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Funding/Sponsorship Guidelines - Northwestern Alumni Association
Work Well, Live Smart: The Economy, Your Career and Your Life
The current economic climate has affected significant numbers of Northwestern alumni and students; many are looking to the University for help. This creates an extraordinary strategic opportunity for the Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA) to demonstrate its value by fostering alumni-to-alumni connections, and supporting our alumni and students in a time of need.
For FY10, our goal is to be the resource for alumni; we will provide a broad range of programs to a large population of alumni.
As an organization, we are integrating our resources to meet these needs. We are offering programs and services that concentrate on current issues most affecting our alumni and students. Our primary areas of focus are the economy, career services, life skills and professional development.
Strategy:
The NAA has made a priority to fund organizations that align with the NAA mission and strategic goals for FY10. Funding priority will be made to programming focused on building the student-alumni connection, along with those proposals that fall within the guidelines of The Economy, Your Career and Your Life.
In fiscal year 2010, the NAA is committed to funding at least one student group initiative each quarter (Fall, Winter and Spring) that meet the guidelines stated above. The chosen group(s) will receive a maximum of $500.
Northwestern-affiliated organizations seeking funding must be recognized by one of the “recognizing” bodies on campus: Office of Student Affairs, Associated Student Government, University Housing Office, University Chaplain’s Office or the Northwestern Alumni Association.
The NAA does not fund requests from individuals, parties or social gatherings which do not meet the above strategic goals, intramural or athletic events which do not meet the above strategic goals.
Entitlements:In order to advance the NAA brand, certain entitlements shall be sought, where appropriate in return for the sponsorship or grant. These entitlements include, but are not limited to:
NAA banner and/or signage at event
NAA logo in all advertising (Daily Northwestern) and/or promotional materials
NAA product table at event NAA speaking role at the eventComplimentary ad in program booklet
Recognition (verbal or written) of NAA involvement at the event.
Procedure:
All requests shall be submitted in writing no later than two months prior to the event. Requests should include the following information:
- mission/purpose of the event
- date/time/location of the event
- target audience of event
- brief history of the event
- list of other sponsors of event
- budget summary of the event
- publicity plan on how the group plans to advance the NAA brand at the event
- dollar amount requested
Application Deadline:
- For Fall Quarter: June 27, 2009
- For Winter Quarter: November 30, 2009
- For Spring Quarter: February 26, 2010
Funding requests should be sent to:
