Comedy Gives Back, a 501(c)3 charitable organization devoted to being the safety net for comedians in need, is thrilled to be hosting the 2nd Annual Comedy Gives Back Celebrity Golf Classic on November 14th, 2022. Confirmed celebrities include golfers Hally Leadbetter and Andia Winslow, comedians Bill Burr, Jim Jefferies, Jesus Trejo, Ben Bailey, Andy Buckley, Jackie Flynn, Andrew Santino, Matt Walsh, Andy Richter, Carl Tart, Matt Iseman, James Davis, Tom Dreesen, Greg Fitzsimmons, Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar, and more – a great example of comedians supporting comedians. In addition to selling teams and sponsorships, Comedy Gives Back also auctioned off a spot on Bill Burr’s golfing team and a joke-writing lesson with Ben Bailey, garnering more than $15,000 in additional donations.
This years’ partners and event sponsors include Artists First, Mosaic, the Carson Foundation, PTD Business Management, UTA, 3 Arts, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants, Buchwald, CAA, Netflix, Porsche, Substance, The Four Seasons, The Wine Boss and more.
The inaugural Comedy Gives Back Celebrity Golf Classic, in 2021, featured talent such as Jim Jefferies, James Davis, Bert Kreischer, Kevin Nealon, Andy Richter, Caroline Rhea, Billy Magnusson, and more. The money raised at last year’s event helped support Comedy Gives Back’s 2022 programs which include financial crisis relief, mental health therapy and chemical dependency treatment. Although we are out of the pandemic, we are not out of the woods.
Since April 2020, Comedy Gives Back has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash grants to working comedians experiencing hardship, hosted recovery meetings at festivals such as Netflix is a Joke, Just for Laughs Montreal, and Moontower Comedy Festival, sponsored mental health services for dozens of comedians, paid for chemical dependency treatment, and actively partners with organizations and entities such as The New York Comedy Festival, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship 818 Walk, and more.
Mission statement: Comedy Gives Back is the safety net of the comedy community.
Founded in 2011 by Jodi Lieberman, Amber J Lawson and Zoe Friendman, Comedy Gives Back was created so that comedians have resources to turn to when times get tough. Comedy Gives Back is the safety net for the comedy community by providing financial crisis relief, mental health and chemical dependency treatment sponsorship and continued community support. Being alone onstage is part of the job of the stand up comedian. Feeling alone offstage is unacceptable.
