Sponsorship Levels

Visionary | $25,000 for ten people ($23,750 tax-deductible gift)

Provide the opportunity for U-M students to work and learn for six weeks during the summer from artists presented by UMS through the 21st Century Internship Program.

Benefits include: Ten gala tickets, special access to sponsor lounge area at gala, group photograph with Gala chairs, a private dinner with an artist on the UMS 2016-2017 season, and donor recognition throughout evening.

Game Changer | $10,000 for eight people ($9,000 tax-deductible gift)

Help underwrite the artist fee and production costs to make a UMS School-Day performance possible.

Benefits include: Eight gala tickets, special access to sponsor lounge area at gala, group photograph with Gala chairs, and donor recognition throughout evening.

Trailblazer | $5,000 for four people ($4,500 tax-deductible gift)

Help UMS to bring an artist to town for a week to explore ideas for their next project and share an inside look at their creative process with students.

Benefits include: Four gala tickets, signed memento, group photo, access to special seating at Gala, and donor recognition throughout evening.

Champion | $1,000 per person ($875 tax-deductible gift)

Provide the opportunity for UMS to take artists to area schools in southeast Michigan for class demonstrations and activities.

Benefits include: signed memento.

Innovator | $500 per person ($375 tax-deductible gift)

Help underwrite expenses — tickets, transportation, chaperones — for under-served classrooms to attend School-Day Performances.