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Sponsorship
Public
School Volunteer Week &
National
Parental Involvement Day
Creating a partnership with Project
Appleseed benefits America’s most important assets – our parents
and families.
Successful partnerships with businesses, foundations,
and organizations are fundamental to providing support to families who
seek to improve schools for all children. Engaging families contributes
to a brighter future, better schools, and a stronger community for all. Through National Parental
Involvement Day and Public School Volunteer Week - we provide sponsors with the
oppotunity to reach local parents, grandparents and caring adults
through their local public schools.
Partners
and
sponsors
support
our
mission and vision in a variety of ways:
- Employee-centric volunteer partnerships
- High-impact cause-related marketing relationships
- Foundational philanthropic gifts that drive growth
Corporate sponsorships create brand awareness, increase brand
loyalty, reinforce brand image, drive retail traffic and showcase
community responsibility. Project Appleseed offers valuable
opportunities for corporate sponsorship.
As a National Parental Involvement Day
and Public School Volunteer Week sponsor, promotional programs
will be developed to build your brand equity. These programs will
leverage the Project Appleseed brand to maximize your brand's exposure
nationwide.
Sponsorships include:
- Unique sponsorship packages customized to meet
client-specific marketing objectives
- Exclusivity within category—at the major sponsorship level
- The ability to use the Project Appleseed brand name and
logo in promotional campaigns
- The potential to benefit from editorial coverage in the
press.
- High visibility and brand association with parents and
families throughout America.
Project Appleseed seeks to create synergistic alliances with partners
and sponsors whose business objectives can be met through a partnership
with Project Appleseed. Any partnership should achieve at least one of
the following goals or any combination thereof:
Goals
- To increase student achievement for all students.
- To increase parental involvement by expanding the number of
parent volunteers taking the Parental Involvement Pledge.
- Generate incremental revenue for Project Appleseed locally,
nationally or both.
- Heighten public awareness for Project Appleseed.
Strategy
- Target partners where Project Appleseed can build awareness
nationwide
- Target partners whose target audiences includes women
between the ages of 25-54, parents, grandparents and caring adults.
Whenever possible, Project Appleseed should work directly with the
partner rather than through third party intermediaries. When
intermediaries are the original point of contact, Project Appleseed
should obtain direct contact with the primary partners at the earliest
possible time.
To receive more information about how your company can become a Project
Appleseed sponsor, please contact Elizabeth Scavuzzo at lizscavuzzo@projectappleseed.org.
“Leading nonprofits are
transforming their missions into breakthrough
cause brands by harnessing the power of corporate partnerships to rally
new supporters with a compelling call-to-action,” explains Alison
DaSilva, Cone’s executive vice president of Cause Branding. “While we
have seen many companies reap the benefits of cause-related
partnerships, these results reveal the same benefits hold true for the
nonprofit brand. Strategic corporate partnerships can help nonprofits
stand out and create new, loyal ambassadors.”
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78%
of Americans believe
a partnership between a nonprofit and a company
they trust makes a cause stand out.
When the cause breaks
through, consumers are more likely to feel positively about the
nonprofit (56%) and actively support it. As a result of
nonprofit-corporate partnerships:
• 59% of Americans are more likely to
buy a product associated with the partnership;
• 50% are more likely to donate to the nonprofit;
• 49% are more likely to participate in an event for
the nonprofit; and
• 41% are more likely to volunteer for the nonprofit.
Other nonprofit marketing elements that help capture consumer attention
include having an association with a special event or time period
(81%); a memorable color, logo or icon that symbolizes the cause or
issue (79%) and the involvement of a celebrity or other notable
spokesperson (61%).
“Leading nonprofits are transforming their missions into breakthrough
cause brands by harnessing the power of corporate partnerships to rally
new supporters with a compelling call-to-action,” explains Alison
DaSilva, Cone’s executive vice president of Cause Branding. “While we
have seen many companies reap the benefits of cause-related
partnerships, these results reveal the same benefits hold true for the
nonprofit brand. Strategic corporate partnerships can help nonprofits
stand out and create new, loyal ambassadors.”
2010
Cone
Nonprofit
Marketing
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