Big Game Battle
Nantucket Island 

August 11-14, 2016 

Big Game Battle is an invitational only offshore fishing tournament held on the history rich island of Nantucket. The 15th annual event to be held August 11-14 will benefit JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

POSITION YOUR COMPANY AS A COMMUNITY LEADER

Partnering with JDRF provides your company with a valuable return on your business investment, along with endless networking and marketing opportunities. Local businesses and corporations will see that your company cares for its community.

PARTNER WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NON-PROFIT

JDRF is the leading global funder of T1D research and has always been dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of efficiency to ensure that our time, resources, and dollars can achieve the greatest possible impact on the lives of people with T1D. We are effective stewards of donor dollars; in fact, approximately 80% of the funds we raise are invested in our mission. 

INVEST IN THE FUTURE

JDRF-funded research encompasses T1D at every life stage, stopping its progression in people who are newly diagnosed, reversing it in those who have lived with the disease for years, avoiding or reversing complications, and preventing the disease in people at risk. Together, we can deliver better treatments and eventually a cure. Partnering with JDRF holds the promise of helping to create a world without T1D. Please join us.

 LOCAL IMPACT

JDRF has invested nearly $2 billion in research funding since our inception, and at present has $40 million designated to 49 research projects in Massachusetts. JDRF is proud to fund research at such outstanding local institutions as:

     Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston Children’s Hospital
Broad Institute
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Harvard University
Joslin Diabetes Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Schepens Eye Research Institute
Selecta Biotechnologies, Inc.
T1D Exchange
University of Massachusetts Medical School