Sponsor YEI
Invest in the next first.
Sponsorship helps YEI create paid learning, entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, creative economy, travel, vending, and youth business experiences for young people.
Why Sponsor
Sponsorship turns resources into real opportunities.
YEI helps young people learn by doing. Students build products, launch business ideas, pitch, vend, travel, explore careers, and gain hands-on skills in entrepreneurship, STE(A)M, art, design, beauty, apparel, and the creative economy.
Sponsors make this work possible by helping cover the costs of supplies, youth stipends, equipment, transportation, program staffing, student business support, events, travel, and marketplace opportunities.
When you sponsor YEI, you are not just supporting a program. You are helping young people experience ownership, income, creativity, confidence, and access.
What Sponsorship Supports
Your investment can help power the full YEI ecosystem.
Youth Entrepreneurship
Support Smart Hustle, business development, pitch preparation, student brands, and youth-led ventures.
Hands-On Innovation
Help students access product-making, cosmetics chemistry, laser cutting, 3D printing, design, prototyping, and creative technology.
Art, Design & Production
Fund apparel, graphic design, media, product development, social enterprise, and youth-made creative work.
Vending & Pop-Ups
Help youth sell products, meet customers, earn income, build confidence, and learn real business skills in real markets.
KidBizCON
Sponsor youth pitch competitions, workshops, activations, youth marketplace experiences, awards, and community engagement.
Travel & Exposure
Help students access college visits, career exposure, field trips, business experiences, and learning beyond their neighborhood.
Sponsor Impact
What your sponsorship helps youth do.
Students gain real business, STE(A)M, creative, financial, and leadership skills.
Youth develop products, brands, services, prototypes, and business ideas.
Young people practice income-building through vending, markets, stipends, and social enterprise.
Students build confidence, ownership, voice, networks, and future pathways.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Choose the level that matches your impact.
Sponsorship levels can be customized for businesses, funders, community partners, individuals, and corporate teams.
$500+
Helps support student supplies, event materials, youth awards, snacks, market needs, or program activities.
- Name recognition on sponsor list
- Thank-you mention
- Supports direct youth programming
$1,500+
Supports a workshop, youth business materials, vending preparation, program supplies, or a student learning experience.
- Logo/name recognition
- Social media thank-you
- Opportunity to support a specific program area
$5,000+
Helps fund program delivery, youth stipends, equipment, program staff, social enterprise growth, or cohort-based experiences.
- Featured sponsor recognition
- Logo on selected materials
- Possible workshop or volunteer engagement
$10,000+
Supports YEI’s signature youth entrepreneurship experience, including workshops, pitch competitions, youth marketplace, awards, and activations.
- Event sponsor recognition
- Logo on event materials
- VIP/community engagement opportunities
$15,000+
Supports travel, career exposure, college visits, paid opportunities, youth ventures, equipment, and deeper access-building experiences.
- Major sponsor recognition
- Custom impact area
- Storytelling and program visibility
Let’s Talk
We can build a custom sponsorship package around your goals, program interest, event, campaign, or community investment priorities.
- Corporate or foundation sponsorship
- In-kind support
- Named program or event opportunity
Featured Sponsorship
Help power KidBizCON and youth entrepreneurship.
KidBizCON brings together young entrepreneurs, families, partners, community leaders, funders, and supporters for youth pitch competitions, workshops, activations, student vending, and celebration.
Sponsors can support student awards, youth marketplace costs, workshop materials, signage, meals, transportation, volunteers, and event production.
Sponsor a youth-powered experience
Support the young people building businesses, products, brands, and confidence through YEI.
Start a Sponsorship ConversationIn-Kind Support
Sponsorship is not only financial.
Supplies
Product materials, art supplies, beauty/cosmetic supplies, packaging, apparel blanks, equipment, and classroom materials.
Food & Event Support
Meals, snacks, refreshments, event supplies, printing, signage, decorations, photography, and production support.
Professional Services
Marketing, legal, finance, design, technology, photography, consulting, training, or business support.
Market Access
Vendor space, pop-up opportunities, retail placement, customer exposure, and community event invitations.
Sponsor Inquiry
Tell us how you want to invest in youth opportunity.
Use the form to share your sponsorship interest, organization name, contact information, and the type of support you would like to provide.
Ways Sponsors Can Support
Sponsorship can support programs, KidBizCON, youth stipends, STE(A)M and maker experiences, creative economy training, youth marketplace opportunities, travel, supplies, and in-kind needs.
Not sure which sponsorship level is the best fit? Share your idea and we will follow up with options.
Ready to Support?
Help create access on purpose.
Sponsorship helps young people access tools, markets, mentors, travel, paid learning, creative production, and real-world business experiences.