SHINE YOUR LIGHT ON THE COMMUNITY
Corporate Sponsorship
Corporate sponsorship at Northlight Theatre is a creative and effective means of reaching a targeted and highly desirable market. Whether speaking to over 55,000 Northlight audience members each season, making over 20 million impressions each year through print and broadcast advertising, being actively linked to our website, or talking to the thousands of students enrolled in our many education programs, sponsorship directly reaches Northlight patrons. By being a corporate partner, you are directly investing in the community through supporting educational, cultural and entertaining programming.
Benefits of Sponsorship
Sponsorship opportunities at Northlight offer a variety of benefits including:
· High-profile visibility as a corporate sponsor through Northlight’s print and advertising campaigns in the
Chicago
metropolitan area
· Direct access to Northlight’s loyal, dedicated and diverse audience
· Exclusivity for your company when sponsoring a Northlight production or in-school program
· Complimentary tickets to Northlight productions throughout the season including a corporate sponsor discount for your employees
· Special behind the scenes tours and much more…
Corporate sponsorship at Northlight is customized to maximize a company's goals for association, visibility, entertainment opportunities and civic support of the arts in the greater
Chicago
metropolitan area.
Current Opportunities
Current Mainstage and Event Sponsorship Opportunities include:
· 2007-2008 Season Sponsor
· Mainstage Full Show Sponsor: Gee's Bend, Better Late, The Lady with all the Answers
· Applause 2008: Feel the Heat Sponsor
Education Sponsorship opportunities include:
· The Lifetime Stage Season Education Sponsor
· Student Theatre Arts Resource (STAR) Program Sponsor
· Camp, Open Door Ensemble, Acting Classes, Education Program or Teacher Training Sponsor
· Northlight Intern Education Program Sponsor
For more information about corporate opportunities, contact Tim Evans, Executive Director at (847) 679-9501 x3306
Foundation and Government Support
In addition to corporate sponsorship, Northlight is grateful to its foundation and government donors who make both mainstage and education programs possible. The theatre wishes to recognize the following foundations and government agencies for their support:
Foundation
The Allyn Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Chicago Tribune Foundation
Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund
Edgerton Foundation
The North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation’s
Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Young People’s Programming Endowment
The Northern Trust Charitable Trust
Polk Bros Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Government
Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
