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Foundation plans donor banners, QR-driven sponsor recognition after $61,000 in corporate commitments
Summary
Board members reviewed a corporate donor package reporting roughly $61,000 in sponsor commitments, agreed to create tiered donor banners for schools with add-on panels for late gifts and discussed using QR codes to link supporters directly to scholarship and sponsor pages.
Board members reported progress on corporate fundraising and discussed a donor-recognition plan that would feature tiered banners in schools and digital QR links to highlight sponsors and scholarship pages.
Members said the packet showed about $61,000 in corporate sponsorships so far and discussed practical concerns about how to count event-related receipts (for example, golf-team fees versus sponsorship dollars) and how to ensure donors who support events but give through different mechanisms are recognized appropriately. One board member urged care so "they're not getting recognized and so if that fundraising all happens at different times there's probably a risk of that," and the group agreed staff will compile a single master list for banner proofs prior to printing.
The board liked the idea of placing a QR code on banners or at concerts to point attendees to rotating "sponsor spotlight" content and the foundation's scholarship page, enabling late donors to be recognized electronically even if they miss a hard print deadline.
Board members discussed levels (platinum/gold/bronze) and a cut-off for the physical banner with electronic options to rotate and spotlight sponsors. Staff said they will prepare banner drafts and share them with the board before final production to avoid accidentally omitting contributors.
What happens next: staff will consolidate sponsor records, circulate banner proofs to the board for sign-off, and implement QR-driven sponsor pages for online recognition. The board also plans further outreach to local industries (car dealers and others) to broaden the sponsorship base.
