Sponsor Opportunities
To create and enhance a lasting memory and community-wide celebration, we need financial support from citizens and friends alike. We hope that you will be a part of this historic year-long celebration. Your support of this community is sincerely appreciated and we look forward to celebrating Champaign’s 150th with you!
Donations to Champaign’s 150th Anniversary are accepted through the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois. Please remember to designate the donation as Champaign 150. Thank you!
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To mail a check or money order CLICK HERE to print out & complete a sponsorship form. Please mail donation to:
Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, c/o: Champaign 150 - 404 W Church Street - Champaign, IL 61820
Sponsors will be recognized at one of the following sponsor levels:
Personal Gifts
Donation: under $500
- Sponsor recognition on Champaign 150th website
Community Friend Bronze Sponsor
Donation: $500
- Sponsor recognition in Champaign 150th souvenir booklet and website
- Sponsor’s name recognized at fountain site
Community Friend Silver Sponsor
Donation: $1,000
- Sponsor recognition in Champaign 150th souvenir booklet and website
- Sponsor’s name recognized at fountain site
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
Community Friend Gold Sponsor
Donation: $2,500
- Sponsor recognition in Champaign 150th souvenir booklet and website
- Sponsor’s name memorialized at fountain site
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
Heritage Bronze Sponsor
Donation: $5,000
- Sponsor recognition in Champaign 150th souvenir booklet and on website
- Sponsor’s name memorialized at fountain site
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
- *Funding acknowledgement credit on WILL program “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign 150th”
Heritage Silver Sponsor
Donation: $10,000
- Prominent sponsor recognition on Champaign 150th event signage, publications, and website
- Sponsor’s name memorialized at fountain site
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
- DVD of “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
- *Funding acknowledgement credit on WILL’s “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
Heritage Gold Sponsor
Donation: $15,000
- Highly prominent sponsor recognition on Champaign 150th event signage, publications, and web site
- Sponsor’s name memorialized prominently at fountain site
- Special mention during each Signature Event
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
- DVD of “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
- *Three-minute video profile of donor or donor’s business, produced by WILL. The profile will be included on the “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″ DVD, featured on WILL’s website and the Champaign 150th Anniversary website.
- *Major Sponsor credit on WILL’s “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
- *A flight of underwriting credits on WILL TV and Radio during 2010-2011
Legacy Platinum Sponsor
Donation: $25,000
- Most prominent sponsor recognition on Champaign 150th event signage, publications, and website
- Sponsor input into the fountain design
- Sponsor’s name memorialized most prominently at fountain site
- Sponsor’s name announced at beginning and end of each Signature Event
- Champaign 150th Commemorative Gift
- DVD of “Illinois pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
- *Three-minute video profile of donor or donor’s business, produced by WILL. The profile will be included on the “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″ DVD, featured on WILL’s website and the Champaign 150th Anniversary website.
- *Major sponsor credit on WILL’s “Illinois pioneers – Champaign @ 150″
- *A flight of underwriting credits on WILL TV and Radio during 2010-2011
Legacy Dedication
Donation: $1,000
Dedicate a year to a loved one, friend, or special resident of the community. Recipients will have their photo and a brief bio memorialized on a unique Champaign 150th post card and included in the time capsule burial. A copy of the postcard will be presented to the donor as well as displayed at the Legacy Dedication event.
(*) Applicable to donors who in full or in part sponsor WILL’s “Illinois Pioneers – Champaign @ 150″