Sponsor a Seattle Children’s Event or Program
We welcome you to explore fundraising events and programs seeking corporate partners to maximize philanthropic impact and bring hope, care and cures to kids and families in our region and beyond. By sponsoring events from galas to endurance efforts, you can align your company with Seattle Children’s world-renowned reputation for patient care and research and bolster your visibility in our communities. By getting involved and becoming part of Seattle Children’s philanthropic community, you join many other businesses and companies that make a difference in the lives of so many children and families.
Do you want Seattle Children’s to sponsor you? Year-round – Seattle Children’s sponsors a select number of community organizations and nonprofits that align with our mission, vision and strategic priorities. Learn how to submit a sponsorship proposal to Seattle Children’s.
Benefits of Sponsorship
Sponsorship benefits can include:
- Logo visibility in promotional materials
- Logo visibility and signage at the event
- Networking opportunities at special events
- Recognition online and in Seattle Children’s reports and electronic communications
- Other benefits specific to the event or program
These and many other sponsorship opportunities are available throughout the year. To learn more, email Eve Kopp or call 206-884-2086.
Opportunities
Dance marathons
Spring – Dance marathons are a student-led, year-round philanthropic movement, uniting student leaders to raise funds for children’s health. You can be a strong partner and gain visibility among universities and students across the Puget Sound region.
Purchase a Miracle
May 1 – June 15 – For over 30 years, the grocery industry in Washington has joined together through the annual Purchase a Miracle (PAM) campaign. This cause-marketing program offers sponsors visibility across the state by placing special PAM shelf tags on participating products in more than 350 locations. Product sponsorships benefit Seattle Children’s Food Security Program.
Champions of Change
June – By sponsoring the annual Champions of Change Seattle celebrity basketball game at Climate Pledge Arena and dinner auction, you support local organizations, including Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC).
Unspoken Angel Golf Tournament and Dinner Auction
June – The annual golf tournament and dinner auction benefits Seattle Children’s Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center (ABC), a community that enhances the life of adults with developmental disabilities after they age out of school. Your sponsorship helps ABC offer lifelong learning to students of all abilities and interests.
Housing Solutions for Hope Charity Golf Classic: Home Is Where the Heart Heals
July – The Housing Solutions for Hope Guild’s annual golf tournament generates funds for homelessness prevention and housing security at Seattle Children’s. Your sponsorship supports safe, readily available housing and lodging solutions for patient families in greatest need at Seattle Children’s in order to improve healthcare outcomes while supporting hope, care and cures.
Auction of Washington Wines (AWW)
May and August – AWW is a series of events that celebrate Washington wines and benefit organizations supporting our communities, including Seattle Children’s. Events include May vintner dinners, and a winemaker picnic, barrel auction and gala in August. Your sponsorship supports Seattle Children’s in three important areas: uncompensated care, our Central and Eastern Washington regional clinics, and homelessness prevention.
Luncheon and Golf Outing for Professional Advisors
September – Estate planning professionals gather annually to learn about Seattle Children’s mission and then participate in a round of golf or alternative activity. By sponsoring this event, you can help bring hope, care and cures to future generations.
Run of Hope Seattle
September – The 5K walk/run and kids' dash in Seward Park is one of Seattle Children’s largest community-based events during National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, with nearly 1,000 participants. Sponsors and participants support world-class pediatric cancer research at Seattle Children’s.
Extra Life
October – Extra Life is a fundraising network that unites thousands of gamers around the world to play in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. With support from generous sponsors, Extra Life participants host Game On every fall, a gaming marathon, to raise funds and awareness for Seattle Children’s.
Seattle Festival of Trees
November – A treasured holiday tradition, the Seattle Festival of Trees kicks off with a display of designer trees at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel and culminates with a gala dinner auction. Your support benefits Seattle Children’s Uncompensated Care Fund and the Autism Center.
SMooCH: Seattle Musicians for Children’s Hospital
December – Chaired by Pete and Brandy Nordstrom and friends, this benefit concert brings Seattle’s talented music community, fans and generous sponsors together to raise funds for uncompensated care.
Bender’s One Big Give for Seattle Children’s Radiothon
December – Every December, radio partner 95.7 The Jet hosts a 13-hour radiothon to raise funds for uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s. Sponsors receive valuable airtime across the Puget Sound region (and streamed worldwide via the iHeartRadio app) while being recognized frequently on social media and YouTube.
Matching sponsorships
Year-round – Many of our fundraising events and giving campaigns can go twice as far with a sponsored match. As a sponsor, your name will be leveraged as a match to motivate tens of thousands of recipients to increase their giving to Seattle Children’s.
Guild fundraisers
Year-round – Seattle Children’s Guild Association is the largest volunteer organization of any hospital in the nation. Our guilds host a wide variety of fundraisers with sponsorship opportunities.
Fundraising Spotlight
The Run of Hope Seattle, hosted by the Run for Children’s Guild and presented by Four Seasons Seattle, brings together hundreds of runners, walkers, patient families, donors, sponsors and volunteers to raise funds for pediatric cancer research at Seattle Children’s. The philanthropic impact generated by Run of Hope supporters helps fuel new discoveries and brings hope to families in our region and beyond.