[Date]
[Name of Contact]
[Title of Contact]
[Organization's Name]
[Email of Contact]
[Phone Number of Contact]

Dear [Name of Contact],

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring The Open Source Initiative (OSI) in [year]. This letter should provide you and [Organization's Name] with our 2018 sponsorship program  and opportunities, outline how [Organization's Name] donation will support our work, and how the OSI will recognize [Organization's Name] charitable gift.

Corporate support consists of annual donations to the OSI. Contribution amounts vary based on the annual corporate revenue of the contributing sponsor (see, “OSI Sponsorship Tiers” below). Based on [Organization's Name] reported annual revenue for [Prior Year] of [Company Income Amount] [1], a donation of [Sponsorship Amount] is requested for recognition as a “Premium Sponsor.”

OSI Sponsorship Tiers

Annual Corporate Revenues, Annual Donation

• Greater than $250 million,  $20,000
• Greater than $100 million but less than or equal to $250 million,  $15,000
• Greater than $50 million but less than or equal to $100 million,  $10,000
• Greater than $10 million but less than or equal to $50 million,  $7,500
• Greater than $5 million but less than or equal to $10 million,  $5,000
• Greater than $1 million but less than or equal to $5 million,  $2,500
• Less than $1 million,  $1,000
• These contributions are in United States Dollars.
  These contributions are in United States Dollars.

Please make your check payable to:

The Open Source initiative
855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States

Benefits

The OSI recognizes corporate use of, and participation in, open source development and communities is vital to overall success. OSI Corporate Sponsorship provides an open and transparent mechanism to allow corporations to show support for open source software, its development, and the activities of the OSI. Through OSI's work, the entire open source software community benefits.

Corporate participation enables the OSI to:

• raise awareness, across industries and sectors, as to the benefits of open source software, development and communities,
• educate those new to open source software, development and communities in the principles and practices that foster authentic participation, and thus the greatest returns,
• advocate for best practices and standards to ensure a community driven approach that enables the greatest level of collaboration and thus contributions,
• increase the diversity of stakeholders and viewpoints within the OSI and across the open source community,

Recognition

To acknowledge [Organization's Name] donation of [Sponsorship Amount], the OSI will:

• acknowledge [Organization's Name] as a “Premium Sponsor”, on all OSI publications, communications, promotions, etc. where corporate sponsorship is acknowledged,
• place the [Organization's Name] logo on all OSI publications, communications, promotions, etc. where corporate sponsorship is acknowledged,
• acknowledge [Organization's Name]'s sponsorship in our marketing and promotion efforts for, as well as during, OSI organized events,
• provide a hyperlink to [Organization's Name]'s website when included in electronic communications,
• share news and activities related to [Organization's Name]'s work in open source, and that are aligned with the OSI's mission [2], via our social media channels,
• promote to the OSI membership special opportunities, discounts, etc. from [Organization's Name] (i.e. "OSI Membership Benefits"),
• provide opportunities to participate in various OSI events, and
• consider other opportunities through [Organization's Name], that promote open source software, development and communities as they arise.

Thank you again for your sponsorship. It is only through the generous contributions of organizations like [Organization's Name] that the OSI can continue our important work to protect and promote open source software, development and communities, championing software freedom in society through education, collaboration, and infrastructure, stewarding the Open Source Definition (OSD), and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos inherent to the open source movement.

Nick Vidal
Development Director
Open Source Initiative
nick.vidal@opensource.org
opensource.org