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2009 Opportunities:

Annual Sponsorship
Event Series Sponsorship
Individual Event Sponsorship
In-kind Sponsorship
Fellow Award Sponsorship
Index Sponsorship

Annual Sponsorship
To be used At AIGA’s discretion for expenses incurred during one year (two consecutive seasons: fall and spring)

Denomination	Amount	Benefits
Annual Partner	$15,000/year	Logo and Annual Partner designation on print communications for all programming (New to You, Spring Lecture Series, AIGA Philadelphia Lectures, Feedback, INDEX, Membership/Kick-off Party, Happy Hours, Fellows Award, competitions and special initiatives; does not include Adobe lectures, Breakfast Club, or cosponsored events) Logo and Annual Sponsor designation on footer of front page of AIGA Philadelphia’s website One page under Sponsorship section of AIGA Philadelphia’s website with up to 750 characters describing your company, with your company’s logo and link to your company’s website Free table at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Acknowledgement at the beginning of each event where logo is featured (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to four people to attend our events throughout the year (not including the Fellows Award) Opportunity to place promotional material in Fellows Award grab bag (on years when a Fellow is awarded) Exclusivity agreement. Competing companies won’t be allowed to participate as a sponsor for regular programming (New to You, Spring Lecture Series, AIGA Philadelphia Lectures, Feedback, INDEX, Membership/Kick-off Party, Happy Hours, Fellows Award; does not include special initiatives, competitions, Adobe lectures, Breakfast Club or cosponsored events). In-kind donations or INDEX vendors do not fall under this exclusive agreement. Competition must be clearly stated at the time of Annual Partnership agreement. Opportunity to state “Official Partner of AIGA Philadelphia” on your company’s promotional material during the year of partnership. Opportunity to briefly address our membership during our Membership/ Kick-off party. Opportunity to host one social gathering each season (Spring/Fall) for our membership (membership list won’t be released to the sponsor, AIGA Philadelphia will provide mailing list directly to mailing house) Opportunity to send a letter to our membership informing them of your partnership with AIGA Philadelphia (membership list won’t be released to the sponsor, AIGA Philadelphia will provide mailing list directly to mailing house)
Annual Sponsor	$10,000/year	Logo and Annual Sponsor designation on print communications for regular programming (New to You, Spring Lecture Series, AIGA Philadelphia Lectures, Feedback, INDEX, Membership/Kick-off Party, Happy Hours Fellows Award; does not include special initiatives, competitions, Adobe lectures, Breakfast Club or cosponsored events) Logo and Annual Sponsor designation on footer of front page of AIGA Philadelphia’s website One page under Sponsorship section of AIGA Philadelphia’s website with up to 500 characters describing your company, with your company’s logo and link to your company’s website Free table at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Acknowledgement at the beginning of each event where logo is featured (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to four people to attend our events throughout the year (not including the Fellows Award) Opportunity to place promotional material in Fellows Award grab bag (on years when a Fellow is awarded)

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Event Series Sponsorship
To be used At AIGA’s discretion for expenses incurred during Spring Series, New To You, Happy Hours or other event series

Denomination	Amount	Benefits
Series Presenting Sponsor	$5,000	Logo and Series Presenting Sponsor designation on all print communications and on website section for the event series 50% discount at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Table space to place promotional material prior to each event Acknowledgement and opportunity to briefly address attendees at the beginning of each lecture (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to four people to attend that lecture series

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Individual Event Sponsorship
To be used At AIGA’s discretion for expenses incurred during any given individual event or one event within a series

Denomination	Amount	Benefits
Presenting Sponsor (limited to one sponsor per event)	$2,500	Logo and Event Presenting Sponsor designation on all print communications and on website section for the event 25% discount at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Table space to place promotional material prior to each event (does not include INDEX) Acknowledgement at the beginning of lecture and opportunity to briefly address attendees at the beginning of lecture (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to four people to attend event
Senior Sponsor	$1,000	Logo and Senior Level designation on all print communications and on website section for the event 15% discount at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Table space to place promotional material prior to each event (does not include INDEX) Acknowledgement at the beginning of event (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to two people to attend event
Junior Sponsor	$750	Logo and Junior Level designation on all print communications and on website section for the event 10% discount at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide Acknowledgement at the beginning of event (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia) Invitation for up to two people to attend event
Entry Sponsor	$500	Logo and Entry Level designation on all print communications and on website section for the event Acknowledgement at the beginning of event (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia)
Friend	Less than $500	Friend designation on all print communications and on website section for the event Acknowledgement at the beginning of event (for events with introduction from AIGA Philadelphia)

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In-Kind Sponsorship
To be used At AIGA’s discretion for expenses incurred during any given event or series

Denomination	Amount	Benefits
Paper by Printing by Design by	Paper, printing or design services	Paper by, Printing by or Design by designation on all print communications 10% discount at that year’s INDEX: a designer’s resource guide
Varies	In-kind donation	Benefits will be calculated at 2/3 of fair market value and will fall under one existing category or will create a new category (Media Sponsor, Planning Sponsor, Catering Sponsor) pertinent to the kind of donation. Exchanges are also possible and will be evaluated by AIGA Philadelphia’s board of directors.

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Notes

To obtain the most up-to-date sponsorship structure, contact AIGA Philadelphia’s Sponsorship Chair (sponsorship@philadelphia.aiga.org). This document can change without prior notice.
Special initiatives have their own sponsorship packages.
Promotional materials and discounts to our membership do not constitute in-kind donations and are only possible in conjunction with monetary donations. Promotional materials can only be distributed for levels stated above that indicate such benefit; discounts to our membership are acceptable for all levels.
AIGA Philadelphia never releases its membership list. AIGA Philadelphia does all promotion of AIGA Philadelphia’s events.
Special levels/agreements can be evaluated on a case-to-case basis as long as they don’t conflict with the current sponsorship structure. It is at the discretion of AIGA Philadelphia’s Sponsorship Chair and/or Board of Directors to evaluate each case.
Cosponsored events are evaluated on a case-to-case basis by the AIGA Philadelphia board