BOSTON, MA – The Red Sox Foundation today announced that IMPACT Award voting is now open for fans to determine which Type I Diabetes nonprofits are awarded a total of $153,000 in grant funding for their work raising awareness, advocacy, and services to the Type I Diabetes community. The awards, presented by the Manning Family Foundation, will provide the top three nonprofits in each state with $15,000, $5,000, and $3,000 grants respectively. New this year, one nonprofit organization receiving the most votes overall will be recognized as the IMPACT Regional Champion, receiving an additional grant of $15,000.

A total of three nonprofits in each of the six New England states have been chosen as finalists for the voting period, which runs through Thursday, August 22. The first-place winners, as well as the IMPACT Regional Champion, will be recognized in pregame ceremonies on Sunday, September 8.

Fans can vote for their favorite nonprofits by visiting redsox.com/IMPACT.

The five finalists for each state are below:

Connecticut

• Breakthrough T1D - Greater Connecticut & Western Massachusetts
• Elbowbumpkid Inc
• Lawrence + Memorial Hospital - Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology
• T1International Connecticut #insulin4all Chapter
• Windham Hospital - Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology

New Hampshire

• Camp Carefree - American Diabetes Association
• Camp Meridian - Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Health Foundation
• Cheshire Medical Center
• Keene Family YMCA
• The Granite YMCA

Massachusetts

• Camp Jack / Diabetes Association
• Lillylulu Foundation
• The Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc.
• The Diabetes Link
• Type One, Inc.

Rhode Island

• Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), Greater New England Chapter
• Camp Surefire
• Care New England
• Rock Type 1
• Southcoast Hospitals Group

Maine

• Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF), Greater New England Chapter
• Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake, Inc.
• Cary Medical Center
• Central Maine Endocrinology & Diabetes Center
• Maine P-PODs (Parents and Providers of Diabetic Children)

Vermont

• Camp New England Teen Winter Weekend - American Diabetes Association
• Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region
• SLAMT1D, Inc.
• The Barton Center for Diabetes Education - Vermont
• University of Vermont Medical Center - Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes

About the Manning Family Foundation

Since 2003, the Manning Family Foundation has been advancing health and healthy communities by awarding grants to exceptional nonprofit organizations. They proudly support innovation in health & life sciences research with the aim to support research that leads to the development of more effective treatments, and ultimately cures, for the world’s most disruptive diseases.