RUN FOR GOOD

The Hartford Marathon Foundation supports and enables charity fundraising efforts for individuals and groups throughout the calendar of events. Consider choosing a race to rally group support around an organization important to you, or joining the effort for a partner charity at an event on your calendar (check the “Run For Good” tab within the event site pages to learn more on each event). As a non-profit organization itself, HMF serves as a catalyst for participants and supporters. There are many ways to get involved as a group, individual fundraiser or race participant!

Please note, all donations made directly to the Hartford Marathon Foundation support the HMF Susie Beris, MD Youth Running Program, which helps children of all ages develop a lifelong love of running. LEARN MORE

In addition, HMF’s flagship Eversource Hartford Marathon annual event, engaging more than 53,000 people in 2023, supports an Official Charity program and individual race participant fundraising efforts contributing more than $9.2 million in donations since 1994. LEARN MORE

Outside of raising funds, participants in many HMF Events have the opportunity to donate non-perishable foods to the HMF Can initiative on race day. HMF Can is supported by Stop & Shop to help alleviate food insecurity in communities. Check the “Run For Good” tab within the event site pages to learn about local efforts.

GROUP FUNDRAISERS

No need to manage race logistics, you focus efforts on rallying supporters together for your cause at an HMF event and we take care of the rest. Bring together runners, walkers, fundraisers, volunteers and cheerleaders – depending on group size, support can include:

  • Group registration link and reports
  • Discount code
  • Secure fundraising platform
  • On-site space for group hospitality
  • Volunteer perks

Contact registration@hartfordmarathon.com for details.

Success stories include Team Gilead, who have raised more than $263,000 through group participation in the Middletown 10K and 5K Run/Walk since 2015. In 2023, they brought a team of 500 walkers, runners, cheerleaders and volunteers to the event, including clients, board members and community members. Check out how they create a campaign around their involvement to make a big impact. DETAILS…

Mystic Half Marathon and 10K has generated more than $172,000 to benefit the charitable works of the Mystic Rotary Club since the event began in 2015.

CHARITY PARTNER RACES

Support a cause just by registering and showing up on race day! Additional fundraising events HMF produces for other organizations include:

MahoneySabol 5K at the Travelers Championship, to benefit Hospital for Special Care ALS Center of Excellence – Saturday, April 27, 2024

CT Race in the Park, to benefit CT Breast Health Initiative – Saturday, May 11, 2024

Zero Prostate 5K, to benefit national and local organizations who share the mission to end prostate cancer – Sunday, June 9, 2024

Donny’s Dash, to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford – Saturday, November 2, 2024

Norwich Winterfest 5K, to benefit Reliance Health, Inc. non-profit community mental health center – Saturday, December 7, 2024

TIMES OF NEED

The HMF running community has shown time and again their willingness to rally around a worthy cause.

The 2020 “Move With Purpose” challenge at the virtual Eversource Hartford Marathon & Half Marathon, Hartford HealthCare 10K and Saint Francis Hospital 5K, raised more than $420,000 for local charities. Together with traditional fundraising activities of race participants, every penny of the $25 registration fee was donated through the HMF Gives initiative to support charities’ urgent needs.

2020 UConn Health Half Marathon, 10K & 5K – Between virtual race registration donations and participant fundraising efforts, more than $33,000 was raised for the UConn Health COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, which provides needed medical supplies and equipment for local healthcare professionals and staff supporting the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The 2020 virtual We Run CT Challenge raised $5700 to support MakerspaceCT. The donation was used to purchase materials to produce approximately 500 face shields for distribution to healthcare professionals in the Hartford region.

In response to the federal government shut-down that left local CT service members from the Coast Guard working without pay or furloughed, the Run for CT Coasties was created. In one long weekend in January 2019, the virtual 5K raised $8,070 for the Southeastern CT Chief Petty Officer’s Association to provide gas and grocery cards for service members.

More than 1,060 participated in the 2017 RunHartford for Houston virtual race, raising more than $30,000 for hurricane relief efforts. Just a month later, more than $4,300 was raised in the PRforPR campaign at the Eversource Hartford Marathon to provide support services for Puerto Rico.

In 2013 following the tragedy in nearby Newtown, CT, HMF produced the Sandy Hook Run for the Families, the single largest inaugural 5K in the US. Rallying support and donations from sponsors in the industry and across the region, HMF hosted 15,000 participants and the event raised $438,000 for the Sandy Hook School Support Fund.