Flutie Foundation Partnership Proposal

25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTNER OVERVIEW ARTHUR L. IRVING FAMILY FOUNDATION

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Letter from the Executive Director

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Direct Support to Families

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Education & Health

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STARS of the Spectrum 25th Anniversary Celebration

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Our Partnership Request

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Here for people with autism. Here for families.

These were the simple words that guided former Canadian Football League Champion Doug Flutie and his wife Laurie when they founded the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism. 24 years later, the Flutie Foundation is proud to have stuck to these simple, core values. In doing so, the Foundation has grown well-beyond Doug and Laurie’s initial plans, and become a deeply impactful, trusted partner in the autism community.

Now, as the Foundation enters its 25th Anniversary year, the prevalence of autism across North America is increasing significantly. With this comes an increase in the diverse and significant challenges people and families face in living with autism over a lifetime. Thankfully, through partnerships with autism-serving agencies and partners like Irving Oil and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation, the Flutie Foundation is uniquely poised to do its part to meet these ever-growing needs.

At our core, the Flutie Foundation improves lives TODAY for people and families affected by autism by focusing on needs we all must address to live each day fully. This includes three focus-areas that align with the goals of Irving Oil and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation: Direct Family Support (financial, navigation services and more) Education Health As we plan for the next 25 years, we will stay true to our core values and programs while also growing significantly in reach and impact. We will launch our vision for the next 25 years at “STARS of The Spectrum”, our mission-centric 25th Anniversary Celebration at Fenway Park in Boston in July. Fenway Park, of course represents another area of alignment between the Flutie Foundation and Irving Oil. We hope that Irving Oil and/or the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation will continue to partner with and invest in us in a meaningful way in 2023 and beyond. This proposal will outline the ways Irving Oil and/or the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation can help us all accomplish our shared goals while also providing opportunities for corporate/foundation sponsorship activation.

Thank you in advance for your careful consideration.

Sincerely,

Nick Savarese Nick Savarese Executive Director

DIRECT SUPPORT TO FAMILIES $10 MILLION INVESTED DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES TO DATE

From providing support from the start of an autism diagnosis all the way to creating sustainable opportunities in employment and adulthood, we are here to address families' critical needs.

Caring for a loved one with autism can cost a family an average of an additional $60,000 a year.

We provide vital financial support directly to families; not unlike Irving's Fuel the Care program.

Recently we've intentionally increased our efforts to support racially, culturally and linguistically diverse families affected by autism. Our goal is to double the amount of support to these marginalized groups in the next three years.

10,000 LIVES TOUCHED ANNUALLY AND GROWING INCREASED COMMITMENT TO DIVERSE FAMILIES

EDUCATION

Students with autism often have significant and individualized needs throughout their education journey.

Thus, many challenges and learning gaps exist for students, their families, and schools and organizations as a whole. The Flutie Foundation addresses these needs through a number of partnerships and initiatives: Ali Keller Technology Program: Providing technology resources such as smart boards and iPads to classrooms and schools Career Readiness Training: Working with schools to implement job training for students who won’t be going to traditional colleges Life-long learning: Working with adults with autism to hone their skills in their chosen career or life interests.

CREATIVE

The Flutie Foundation’s goal is to increase our own investment in education services by 25% over the next three years.

HEALTH

People with autism face significant challenges in accessing quality health care and obtaining opportunities that promote fitness and wellness, resulting in pronounced health disparities. The Flutie Foundation works with partners to address this in a number of ways: Collaborating with and supporting clinical agencies that help families navigate an early autism diagnosis as well as treating mental health matters that correlate with autism Organizing and executing Flutie Water Sports as well as adaptive running programs through our Run Flutie brand Partnering with and investing in numerous agencies on fitness and wellness initiatives www.reallygreatsite.com through our annual grant cycles

STARS OF THE SPECTRUM 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION To celebrate our exciting 25th Anniversary year, we are hosting STARS OF THE SPECTRUM 25th Anniversary Celebration at FENWAY PARK in July 2023!

The event will be a benefit concert featuring incredible music performances by autism self-advocates and more. All are welcome! We will be selling tickets at a low/comp price so our entire Flutie Foundation family of over 1,000 people can come and celebrate.

Our STARS deserve to be on the biggest stage under the brightest lights. What better place to let them shine than the legendary Fenway Park? We can't wait to see you there.

As part of your investment in our mission, we would collaborate on negotiable and engaging partnership benefits at this event, which could include but are not limited to: Irving Oil can FUEL the performances by autistic artists by being a stage sponsor Prominent placement of company logo or name on in-person and all digital event marketing materials, including jumbotron activations VIP meet and greet with Canadian football legend, Doug Flutie, and Laurie Flutie

ARTHUR L. IRVING FAMILY FOUNDATION

REQUEST Thank you in advance for your careful consideration of our request for $25,000 per year for three years - totaling $75,000 from Irving Oil and/or the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation. This investment will catalyze our direct family support, education and/or health programs for people affected by autism. As part of this investment, Irving Oil / Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation will collaborate and activate with us at our STARS of the Spectrum 25th Anniversary Celebration at Fenway Park in 2023.

THANK YOU Flutie Foundation Leadership Team

Nick Savarese, Executive Director

Terri Ladka, Senior Director of Development

Lisa Collins, Director of Programs & Operations

Liz Monroe, Director of Marketing

75% female, aligning with another of Irving's strategic goals for female representation in leadership CONTACT:

NICK SAVARESE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NSAVARESE@FLUTIEFOUNDATION.ORG