CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS

Mutually Beneficial Relationships That Strengthen the Community
The Art Center offers businesses of all sizes partnership opportunities. These collaborations provide the greater Des Moines community with funding for free public exhibitions, museum education programs, and innovative community outreach events, while providing companies the advantages of unique marketing opportunities, creative entertainment options, and excellent employee benefits.

Corporate Partnership packages offer a wide array of opportunities, so you’re sure to find one to fit your needs.

For more information about becoming a Des Moines Art Center Corporate Partner, contact Emily Bahnsen, Grants Director, at 515.271.0338 or ebahnsen@desmoinesartcenter.org.

DES MOINES ART CENTER FACTS & FIGURES

Join a Successful Growing Team

In the last year, the Art Center has served over 338,000 people through free exhibitions and outreach programming.
Membership at the Des Moines Art Center has grown by over 30% in the last year (to nearly 3,000 memberships) and continues to climb.
Des Moines area corporations have increased support for the Art Center by more than 65% in the last year.
Each year, the Art Center provides art education for over 9,000 school children, including every 4th grader in the Des Moines Public School District.
The Des Moines Art Center partners with over 100 Des Moines educational, human service, and community organizations to deliver innovation education and community engagement programs.
Each year, more than 200 needy students receive scholarships for art classes at the Des Moines Art Center.
The Des Moines Art Center boasts outstanding architecture designed by world renowned architects — Eliel Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Richard Meier. In 2004, the Saarinen and Pei buildings became part of the National Register of Historic Places.
The Des Moines Art Center’s Permanent Collection of more than 5,500 art works is one of the premiere modern and contemporary art collections in the country.

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP

LEVELS & BENEFITS

$500 Corporate Member

1 Contributor Membership for Company Executive
2 Invitations to Members’ Only Events
Recognition in the Des Moines Art Center’s Annual Report
10-10% off coupons for the Museum Shop for your employees, clients, etc.
Invitations to the Annual Corporate Networking EvenT
Invitation extended to all employees for semi-annual social event hosted by the Art Center

$1,000 Small Business Partner

1 Sustainer Membership for Company Executive
5 Invitations to Members’ Only Events
Recognition in the Des Moines Art Center’s Annual Report
20-10% off coupons for the Museum Shop for your employees, clients, etc.
Invitations to the Annual Corporate Networking Event
Invitation extended to all employees for semi-annual social event hosted by the Art Center
$5 Off all new memberships for your employees

$2,500 Business Partner

2 Sustainer Membership for Company Executives
Annual recognition on the museum’s donor plaque and the website
2 VIP Invitations to the annual Director’s Recognition Dinner
10 invitations to Members’ Only Events
Recognition in the Des Moines Art Center’s Annual Report
40 —10% off coupons for the Museum Shop for your employees, clients, etc.
Invitations to the Annual Corporate Networking Event
Invitation extended to all employees for semi-annual social event hosted by the Art Center
$5 Off all new memberships for your employees

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ($5,000+)

Customized Packages to Meet Your Needs
Corporate Partners at the $5,000 level and above have the opportunity to access specified segments of the Des Moines Art Center’s unique audience through sponsorship of the Art Center’s exhibitions, programs, and/or community engagement events. These sponsorship packages offer:

The opportunity to achieve business goals by aligning your sponsored project with your business objectives

Exclusivity for your company through affiliation with a specified project, program, or event
Visibility through advertising, collateral material, and press packets
Unique marketing opportunities through customized in-house promotions
Customized benefits package to meet the needs of your company, your clients, and your employees

Sponsorship prices range from $5,000 — $100,000 and are based on the event, location, anticipated attendance, duration of program, etc. For detailed information about becoming a Des Moines Art Center Corporate Sponsor, contact Emily Bahnsen, Grants Director, at 515.271.0338 or ebahnsen@desmoinesartcenter.org.

Des Moines Art Center’s
CURRENT CORPORATE PARTNERS

The following corporations have provided support to the Art Center during 2007.

$50,000+
Bravo Greater Des Moines
Capital 106.3 (Clear Channel)
Greater Des Moines Partnership
Aquarium Ideas & Engagement McCormick Company
National Endowment for the Arts
Principal Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
The Des Moines Register
Wallace Foundation
Wells Fargo Financial, Inc.

$20,000 — $50,000
Aviva
Big Green Umbrella Media
Clear Channel Outdoor (Clear Channel)
Des Moines Radio Group
The Fred Maytag Family Foundation
Iowa Arts Council
Meier Bernstein Foundation
NPI Security
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
WOI Radio Group

$10,000 — $20,000
Allied Insurance/Nationwide Foundation
Greater Des Moines Community Foundation
Homesteaders Life Company
Meredith Corporation Foundation
OnPurpos, Inc.
Prairie Meadows
Variety Club of Iowa

$5,000+
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.
Artistic Waste Services, Inc.
Connie Wilson Design
Doll Distributing
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Faegre & Benson LLP
First American Bank
Robin Heinemann/Lorenzo Sandoval Consult.
ING
Iowatix
John Deere Des Moines Operations
KPMG LLP
Mid-America Foundation
National Endowment for the Humanities
SVPA Architects Inc.
Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield
West Bank