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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 43 GOALS • Further engage the nonprofit community to help them raise funds and to provide a platform to increase awareness for their charities. • Continue to recruit a strong field of PGA TOUR players for competition. • Create new revenue streams through additional events or sponsorships in order to raise more funds for charity. • Enhance the business-to-business networking environment during the tournament. • Utilize the unique platform of a professional sporting event that is broadcast internationally to benefit the community and to generate a positive economic impact on the state. FUNDRAISING EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES Held annually at TPC River Highlands, the Travelers Championship benefits the community and helps local charities grow. There are a variety of special events leading up to and throughout tournament week. Each year the Travelers Championship kicks off with a 5K race to raise funds to benefit a local charity. The outreach continues during tournament week with our Military Appreciation programs, Women's Day, Concert Series, Celebrity Pro-Am, Operation Shower and more. In addition, we encourage charities from the region to use the tournament as a fundraising tool. The Travelers Championship provides nonprofits the ability to host special events or utilize our fundraising programs to help raise additional funds. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Every year, approximately 4,000 people volunteer at the Travelers Championship. Our volunteers spend countless hours throughout the week to help deliver a world-class PGA TOUR experience for players, sponsors, fans and the media. Corporations, community groups and individuals are all encouraged to take part in more than 20 different volunteer opportunities, ranging from Hospitality to Scoring. ABOUT US Year established: 1952 Total number of employees: 11 FT, 10–15 Interns GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREA(S) The Travelers Championship has hundreds of thousands of fans from the region that travel to TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. Each year, 100% of net proceeds from the event support more than 160 nonprofit organizations throughout New England. TOP FUNDING SOURCES Corporate Sponsorships: 85% Special Events: 8% Fundraising Programs: 4% Ticket Sales: 2% Contributions In-Kind: 1% Bradford S. Babbitt, Esq. Robinson+Cole John Bermel Aetna (retired) Andy F. Bessette Travelers Christopher M. Dadlez Trinity Health — New England Chris Dailey UConn Roger Gelfenbien Accenture (retired) John A. Green Lux Bond & Green Oz Griebel MetroHartford Alliance Chandler J. Howard Liberty Bank Henry Hughes PGA TOUR (retired) Gregory M. Jones Corporate Development Group Patrick Kinney Travelers Karl Krapek United Technologies Corporation (retired) Ted May, III May, Bonee & Walsh Inc. Gary Minor Goodwin College Patrick Murphy Clean Slate Centers Bruce Rogers First Niagara Risk Management Joseph Savage Webster Bank, N.A. Glenn Sieber Avon Old Farms School John Soto Space-Craft Manufacturing, Inc. Michael Wheeler Egidio Assante Wealth Management, LLC Executive Director Nathan Grube Board Chair Daniel E. Kleinman, Esq. Hinckley Allen Travelers Championship Greater Hartford Community Foundation, Inc. 90 State House Square, 11th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103 | 860-502-6800 www.travelerschampionship.com OUR MISSION: To be a world-class PGA TOUR event that maximizes giving to charity while benefitting the community. JUNE 19-25, 2017 " " T he Travelers Championship is the largest and most successful community event in Connecticut and it is important for Hospital for Special Care (HSC), as a community hospital, to be part of it. The fundraising platforms at the tournament deliver much-needed funding to HSC. When the Travelers Championship designated the ALS Clinic at HSC as the primary beneficiary in 2016, it shined a welcomed light on the disease and the patients and families it impacts, as well as the wonderful HSC clinical team. Without the Travelers Championship, this simply would not have happened. – Carl Ficks , Vice President, Hospital for Special Care (Above) Fans come together to watch PGA TOUR stars tee off at the first tee. (Right) Russell Knox holds the Travelers Championship trophy. Knox earned his second PGA TOUR victory with a 12-foot par putt on the 72nd hole of the Travelers Championship. (Far right) Each year more than 4,000 volunteers donate their time to help make the Travelers Championship one of the best PGA TOUR events. BOARD OF DIRECTORS — GREATER HARTFORD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC.