Corporations

How can your business help?

The residents of Indiana look to the state’s strong business sector to be leaders toward a brighter future. By partnering with ERI, your business will make an impact on environmental health and send a strong signal to your community and the extensive network of IU alumni, faculty, staff, and supporters that you are empowering environmental progress. It’s not just good for the environment; it’s also a sound investment in your community and a long-term business strategy.

Business Giving Levels

Visionaries - $100,000
Champions - $50,000
Stewards - $10,000
Advocates - $1,000

Benefits for Business Supporters

ERI is honored to recognize its business supporters in numerous ways, customizable to your unique needs. On top of the positive change you will be empowering in your community, potential recognition benefits include:

Public recognition on ERI’s website, social media, e-news, podcast, events, webinars, press releases, and other places depending on the nature of sponsorship
Logo or name placement on ERI marketing materials
Visionaries and Champions: Invitations to private events with ERI faculty and supporters
Opportunities for joint promotional campaigns
Exposure to ERI’s audience of IU alumni, government leaders, and Indiana residents

Donations to ERI are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

ERI in Every Community

As a statewide institution with impact reaching beyond Indiana’s borders, ERI has touched every county in the state. In your community, you are sure to find a way ERI has made connections with local leaders, farmers, experts, residents, schools, or others. Click on your county to learn more.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

A gift of any size helps ERI achieve our mission. Sponsorship opportunities for businesses begin at just $1,000, with increasing impact and recognition up to $100,000 gifts or more. Every sponsorship comes with public recognition benefits associated with each program, and we are committed to making your gift count for the environment and your business. Programs you can support through your sponsorship include:

Resilience Cohort
Midwest Climate Action Fellows
ERI Fellows
Hoosier Resilience Heroes
ERI Toolkit
IU Day
Special events
Webinar series
In This Climate podcast

These programs represent just some of the avenues for your business to support ERI’s work in your community and beyond. When you sponsor a program, you receive recognition in association with the program plus acknowledgment as a donor at the appropriate giving level in other ERI communications, including web, social media, podcast, press releases, brochures, signage, and more. Your support at any level will make a difference, so please don’t hesitate to reach out and explore the options.

Unless otherwise discussed in the gift agreement, ERI sponsorship donations will support the general ERI operating fund, with funding directed to the area of greatest need, and with public recognition based on the donor’s chosen sponsorship opportunity.