In-kind Sponsorship
In-kind sponsorship is support provided as products, services or expertise rather than cash, for example a technology partner supplying equipment or a firm providing professional services to an event.
For reporting and valuation, in-kind contributions are assigned a monetary value so the full scale of a sponsorship portfolio, not just cash outlay, is captured.
Related terms
The newest terms we've added, the words teams managing grants, sponsorship, and CSR come across most often.
Media Value Equivalency
Media value equivalency (MVE) estimates the worth of the exposure a sponsorship generates by valuing logo appearances, mentions and coverage as if that space had been bought as advertising.
MVE is one input into sponsorship valuation and reporting; used carefully alongside audience and engagement data, it helps quantify the visibility a deal returned.
Cause Marketing
Cause marketing is a partnership in which a company and a nonprofit or cause promote each other for mutual benefit, often linking product sales or a campaign to a charitable contribution.
Because it ties brand activity to social impact, cause marketing needs clear objectives and measurement so a company can show both commercial results and genuine community value.
Title Sponsor
A title sponsor is the lead sponsor whose name is incorporated into an event or property's official title, securing the highest level of visibility and usually exclusivity within its category.
Title arrangements are the largest line in most sponsorship portfolios, which makes disciplined valuation, contract management and performance tracking especially important.
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