How you can support Timeraiser

1. 2014
Sponsorship
Levels

2. Waste your money
and you’re only out of money,
but waste your time
and you’ve lost
a part of your life
Michael LeBoeuf

3. → What is Timeraiser?
→ Program Impact
→ Benefits of Sponsorship
→ Sponsorship Levels
→ Media Reach
→ Financials

4. How do we make sure those volunteer pledges
are fulfilled? Once they have completed their
100 hour bid, we award participants an
original piece of Canadian art purchased from
an emerging artist who lives, works and
creates nearby. In a nutshell, it’s a win win
win. We pay the artists for their work, the non-profits
meet skilled volunteer, attendees make
volunteer matches
What is Timeraiser?
In 17 communities across Canada, people are
coming together to make firm commitments
to their communities. At Timeraiser events
they are bidding their valuable volunteer
time, not their money, on original artwork.
And most importantly, they are living up to
the promises they make.
How does it work?

5. Who is behind Timeraiser?
Anil Patel founded the Timeraiser program in
2004. Anil is an Ashoka Fellow and was
named a Globe and Mail “Catalyst” in 2013.
Anil has spoken at TEDx events and has
participated on the Board of United Way
Toronto and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
His vision for young professionals connecting
to their community while also becoming arts
patrons is behind the spread of the
Timeraiser program.

6. Supporting Nonprofits
Timeraiser has worked
with 550 nonprofits and
generated 120,000
volunteer hours
It was a great event. You
know you are getting quality
people who are there because
they want to volunteer. Great
recruiting and stewardship
event.
-- Calgary Non-profit

7. Creatively
connecting people
connect to causes
they care about
Support for Artists
Since 2003,
Timeraiser has
invested $820,000
into the careers of
emerging Canadian
Artist
I truly appreciate the Timeraiser.
As an emerging artist, or recent
graduate, it is hard to gain
traction financially but also
creatively. It is a fragile time in
our careers so it is nice to have
an event as successful as
timeraiser that not only provides
promotion, but also pays artists
for their work and gives us a
venue to show our work to the
public.
-- Tina Riedner

8. Rewarding Art Winners
Timeraiser has
supported close to
2,000 Art Winners in
completing over
120,000 volunteer
hours
Lindsay spent most of her pledge
time working with the Heart and
Stroke Foundation. Most
recently, Lindsay has assisted in
the development of their social
media integration plan for this
team. She also dedicated part of
her pledge to Ashoka Canada, an
organization supporting social
entrepreneurs, where she
worked on elements of the
Changemakers competition titled
Inspiring Approaches to First
Nations, Metis and Inuit
Education.
Lindsay Hillcoat
completed 100 hours

9. ● 20,104 hours pledged
● 96.6% of hours completed
● $65,081 invested in YEG artists
● 16% of event budget spent with
social enterprises
○ (Diversity Catering, Fringe
Theater)
Edmonton Impact -2009-2013

10. LOCAL BRONZE
Sponsors that contribute
between $1,500 - $3,000
NATIONAL
National Sponsors
have brand presence
in all markets while
“owning” a particular
piece of the program.
Sponsorship starts at
$65,000
LOCAL GOLD
Sponsors that contribute
$10,000 in a single
Timeraiser market
LOCAL SILVER
Sponsors that
contribute between
$5,000-$7,500 in a
single Timeraiser
market
Sponsorship Levels

11. Benefits of Sponsorship
NATIONAL
● Logo featured in all print, web and
event day material
● Unlimited tickets to staff and clients
● Branding of specific area of
programming
● Integration of Timeraiser into your
employee volunteerism program
● Social media and blog promotion

12. LOCAL GOLD LOCAL SILVER LOCAL BRONZE
● Logo on all print, web
and event material
● Inclusion in press
release post-event
● Post event impact
report
● 3 tweets during ticket
campaign
● 30 employee tickets
● Lunch and Learn for
your employees
● MC recognition
● Blog post about your
CSR impact
● Logo on all print, web
and event material
● Inclusion in press
release post-event
● Post event impact
report
● 1 tweet during ticket
campaign
● 15 employee tickets
● MC recognition
● Logo on all print, web
and event material
● Inclusion in press
release post-event
● Post event impact
report
● 10 employee tickets
● MC recognition

13. Alternative Sponsorship Opportunities*
Food and Beverages sponsor
Registration sponsor
Social Media Prize sponsor
Photography sponsor
Media Partner
Printing Sponsor
Music Sponsor
Accommodation Sponsor
Decor Sponsor
*Recognition on website and in sponsor slideshow at event.

14. Number of Timeraiser Events
Number of Independently Run Events
Timeraiser+ Workshops
Volunteer hours completed
Number of Art Winners celebrated
Investment in the careers of artists
Number of artists that submitted
Nonprofit Applications
2013 2012
10*
5
8
21,861
212
$147,052
1,106
477
12
3
0
14,109
121
$137,446
981
414
* 2 Fall Timeraisers (St. John’s and Vancouver) were postponed to Spring
2014 to reflect our new concurrent event scheduling

15. 324,000
impressions
with 314 shares
2,500
followers with
591 retweets
38,710 unique
site visitors
300 stories told
3.4 million media impressions in 2013

16. → Over 24% of event budget
spent with social enterprise
businesses. Click here.
→ Saved 5.2% over last year’s
Timeraiser costs while
increasing investment in artists
→ Made over 120 requests
to funders
→ Renewed 34 grants or
sponsorships
FINANCIALS*
*2013 data is not yet complete or audited

17. Sample
Budgets*
Small Medium Large
Attendees 150 300 600
Event costs $6,000 $10,000 $15,000
Art costs $9,000 $15,000 $20,000
Materials $1,200 $2,100 $3,000
Marketing $1,000 $2,000 $2,500
Admin $2,000 $2,500 $3,000
Total $19,200 $31,600 $43,500
* all detailed event costs can be viewed by clicking here

18. For more information visit Timeraiser.ca
Contact: aine@timeraiser.ca
CRA # 89874 5609 RR001