2019 MiLBTM COMMUNITY REPORT LETTER FROM PAT O’CONNER LETTER FROM PAT Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thank you for your efforts in making 2019 another successful philanthropic year for Minor League Baseball, our 160 teams and MiLB Charities. As we prepare for the 2020 season, we have many accomplishments from last season to celebrate. None of our efforts would be possible without the great work of our teams, continued dedication from staff at the national office and the support of our millions of fans nationwide. For a fifth straight year, all 160 clubs reported their charitable giving and contributions, allowing us to accurately assess our collective efforts. It gives me great pleasure to say that in 2019, MiLB Charities donated nearly $50 million in cash and gifts in kind from our teams, leagues and partners — once again setting a new record-high total. In addition, MiLB and its teams nearly doubled our volunteer efforts from 2018, giving more than 26,000 hours in service of our communities. This report highlights MiLB Charities’ many programs and initiatives, including the MiLB CommUNITY Initiative presented by Allegiant Air, the Stars & Stripes Caps Program with New Era Cap Company, the Derrick Hall Pro-State Foundation Father’s Day Initiative, Ed Randall’s Fans For the Cure, the Joe Torre Safe At Home Domestic Violence Awareness Initiative, and the “Cover Your Bases” Sun Safety Initiative with the American Cancer Society. These are just a few of the ways our teams and partners are working together to make positive and lasting impacts in our MiLB communities. One of the centerpieces of our volunteer work is the annual MiLB CommUNITY Service Project held each fall at the Innovators Summit. Last year’s event, presented by Musco Sports Lighting and Uncle Ray’s, saw nearly 150 attendees volunteer with Armed Services YMCA El Paso and give back to families of men and women serving in our military branches. 2019 saw the launch of the MiLB Pride initiative, the largest documented pride celebration in sports; a partnership with the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation and Guardian Protection that led to a donation of $25,000 in support of victims of domestic violence, and the “Hope at Bat” fundraising campaign with American Cancer Society. MiLB Charities looks to continue these programs and others as we continue to support its mission: to give back and to enhance communities that have supported our member clubs for over 100 years. I hope the following pages will inspire you to continue to be a positive force for change in your communities. As I have in the past, I encourage each of you to play an active role in your #MiLBCommUNITY and identify how you can share in furthering MiLB Charities’ mission. Sincerely, Pat O’Conner President & CEO Minor League Baseball MISSION STATEMENT BACKGROUND MISSION STATEMENT BACKGROUND Minor League Baseball TM , collectively and through its individual members, has a rich history of community involvement, charitable works and civil leadership. Through these ongoing efforts, our clubs and leagues have distinguished themselves as leaders within their communities and with “The mission of Minor League Baseball Charities is to give back to and enhance municipalities, sponsors and fans. The Minor League Baseball Charity Partners program was developed against this backdrop to bring increased communities that have supported our member clubs for over 100 years. When awareness to national charities that were engaging with Minor League Baseball on a local level. The 2019 Minor League Baseball Charity Partners were the American Cancer Society, the ALS Association and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Homegrown Charity Partners for 2019 were the hardship strikes one of our member cities and surrounding communities, we will BairFind Foundation and Ed Randall’s Fans for the Cure. be there to provide a positive example that will impact the communities in which Minor League Baseball operates MiLB Charities, a tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization affiliated with The National Association of we live and work. Minor League Baseball Charities will set an example by working Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc. (NAPBL). MiLB Charities is a vehicle through which association-wide efforts can be streamlined in support of charitable causes important to the extended Minor League Baseball family through donations, scholarships and provision of relief when tragedy or with established charities for the greater good and by identifying worthy causes for hardship occurs in our clubs’ cities and communities. support through the central office along with the aid of our member clubs.” Annually, Minor League Baseball surveys each team and league to measure our industry’s collective level of participation through gifts in kind, cash donations and events that support various charities in our ballparks. The online reporting portal allows teams and leagues to update their charitable activities throughout the year and upload pictures directly to the site. This information can later be used by individual leagues to produce community benefit reports. In 2019, 160 clubs responded to the survey, yielding the following results: TABLE OF CONTENTS BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2019 MiLB COMMUNITY IMPACT .......................................................................................................................................................2 YOUTH ......................................................................................................................................................................................................5 2019 TOTAL CHARITABLE 2019 TOTAL CHARITABLE HEALTH .....................................................................................................................................................................................................8 CASH DONATIONS GIFTS IN KIND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & GIVING .................................................................................................................................................10 FROM MiLB TEAMS AND LEAGUES FROM MiLB TEAMS AND LEAGUES EVENT PROGRAMS ...............................................................................................................................................................................15 AWARDS .................................................................................................................................................................................................18 CHARITY PARTNERS ............................................................................................................................................................................20 $19,634,575 $30,393,964 LEAGUE CONTRIBUTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................................25 RESOURCES .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 NOTE: The cash donation total is a combination of monetary and in-stadium fundraising. 1 COMMUNITY IMPACT COMMUNITY 2019 MiLB COMMUNITY IMPACT IMPACT COMMUNITY DONATION FIGURES $50+ MILLION* * includes monetary and gift in kind donations, as COLLECTIVE DONATIONS NATIONWIDE of 1/29/2020 with 100% club response MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MiLB COMMUNITY MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INITIATIVES OVERALL CASH DONATIONS OVERALL GIFTS IN KIND 18M+ $80K TOTAL IMPRESSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR $30,393,964 Raised for military & veterans through SUN SAFETY INITIATIVE WITH 30 the Stars & Stripes Cap Program COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 22 28 100,000 SUNSCREEN SAMPLES DISTRIBUTED TO FANS $19,695,112 $25,516,753 20 $19,592,204 $19,634,575 26 337 DERRICK HALL’S PRO-STATE 18 $17,509,015 24 26,673 missing children FOUNDATION FATHER’S DAY HOURS found featured on Bairfind INITIATIVE ) volunteered by club staff in Foundation signage $15,928,067 MiLB communities in MiLB ballparks ) 16 22 $21,463,590 70,000 FANS RECEIVED PROSTATE CANCER $20,156,675 AWARENESS BRACELETS 14 $13,392,875 20 12 Dollars (in millions 18 HOPE AT BAT FUNDRAISER Dollars (in millions $16,690,709 $11,000 10 16 $500,000 RAISED FOR CANCER RESEARCH donated to local Hispanic philanthropies 15 through Copa de la Diversiôn YOUTH BASEBALL FIELDS $13,956,649 restored through MiLB 8 14 Project: Refresh powered by ECHO Tools JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION DOMESTIC 12 VIOLENCE AWARENESS 20 14 2015 2016 20 17 2018 2019 INITIATIVE 20 14 2015 2016 20 17 2018 2019 # Clubs 155 1601 160 60 160 160 # Clubs Reported 36 % - YOUTH BASEBALL & SOFTBALL $32,000 Reported 155 1601 160 60 160 160 DONATED TO ORGANIZATIONS 20% - SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SUPPORTING THE CAUSE 16% - MILITARY & VETERANS MiLB CommUNITY INITIATIVE $189,221 PRESENTED BY ALLEGIANT total value of donations by MiLB Charities* 10% - DISASTER RELIEF 100+ MiLB CommUNITY VOLUNTEER EVENTS 18% - OTHER (HEALTH & WELLNESS, EDUCATION, ETC.) TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2 * includes monetary contributions, 3 gifts-in-kind and partnership programs COMMUNITY IMPACT COMMUNITY SOCIAL MEDIA Minor League Baseball and its clubs used social media to promote the causes and community events they supported on both a national and local scale. These efforts tremendously