Sponsor Hub

Space is limited and sponsorships are first-come, first-served. If you are interested, we recommend reaching out as soon as possible to secure your spot. Please contact Laurie Van Benschoten at lvanbenschoten@marinesanctuary.org 

If you, your company, or your nonprofit organization is interested in sponsoring CHOW, please contact Laurie Van Benschoten as soon as possible at lvanbenschoten@marinesanctuary.org. Please also feel free to get a head start on securing your sponsorship by filling out a sponsorship pledge form. 

There are four primary ways to pay for CHOW sponsorship: Online using a credit card, by mail with a check, through a wire transfer, or via an ACH payment. 

To pay for your CHOW sponsorship online using a credit card, please: 

1. Fill out a pledge form. 
2. Complete your sponsorship payment according to the sponsorship level indicated on your pledge form. 
3. Look out for email communications from the Foundation and our staff to help you begin making the most of your sponsorship benefits! 

Please allow the Foundation up to one full business week to initially reach out regarding your sponsorship benefits activation. 

If you’d prefer to pay for your CHOW sponsorship via either check, wire transfer, of ACH payment, please: 

1. Fill out a pledge form – and make sure to select “Please Invoice Me” at the bottom of the form. 
2. Look out for an email from Laurie VanBenschoten, Development Manager, containing your invoice. Please allow at least three full business days to receive your invoice. Our team is working hard to process all pledge forms and sponsor requests in a timely manner. 
3. Send your sponsorship payment using your preferred payment method, as indicated on your custom invoice. 

The Sponsor Hub exists to allow sponsors to manage their benefits, including Ocean Awards Reception attendance, more independently.  The Sponsor Hub also allows the Foundation to easily manage sponsor relationships and benefits accurately and efficiently. The Foundation relies on the Sponsor Hub to collect important information from sponsors, including but not limited to benefits selections and Reception guest lists, to host general information and promotional resources for sponsors, and to anticipate and answer sponsors’ questions and concerns regarding the Conference and Reception. Use of the Sponsor Hub by sponsors at all levels is highly encouraged by the Foundation. Without the utilization of the Sponsor Hub by all sponsors, Foundation staff response time greatly increases. 

No. As a nonprofit organization itself, the Foundation cannot offer discounted sponsorship levels for other nonprofit organizations. However, in the past, there have been several instances where coalitions of nonprofit organizations – groups of approximately four to seven nonprofits – have sponsored CHOW as a coalition, thus reducing the cost of sponsorship for each organization in the coalition by splitting the cost and benefits of sponsorship. If your nonprofit is a member of a coalition that may be interested in sponsoring as a group, please contact Laurie Van Benschoten at lvanbenschoten@marinesanctuary.org. 

The Foundation offers group sponsorships at the Advocate level and above ONLY. Group sponsorships are only available for organizations, they are not available for groups of individuals and cannot exceed ten (10) organizations. You will be responsible for identifying a single point of contact for the group. If you are interested in submitting a group sponsorship, please contact Laurie VanBenschoten, Development Manager, at lvanbenschoten@marinesanctuary.org for more information.