c o r p o r at e pa r t n e r s h i p s
Karie Mischel
We welcome you and your company to experience the incredible value in connecting your brand with our widely engaging Northern Plains Dance. As a member of the business community myself, I have found NPD to be an unexpected gem. Through its commitment to education and community engagement, NPD continues to grow and attract an increasingly diverse audience. I have no doubt you will find the opportunities inside this brochure worthwhile and rewarding. Northern Plains Dance’s Corporate Partnership program provides customizable sponsorship and philanthropic opportunities around our three organizational pillars: Performance, Education, and Community Engagement. Corporate Partnerships are tailored to meet your company’s business goals and directly engage your leadership, employees, and clients through an impactful collaboration. We look forward to working with you. Karie Mischel Chair, Northern Plains Dance Board of Directors Network Administrator III /IT Project Manager, Starion Bank
Hollis Mackintosh Heid
The audience is yours. Over 10,000 people will attend the Belle Mehus City Auditorium to see NPD perform, attend class at Northern Plains Dance’s studios, and be served through our community engagement programs this season. Your sponsorship not only helps us reach our audience, it brings an audience to you. When you choose to help us to grow and thrive in our role as an integral part of Bismarck’s arts community, we will provide you with exceptional value for your brand. Your company will receive prominent recognition, promotional opportunities and acknowledgment for your community leadership. Connect with Northern Plains Dance, and our audience is yours. Hollis Mackintosh Heid Director, Northern Plains Dance
Why Northern Plains Dance? Whether it is partnering with Bismarck’s most beloved holiday tradition or sponsoring community engagment based here in Bismarck, we can work with you to maximize your investment and your corporate exposure.
Our Reach 5,825
total audience attendance
598
total special event attendance
3,000
households recieving newsletter
3,805
social media followers
8,625
served through community engagment
Your investment in Northern Plains Dance is truly significant BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karie Mischel Starion Bank Darren Schmidt Oaktree Realtors Eric Walth BisMan Online Shera Smith Daycare Provider Jake Fisketjon Gate City Bank Scott Miller ND Public Employees Retirement System Arnie Strebe Starion Bank Kristen Hansen Fredrickson & Byron, PA Hope Schiele Liscensed Professional Clinical Counselor Toni Neslen Retired Joanna Drennen Dakota Carrier Network
Giving Hearts Day Matching $4,000+ | 1 available Support our Mission. NPD is honored to be a participant in Dakota Medical Foundation and impact Foundation’s 24-hour online giving event in February of each year. The twelfth annual Giving Hearts Day will be held on February 14, 2019 and NPD is seeking a sponsor to match donations made on Giving Hearts Day and receive recognition throughout the region.
Discover Dance
$4,000 | 3 available Give joy.
Grant a low-income child the gift of dance. Through your generous support, NPD will be able to increase the number of scholarships to children in the Bismarck- Mandan community.
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All Access Dance $2,000 | 4 Available
Subsidize tuition. In addition to providing an important outlet for creativity and expression for those with exceptionalities, this program is designed with a focus on motor skills and coordination.
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Unrestricted funds Kidtix
$1,000 | 2 Available
Grant experiences. Provide free tickets to clients of service organzations throughout the community. With your help, NPD will be able to continue bringing the magic of the theater to those who may not otherwise have the opportunity.
Don’t see a specific program that supports your giving criteria? NPD welcomes donations at any level to support the General Fund. Prima Ballerina Level $5,000+ Grand Jete Level $2,500 - $4,999 Pirouette Level $1,000 - $2,499 Pointe Shoe Club $500 - $999
Special events $1,500 | 3 available
AGING GRACEFULLY $1,500 | 4 available
Keep moving. Keep the community’s aging population active through a dance class that engages participants’ minds and bodies.
Create magic. NPD events offer patrons an opportunity to meet the dancers, see a preview of performances, and raise funds to support our mission. Events include the Butterfly Ball, the Prince Charming Ball, the Sugarplum Fairy Tea Party and others.
PERFORMANCE
Dress Rehearsal
Provide wonder. Become the exclusive sponsor for one performance of NPD’s 2018-2019 season, Reaching New Heights.
Give the gift of the arts. Your 800 invited guests will attend a private rehearsal of the production of your choice. Dress rehearsal sponsors will receive an invitation to deliver the welcome message prior to one public performance.
$2,500 | 11 available
Performance and season details on the back
$4,500 | 3 available
All donations are tax deductible. Contributions in any amount are greatly appreciated.
The benefits of sponsorship $9,999 -$5,000
• Discounts for employees and their families for all productions • Two complimentary tickets to fundraising events • Eight complimentary tickets to performances • Includes benefits of lower levels
$4,999 - $2,500
• Six complimentary tickets to performances • Full page black and white ad in season programs • Includes benefits of lower levels
$2,499 - $1,500
• Four complimentary tickets to performances • 1/2 page black and white ad in season programs • Includes benefits of lower levels
$1,499 - $1,000
• Two complimentary tickets to a performance • Includes benefits of lower levels
$999 - $500
• Website recognition • Includes benefits of lower levels
$499 - $250
• Program recognition for one year from your pledge date
Additional Benefits for Program Sponsors 2018–19 PERFORMANCE SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES:
• Corporate logo on all printed material, media placements, social media, website, and on a lighted gobo on the Belle curtain. • Acknowledgment from the stage at start of each show.
SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES:
• 10 tickets to the sponsored event. • Corporate logo placement at the event and on printed materials.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES:
• Corporate name or logo in all community engagement promotional materials and press releases. • Select opportunities for volunteer experiences. • Thank you acknowledgment from the stage at start of each show.
December 7-9, 2018
May 17-19, 2019
February 22-23, 2019