign today. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES There are plenty of ways to give back and get involved! The Arts Council offers volunteer opportunities through our Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA) program, which connects skilled professionals with non-profit arts organizations that need assistance with business consulting projects, such as marketing plan development or financial systems review. Through these mutually beneficial projects, arts organizations receive expert advice, while business volunteers are able to contribute to the sustainability of a local non-profit organization and give back to their community. To learn more about the BVA program and other volunteer opportunities, please visit LetsGoArts.org/Volunteer. ABOUT US Year established: 1971 Annual revenues: $2,882,798 (most recent fiscal year) Total number of employees: 14 GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) The Greater Hartford Arts Council serves Connecticut's Capital Region. TOP FUNDING SOURCES Corporate Support: 34% Employee Workplace Giving: 30% Foundations: 16% Government: 11% Individuals & Events: 9% President Gena Glickman Manchester Community College Vice President Julie Alleyne Deposit Group, LLC Second Vice President Kevin Smith Travelers International Secretary Emma Ladd Lincoln Financial Group Treasurer Paul E. Guzzardi Deloitte Audit Committee Chair David B. Rosenthal Blum Shapiro Development Committee Chair Carol Garlick Hartford Hospital Governance Committee Chair Jennifer DiBella Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney Morris W. Banks Pullman & Comley James Bedard UnitedHealthcare Richard Caporaso KPMG Tara Costanzo Costanzo Clothiers Karen Eisenbach VOYA Financial William Fish, Jr. Hinckley Allen Helen Frye Prudential Eliot B. Gersten Pullman & Comley Charles D. Gill United Technologies Corporations Jason T. Gutcheon Professional Business Insurers Dan Hincks Infinity Music Hall & Bistro Kenneth Pisciotto Hartford Steam Boiler Donald R. Seifel, Jr. Updike, Kelly & Spellacy Patricia Shirley Community Leader Carol E. Terry Greater Hartford Dance Umbrella Sharon Virag Aetna Janee P. Woods William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund CEO Cathy Malloy Chairman David A. Carter The Hartford Greater Hartford Arts Council 100 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT 06103 | 860-525-8629 www.LetsGoArts.org OUR MISSION: The Greater Hartford Arts Council provides leadership for the financial success and organizational stability of the arts, cultural and heritage community. " " B ecause of the generosity of the Arts Council, we are able to turn on the lights, heat the building, pay people to make our great programming possible. Operating support nourishes Charter Oak Cultural Center so we can bring professional performances to all regardless of their ability to pay for a ticket, free arts classes to over 1,000 underserved Hartford children and educational and employment opportunities to people in the homeless community. None of this would be possible without The Arts Council's deep understanding of what organizations truly need. We are so grateful to the Arts Council for its wise and heartful leadership. – Rabbi Donna Berman , Executive Director, Charter Oak Cultural Center With support from the Arts Council, the Veteran's Art Foundation held a series of mask-making workshops in 2016 to help local veterans cope with the traumas of war. BOARD OF DIRECTORS