Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025

Location: Farquharson Hall, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park

Audience: 200+ influential community leaders, donors, and advocates

Purpose: To celebrate twenty years as a source of strength and advocacy for our region’s LGBTQ+ community and raise funds to support youth, seniors, and others in this critical time.

By becoming a sponsor, your company directly supports:

• Safe spaces and mentoring for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults

• Free behavioral health counseling for individuals and families

• Critical support and services for transgender and gender-expansive individuals

• Free HIV and STI testing

• Social and support programs for LGBTQ+ seniors and older adults

• Assistance, case management, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ individuals and families who experience violence

$500 funds a comprehensive, culturally-responsive training for a school or business

$1,000 provides one scholarship to a local LGBTQ+ student

$3,000 supports six months of weekly programs for LGBTQ+ older adults

$5,000 provides a semester of GenQ youth programs for 100+ youth

$7,500 funds Queer Kinship, a new program for families and young people, for a year

$10,000 delivers over 130 hours of counseling provided by our Well-Being Institute

FIERCE PRESENTING SPONSOR | $10,000+

All benefits of other sponsor levels, plus

• Exclusive “Presented by [Your Company]” naming rights for the Celebration

• Top billing on all digital and printed materials

• Extra-large logo on website, emails, and on Community Center signage for one year

• Quarterly sponsor highlights in newsletters and social media

• Full-page ad (prime placement) in Big Event program book

• 10 Big Event tickets (VIP seating)

• Meet-and-greet/photo op with honorees and scholarship recipients

• Cultural competency training or private tour/luncheon with Community Center leadership

• First right of refusal for sponsorship of 2026 Big Event

RAINBOW PLATINUM SPONSOR | $5,000

All benefits of other sponsor levels below, plus

• Large logo on website homepage and on-site signage

• Dedicated feature in e-newsletter (distribution to 4,800 individuals and businesses)

• Full-page ad in Big Event program

• 10 Big Event tickets

• Opportunity to co-host workshop with the Community Center

• LGBTQ+ cultural competency training for up to 40 employees

GOLD SPONSOR | $2,500

All benefits of other sponsor levels below, plus

• Medium logo on website and in newsletter

• Mention in press releases related to Big Event and December’s Jingle Bell Dash

• Half-page ad in Big Event program

• 4 Big Event tickets

• Verbal recognition at Big Event, Jingle Bell Dash, and key programming events

SILVER SPONSOR | $1,000

All benefits of other sponsor levels below, plus

• Logo on website homepage and on-site signage

• Quarter-page ad in Big Event program

• Mention with logo in social media during October, November, and December

BRONZE SPONSOR | $500

All benefits of Copper Sponsor, plus

• Small logo on website homepage and on-site signage

• Individual social media thank you

• Invitation for 2 to donor appreciation event

COPPER SPONSOR | $250

• Name on website and annual report

• Group social media recognition

• Invitation for 1 to donor appreciation event