Sponsors:

Transforming Race: Crisis and Opportunity in the Age of Obama is made possible with the generous intellectual, logistical, and financial support of many individuals, groups, and organizations. We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors.

Platinum Sponsor:

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Marguerite Casey Foundation

Gold Sponsor:

• Akonadi Foundation
• Kellogg Foundation

Silver Sponsors:

• The Ohio State University Alumni Association
• The Ohio State University College of Law/Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies
• The Ohio State University Office of Minority Affairs 
  The Ohio State University Office of the President

Supporting Sponsors:

• Applied Research Center
• Falk Foundation
• Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
• Poverty & Race Research Action Council
• Public Interest Projects
• The Middle Project Inc.
• The Ohio State University College of Social Work
• The Ohio State University: Criminal Justice Research Center
• The Ohio State University Multicultural Center, Office of Student Life
• The Ohio State University School of Architecture
• The Ohio State University School of Public Health
• The Opportunity Agenda
• The San Francisco Foundation
• Twenty-First Century Foundation

Other Sponsors:

• The Ohio State University College of Education & Human Ecology
• The Ohio State University Wexner Center for the Arts

Special Thanks to the Following Sponsors for Providing Ongoing Operating Support to the Kirwan Institute:

• Ford Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• Linked Fate Fund for Justice of Tides Foundation
• The Tides Foundation 

Media Sponsors:

WCBE Radio and WCRS Radio

 

We would be delighted to welcome additional sponsors! Sponsors will have an excellent opportunity to reach a unique audience while also supporting the Kirwan Institute’s mission to think about, talk about, and engage issues of race and ethnicity in ways that expand opportunity for all. If you may have interest in sponsoring Transforming Race, please contact Heather Schwenker at (614) 292-2634 or schwenker.4@osu.edu.

 

Breakdown of Partnership Levels -- Sponsorship Commitment Form
Platinum Sponsor - $15,000 and above

• Acknowledgement/recognition at opening reception & closing remarks, all keynote addresses and cultural performance
• Sponsor signage prominently displayed throughout conference
• Platinum sponsor signature recognition on all event collateral and materials
• Sponsor recognition on all media outreach and press releases
• Recognition on conference website with sponsor name and hyperlink through to sponsor's website
• Premium placement of full page advertisement in conference program
• Opportunity for sponsor material inclusion in conference registration materials
• Opportunity for display area on-site for sponsor materials
• Photograph opportunities with invited speakers
• Six invitations to private dinner/reception and to performance
• Six full conference registrations (to utilize within the sponsoring organization or to sponsor individual scholarships)

Gold Sponsor- $10,000 - $14,999

• Acknowledgement/recognition at opening reception & closing remarks
• Sponsor signature recognition on all event collateral and materials
• Sponsor recognition on press releases
• Recognition on conference website with sponsor name and hyperlink through to sponsor's website
• Full page advertisement in conference program
• Opportunity for display area on-site for sponsor materials
• Four invitations to private dinner/reception and to performance
• Four full conference registrations (to utilize within the sponsoring organization or to sponsor individual scholarships)

Silver Sponsor- $5,000 - $9,999

• Acknowledgement/recognition at opening reception
• Sponsor recognition on all event collateral and materials
• Half page advertisement in conference program
• Recognition on conference website with sponsor name and hyperlink through to sponsor's website
• Opportunity for display area on-site for sponsor materials
• Two invitations to private dinner/reception and to performance
• Two full conference registrations (to utilize within the sponsoring organization or to sponsor individual scholarships)

Supporting Sponsor- $1,000 - $4,999

• Acknowledgement/recognition in conference program
• ¼ page advertisement in conference program
• Recognition on conference website with sponsor name and hyperlink through to sponsor's website
• Two full conference registrations (to utilize within the sponsoring organization or to sponsor individual scholarships)

 

Sponsorship Commitment Form