Market your business while supporting friendships in your community!
Sponsorships are available as a package or individually for our events. These events attract thousands of people- parents, community leaders, students, business people, and other organizations around the state. We offer a variety of marketing benefits and are happy to work with you to customize a package that suits your needs. Download the full sponsorship proposal for specific benefit descriptions.
Best Buddies operates on minimal costs and is not funded by the schools where we base our programs. We are fortunate to receive a portion of our funding from the state. However, we rely on the generosity of the communities we serve to close the gap and keep our programs in as many schools as possible. We now work with over 2,600 children in Connecticut from 53 schools.
Did you know...
There are eight million people nationwide with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
One in 10 families in the United States is affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities.
People with IDD are often stereotyped, bullied, marginalized and live life as an invisible minority.
Best Buddies is the world’s largest program dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation for people with IDD.
Best Buddies programs give young adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities their first experience in leadership while instilling lifetime commitments to community service.
Overall, contributions to Best Buddies are judiciously spent, with the majority of these funds directly applied to the enrichment of the organizations’ programs. Our total annual budget demonstrates that 89% of all monetary contributions are allocated to one of the six Best Buddies programmatic divisions that directly integrate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
