Race Charities

The New Haven Road Race is a nonprofit organization registered with the State of Connecticut. Surplus funds are distributed to charities which benefit people in the New Haven area.

Receive free entry: fundraise for our signature charities!

Receive a complimentary race entry when you raise $250 or more for our signature race charities. Email jody@jbsports.com for the password to register free of charge once you have raised $250 or more!

New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

Stop & Shop will match all donation up to $2500! Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) serves over 4,000 people experiencing homelessness or living in poverty annually by providing food assistance and services that promote health, community, and equity. DESK is a progressive and forward-thinking organization. As we look toward the future, we are creating innovative approaches to move our Guests beyond homelessness and poverty. Through collective impact and collaborative strategies, DESK will ensure that our people have the resources needed to reach stability and a greater well-being. In this way, we are all fostering a truer sense of equity in Greater New Haven.

Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services

In 2016, IRIS welcomed 530 refugees to Connecticut– men, women, and children who fled persecution in their home countries and were invited by the US government to find peace and safety here.  IRIS resettles refugees primarily from Syria, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, and Sudan, and meets their basic needs—housing, food, furniture and household goods, and clothing—as well as provides services to help them integrate into the community and become economically self-sufficient. IRIS offers case management; daily English class; healthcare coordination; wellness programs including mental health services and social groups; employment services; education and youth services; and immigration legal services.

New Haven Legal Assistance Association

New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services to very low-income individuals in the greater New Haven area.

In addition to collaborating with our signature charities, donations were given to the following organizations:

  • Wilbur Cross - Cross Country

  • Hillhouse Girls Volleyball

  • Hillhouse Track

  • Hillhouse JROTC

  • Amity X-C

  • UNH Track

  • Hillhouse Girls Basketball

  • SCSU Track

  • Sacred Heart XC

  • Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

  • TCS Westport

  • Newspapers in Education

  • Boy Scout Troop 600

  • Boy Scout Troop 907

  • Boy Scout Troop 610

  • National Guard Association

  • New Haven Animal Shelter

  • New Haven Age Group Track Program

  • Ring One Boxing

  • New Haven Legal Aid

  • Trinity Church

  • JUNTA Horizons at Foote

  • New Haven Scholarship Fund

  • Schriner's Clowns

  • New Reach

  • St. Patrick's Day Parade

  • Courtmanche Scholarship

  • Push to Start

  • New Haven Reads

  • The New Haven Road Race and its participants have returned over $300,000 to the community.