Institutional Giving
We offer sponsorship packages designed to meet your marketing and philanthropy goals, as well as provide engaging and memorable literary arts experiences with nationally acclaimed, award-winning authors for your clients and employees. Benefits can include visibility with SAL’s more than 35,000 event patrons through a variety of print and online channels, recognition from our stages, premium tickets to SAL events, and access to exclusive author receptions and private dinners.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Series Sponsorships
Help ensure that SAL can bring nationally and regionally acclaimed writers and thought-leaders to Seattle’s stages by sponsoring one of our literary series, including the Literary Arts, Poetry, SAL Presents, Encore Series, and our Community-Curated Series. To learn more, please contact us at development@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x17.
Literary Event Sponsorships
Sponsor a specific SAL event featuring one of the leading writers of our time. We offer custom sponsorship packages for nearly 30 diverse events. To learn more, please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager Inez Maubane Jones at imjones@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x27.
Fundraising Event Sponsorships
Be a sponsor for our annual SAL Gala: Words Bloom. As a SAL Gala sponsor, you will enjoy visibility with both the more than 500 event attendees and SAL’s more than 35,000 patrons. A sponsorship provides you with the unique opportunity to connect with the Puget Sound community – one of the top literary and most well-read areas in the country, according to multiple national rankings – by showing your support for the literary arts and youth literacy.
For more info about hosting a table or sponsorships, contact please contact Inez Maubane Jones at imjones@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x27.
Media Sponsorships
Help get the word out about SAL events through print or on-air media. For more information, please contact our marketing team at marketing@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x12.
In-Kind Sponsorships
SAL is deeply grateful for the generous in-kind support we receive from local businesses. In-kind sponsorship opportunities include providing hotel accommodations for our authors, food and beverages for receptions and student readings, printed materials such as programs and brochures, and other essential services for SAL events and programs. To learn more, please contact please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager Inez Maubane Jones at imjones@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x27.
Bookstore Partnerships
Provide discounts to our annual subscribers and have the opportunity to set up shop at our public events. To learn more, please contact please contact Executive Director Rebecca Hoogs at rahoogs@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x18.
Restaurant Partnerships
Provide discounts to our annual subscribers and promote your restaurant through SAL online and print marketing channels. To learn more, please contact marketing@lectures.org or 206.621.2230.
Corporate Sponsorship Benefits
Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager Inez Maubane Jones at imjones@lectures.org or 206.621.2230 x27 to learn more.
SAL Corporate, Foundation & Public Supporters
SAL’s corporate, foundation and public partners are essential for making our programs possible. We’re profoundly grateful to the following organizations for their generous support.
Presenting Sponsor
Public Support
Major Support ($10,000 or higher)
