The Storytelling Association of Alta California is a not-for-profit organization. As a 501c3 SAAC derives its income from modest membership dues, volunteer board and committee members, donations, sponsorship and periodic grants. We need your support!
Make a tax-free donation to support SAAC, maintain the art form of storytelling and help us reach more and more diverse populations.
We actively seek new members, in-kind donations and monetary donations.
We seek sponsorships with local businesses whose values are aligned with BASF and SAAC. We focus both on East Bay and Bay Area organizations, followed by California-based businesses and national corporations. BASF Sponsors will be giving back to their own community. In BASF, they will be aligning themselves with a wonderful tradition whose values they can be proud of.
The Bay Area Storytelling Festival and stories heard therein reinforce the values of:
- Family (storytelling is a multi-generational experience)
- Recycling (stories are handed down from generation to generation)
- Nature (our setting is a regional park)
- Community
- Multiculturalism
- Environmentalism
- Tradition
- The Oral Tradition
- Reading
- Teaching
- Listening
- Self-esteem
Sponsors will receive varying degrees of publicity and access in return for their support.
Discussed benefits include:
- Acknowledgment on our Website (Name, Logo)
- Acknowledgment in our Printed Program (Name, Logo)
- Acknowledgment in our Pre-Event Flyers, Posters (Name, Logo)
- Name attached to Tents
- Booth at Festival
- Complimentary tickets for Festival
- T-Shirts
- Pins
- Hats/Caps
- Posters, Bookmarks, Flyers to display
- Special access: Invitation to Fri Night dinner and similar private functions
Uses for Monetary and In-Kind Donations and Sponsorship:
Our needs are many. Some are educational, others relate to transportation lodging for our guest tellers, and to help us reach new and more diverse audiences across generations.
Festival Infrastructure
- Tents, staging and chairs for the festival (3 main tents, amphitheatre)
- Lighting and sound for three main tents, amphitheatre
Educational
- Sponsorship of the Friday Study Trip
- Sponsorship of literacy team projects
- Sponsorship of family scholarship offered at school drawing
- Sponsorship of a mid-year program to spread the word on the festival
Housing
- Housing for visiting tellers
Food
- Hot food vendor for Festival
- Sponsorship for special event for sponsors, tellers (local or main stage), guests.
Transportation
- Support the transportation of the tellers to the Bay Area
- Supply transportation to/from the Festival at Kennedy Grove & BART
- Supply transportation for the elderly
Equipment
- Use of Electric Cart during Festival
Services
- Sponsorship of Families - underwrite part of the ticket price
- Offer scholarships
- Sponsorship of Elderly attending an afternoon session at the Festival
Primary Sponsor ~ $5,000
Full suite of privileges
Contributing Sponsor ~ $2,500
Co-sponsorship billing on tents, share booth, half the allotment of 6-10.
Supporting Sponsor ~ $1000
1-3, 1/4 of perks 6-10.
Community Sponsor ~ $500
Benefits 1-3, subset of items 6-10.
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