Become a Sponsor
Invest in the leaders who make the work possible.
Programs don't run themselves. Organizations don't stabilize on their own. Behind every successful nonprofit is a leader making hard decisions, often without enough support. NAN exists to change that, and sponsors make it possible.
When you partner with NAN, you're investing in the operating conditions that help nonprofits succeed. You're backing the people who show up every day for communities across Northern California. And you're aligning your organization with something that matters.
- Why Sponsor NAN
Stable leadership produces stable organizations. And stable organizations are what communities depend on.
If you’re a foundation or institutional funder, the case for investing in NAN is straightforward: when leadership capacity erodes, the effects are quiet at first and expensive later. Programs narrow. Staff leave. Community trust weakens. By the time the problem shows up in a grant report, it’s been building for months.
Your sponsorship directly funds peer programs, working sessions, and resources that help nonprofit leaders make better decisions, stay in their roles longer, and lead without running out of capacity. That’s not a feel-good investment. That’s a high-leverage one.
Strategic Sponsorship Opportunities
- Transformation Partner — $25,000
For organizations that want to be known as champions of nonprofit leadership in Northern California.
- Premier logo placement on NAN website
- Named recognition in every issue of Action Notes
- Premier recognition at all NAN events throughout the year
- Thought leadership opportunity with NAN members aligned with your mission and initiatives
- Custom partnership conversation with NAN leadership to explore additional opportunities
- One membership for your nonprofit organization or a nonprofit of your choosing
- Community Partner — $10,000
For organizations committed to the long-term health of the nonprofit sector.
- Prominent logo placement on NAN website
- Recognition at all NAN events throughout the year
- Named recognition in every issue of NAN Action Notes
- Thought leadership visibility opportunity with members
- One membership for your nonprofit organization or a nonprofit of your choosing
- Champion Partner — $5,000
For organizations that believe investing in people is how you build a stronger community.
- Logo on NAN website
- Logo recognition in Action Notes
- Recognition at all Action Networking events
- Event Partner — $1,500
For organizations that want to show up for nonprofit leaders in a meaningful, visible way.
- Logo on NAN event page on the website
- Recognition at your sponsored Action Networking event