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The Tampa Bay Foundation is launching as a regional platform for philanthropy, collaboration, and measurable community impact.

Save the date for the Tampa Bay Foundation launch
Help build what mattersFounding chapter
Tampa
Bay
Founding support helps launch the work beyond one evening.
EventThe Sapphire
DateOctober 2, 2026
PurposeFounding support
Tampa Bay Foundation
01

Sponsorship
levels

Investment · Recognition
Meaningful connection
Founding
Partner
$25,000
Recognition & benefitsTable for 8; premier recognition at the launch; logo placement on approved event materials and step-and-repeat; recognition on the Tampa Bay Foundation website; opportunity for brief remarks during the program; priority invitations to future foundation gatherings and partner briefings.
Cornerstone
Partner
$15,000
Recognition & benefitsTable for 6; prominent recognition at the launch; logo placement on approved event materials; website recognition; inclusion in selected post-event communications and future foundation acknowledgments.
Community
Partner
$5,000
Recognition & benefitsTable for 4; event recognition; logo or name placement in approved sponsor materials; inclusion in the foundation’s inaugural supporters listing and selected event recap communications.
02

Your support
helps us

Launch work · Early operations
Regional initiatives
Sponsorship support contributes to
Building donor communication and impact-reporting systems
Developing the foundation’s public website and partner infrastructure
Convening nonprofit, civic, business, technology, and community leaders
Identifying and supporting high-impact regional initiatives
Creating future programs around technology, innovation, workforce, youth, arts, culture, housing, and economic mobility
Producing future foundation gatherings and strategic partner conversations
03 / A long-term partnership

More than
one evening

This is more than recognition at one evening.

Founding partners will be connected to the early development of the Tampa Bay Foundation and may receive future invitations to private partner briefings, foundation dinners, community convenings, and strategic conversations about regional impact.

Future platform
Fund What Matters

The foundation is the institution. Fund What Matters will become a future campaign platform inviting the community to support the people, programs, and opportunities that matter most.

04 / Become a founding supporter

Help build
what matters

To discuss sponsorship, partnership alignment, or other ways to support the Tampa Bay Foundation, contact:

Founding contact
Michael Hall
Tampa Bay Foundation

All sponsorship benefits are subject to final confirmation, venue requirements, sponsor agreement terms, and foundation approval. Tax treatment and deductibility will be determined by the applicable agreement and qualified tax counsel.

05 / Founding chapter

Join the
beginning.

Help build what matters across Tampa Bay.

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