The Association of Due Diligence Professionals
Sponsorship and Donation Programs for 2010-2011

"Investing in Our Future"

Donations

The Association’s 2010 – 2011 funding programs include cash and in-kind sponsorships and donations. All contributions help support our mission, the advancement of due diligence. Different programs are available to help the Association include:

• Corporate Social Responsibility Program. Show your stakeholders that your organization is investing in the future while receiving valuable tax deductions. Employees receive discounts on educational programs, Association events, and invitations for the Annual Convention. Your firm’s website will display the Association’s logo and link, and your firm’s logo and link will be displayed on the Association’s website. Your firm will be profiled in the Association’s Newsletter and annual report. Your firm can schedule preeminent events co-sponsored with the Association. The Corporate Social Responsibility Program improves your firm’s brand and image while showing your leadership in social responsibility and involvement with the Association. To develop a Corporate Social Responsibility Program for your organization, please contact us here.

• Honor Program. Recognize and honor a special person, and the Association will place a tribute certificate with that person’s name in special places within the Association’s publications and events, and will also show the honored person in the Association’s newsletter and annual report. To develop an Honor Program for your special person, please contact us here.

• Memorial Program. Set a tribute for a person for whom you want a lasting memorial to be given, and the Association will place a tribute certificate with that person’s name in special places within the Association’s publications and events. and will also show your memorial in the Association’s newsletter and annual report. To develop a Memorial Program for your tribute, please contact us here.

• Joint Research Programs. Research is a critical requirement to advance due diligence. Each year, we select a few organizations to cooperate with us in joint research in a variety of programs. If your organization is performing leading-edge research, please contact us about our Joint Research Programs here.

• Education Fund. You may specify your donation directly for the Education Fund which will help fund various education programs, especially scholarships. To specify for the Education Fund, please contact us here.

• Sponsorship Programs. To develop a custom Sponsorship Program, please contact us here.

• Planned Gift Programs. To develop a custom Planned Gift Program, please contact us here.

Donations-In-Kind

In addition to cash, individuals and companies may also donate real property, equipment, materials, vehicles, products, services, and also collectibles, also known as donations-in-kind or in-kind-donations, in order to benefit the Association in a number of priority areas:

Real Estate
• Major Commercial Building Complex or Buildings: the Association seeks a large commercial building complex, co-located commercial buildings, or multiple single commercial buildings, and also warehouse space, located in the geographic region approximately from the West side of Denver through the Foothills region along the I-70 corridor to Evergreen, Colorado for use as headquarters, support center, conference, education and research facilities for the Association.
• Homes that can be used to house recipients of the Association Residency Program and their families.
• Additional commercial or residential buildings are sought in the region ranging from the West side of Denver through the central Colorado Rocky Mountain region for use as conference, educational and other facilities.
• Farmland and undeveloped land can also be considered.

Equipment, Vehicles, and Other In-Kind Donations
• Computer hardware, including late-model laptops, desktops, servers, workstations, monitors, data archival, backup and storage systems, routers, firewalls, VPN, network equipment, wired & wireless, printers (BW, color, network, high-speed), UPS equipment, scanners and all types of ancillary equipment.
• Computer software, unused or with freely- transferrable licenses, for desktops, workstations, servers and high-performance computing, office software, office suites, office automation, complete Microsoft office suites, complete Adobe suites, scientific software, business software, operating systems (Windows, Linux), antivirus, firewall, antispyware, graphics software, developer tools, educational software, networking software.
• Vehicles, cars, SUVs, trucks.
• Artwork
• Design services
• Print services
• Advertising
• Public Relations Services
• Writing Services
• Legal Services
• Accounting Services
• Insurance Services
• Travel Package Tours
• Business Consulting Services
• Technical Consulting Services
• Telephones and telephone systems
• Library Equipment
• Books
• Furniture: all types
• Office machines and equipment
• Book printing and binding equipment
• Photographic equipment, cameras, lighting equipment, processing equipment, digital processing computer hardware and software, all formats, digital & film
• Video equipment, Cameras, Lighting, Processing Equipment
• Household Furniture, Appliances and Other Household Needs, for Housing for Due Diligence Innovators in Residence Program
• Wide Variety of Supplies and Materials

Equipment should be high-quality, new or lightly-used equipment. If an item is not on this list and you think it might be useful for us, please email.

Real Property Donations

The Association can accept donations and liquidation of real property assets from all 50 US States of many kinds. Donations can be accepted of:
• Houses
• Apartments
• Condominiums
• Timeshares
• Industrial Properties
• Commercial Properties
• Hotels
• Residential Property
• Multi-Family Property
• Commercial Property
• Vacant-Land
• Mixed-Use Property
• Building Lots
• Land

Policies

The Association will acknowledge all donations we receive via mail to the donors. If services, real property, vehicles, equipment, materials or other in-kind donations are made, we will include a description of the in-kind donations and a date of receipt confirmation.

The Association reserves the right to review, accept or decline all donations prior to acceptance. Once donations are accepted and received, the Association becomes the owner of all such donations, and has all rights to determine any donation’s application, use, retention, disposal, maintenance, and location.

In-Kind Donations

If you would like to make in-kind donations, please provide as much information as possible on the property, vehicle, equipment, material, supplies or other in-kind donations. At minimum, it is very helpful to us for you to include information on the manufacturer, date of manufacture, quantities, location, condition of the in-kind donation, information on any special requirements such as other equipment or materials necessary to utilize the donation, weight, dimensions, and special shipping requirements. Normally, the Association cannot accept any limitations on in-kind donations.

Please do not include any information regarding the fair market value of any in-kind donations. Due to non-profit laws and regulations, we cannot provide any fair market valuations of any in-kind donations, nor can we recognize, accept, or acknowledge any fair market value statements of any in-kind donations. Donors should have their own appraisals done on donations prior to transferring donations to the Association, and donors are responsible for any and all appraisals.

For more information, please email Sponsorships and Donations.

The Association of Due Diligence Professionals
Sponsorship and Donation Programs for 2010-2011

"Investing in Our Future"

Sponsorships

The Association’s 2010 – 2011 funding programs include cash and in-kind sponsorships and donations. All contributions help support our mission, the advancement of due diligence. The Association’s Sponsorship Programs includes six levels of sponsorship for 2010 – 2011, each with different amounts of contributions and associated benefits.

Sponsors are corporations committed to helping the Association educate people about due diligence, elevate the discipline and industry of due diligence, and inspire people to adopt due diligence all their decisions across their entire organization.

As a Corporate Sponsor:

• You are making a positive impact in the world
• You connect with people who practice due diligence
• You connect with people who need due diligence
• You expand your brand
• You gain access to several highly-targeted markets
  

Corporate Sponsorship Programs

Titanium	$100,000	The highest level, and most visible Sponsorship Flexibility to create an exclusive Sponsorship with a very distinctive theme Most prominent corporate name & logo placement on the Association website Most prominent corporate name & logo placement in all Association publications, front-cover placement wherever available Most prominent corporate name & logo at all Association events, highest visibility Opportunity to sponsor training and/or education courses and programs Opportunity to develop and co-brand training and/or education courses and programs Opportunity to develop one or more Due Diligence Professional Awards Opportunity to recommend up to two due diligence research areas of focus Opportunity to develop and co-sponsor one or more due diligence research areas of focus Opportunity to recommend up to two Legislative Information Advocacy areas of focus Opportunity to recommend up to two Public Education Advocacy areas of focus Opportunity to recommend up to three Committee Members Presenting Sponsor at the Annual Conference, with corporate name & logo most prominently placed and displayed on all publications, programs, promotional materials, both pre-event and throughout the Annual Conference Can recommend potential keynote speaker and other speakers for the Annual Conference Will present & introduce the Annual Conference keynote speaker, with brief commentary about your firm Opportunity to be exclusive host of the keynote speaker in your booth at the Annual Conference Most prominent “focal point” exhibit space at the Annual Conference Most prominent corporate identification at entrance to Annual Conference Can place company banner in all presentation rooms Opportunity to provide main presentation event at the Annual Conference Opportunity to provide multiple presentation events at the Annual Conference Opportunity to develop additional customized recognition opportunities
Platinum	$75,000	Very high visibility benefits and creative opportunities to show your support for the Association Flexibility to create a distinctively-themed Sponsorship Very prominent corporate name & logo placement on the Association website Very prominent corporate name & logo placement in all Association publications, cover placement wherever available Very prominent corporate name & logo at all Association events, very high visibility Supporting Sponsor at the Annual Conference, with corporate name & logo very prominently placed and displayed on all publications, programs, promotional materials, both pre-event and throughout the Annual Conference Can recommend potential speakers for the Annual Conference Can present & introduce one Annual Conference speaker, with brief commentary about your firm Can host one speaker in your booth at the Annual Conference Prominent and distinctive theme exhibit space at the Annual Conference Very prominent corporate identification at entrance to Annual Conference Opportunity to provide up to two presentation events at the Annual Conference
Diamond	$50,000	High visibility benefits and creative opportunities to show your support for the Association as a Sponsor Flexibility to create a distinctively-themed Sponsorship Prominent corporate name & logo placement on the Association website Prominent corporate name & logo placement in all Association publications, inside placement wherever available Prominent corporate name & logo at all Association events, high visibility Sponsor at the Annual Conference, with corporate name & logo prominently placed and displayed inside all publications, programs, promotional materials, both pre-event and throughout the Annual Conference Prominent corporate identification at entrance to Annual Conference Can recommend one potential speaker for the Annual Conference Can present & introduce one Annual Conference speaker, with brief commentary about your firm Prominent theme exhibit space at the Annual Conference Prominent corporate identification at entrance to Annual Conference Opportunity to provide one presentation event at the Annual Conference
Gold	$25,000	Excellent vehicle to focus on the values, benefits and importance of your firm, with high impact visibility of your services Corporate name on the Association website Corporate name on selected Association publications Corporate name at selected Association events Theme exhibit space at the Annual Conference
Silver	$15,000	Great vehicle to promote your services and the values and benefits of your firm Corporate name on the Association website Corporate name on selected Association publications Corporate name at selected Association events Theme exhibit space at the Annual Conference
Bronze	$10,000	Ideal sponsorship level to promote unique benefits Corporate name placement on the Association website Corporate name on selected Association publications Corporate name at selected Association events Theme exhibit space at the Annual Conference

Notes:
All events, presentations, courses, webinars, publications, displays and speakers must be pre-approved by the Association.
Additional fees may be incurred for certain activities, such as additional activities at the Annual Conference.

For more information, please email Sponsorships and Donations.