Become a Sponsor

Pearl:  $100,000

Program Opportunities

• Annual Corporate Membership

• Facilitate WEBENC workshop

• Access to 450+ WBEs
• Sponsor multi-week incubator program

Event Opportunities

• Presenting sponsor of a CWE major event

• Pearl sponsorship benefits at all CWE major events

• WOCBS planning committee participation
• Speaking opportunity at annual appreciation event

Promotion

• Logo featured on CWE homepage

• Social media spotlight

• Video on CWE YouTube channel
• Corporate link on CWE homepage
• Sponsor logo on program workshop materials
• PR announcement and engagement event

Volunteering

• Enhanced volunteer engagement

Diamond:  $75,000

Program Opportunities

• Annual Corporate Membership

• Facilitate WEBENC workshop

• Access to 450+ WBEs
• Sponsor multi-week incubator program

Event Opportunities

• WOCBS planning committee participation

• Platinum sponsorship benefits at WBLC/WOCBS

• Champion sponsorship benefits at annual Gala

Promotion

• Corporate link on CWE homepage

• Sponsor logo on program workshop materials

• Featured in select promotional materials

• Letter of support on CWE website

Volunteering

• Standard volunteer engagement

Emerald:  $50,000

Program Opportunities

• Annual Corporate Membership
• Sponsor individual program workshop

Event Opportunities

• Gold sponsorship benefits at WBLC/WOCBS
  Inspire sponsorship benefits at annual Gala

Promotion

• Corporate link on CWE homepage

Volunteering

• Standard volunteer engagement

Sapphire:  $25,000

Program Opportunities

• Annual Corporate Membership

Event Opportunities

• Silver sponsorship benefits at WBLC/WOCBS

Promotion

• Logo available on CWE homepage

Volunteering

• Standard volunteer engagement

Annual program sponsorships range from $5,000 to $15,000.

Sponsoring a CWE class or program helps us continue to offer scholarships to low-income clients as well as offset our direct program expenses. CWE classes and programs vary in topic, location, audience, frequency, and size, providing your company a variety of sponsorship options to meet your business objectives. Program sponsorships include various benefits, depending on sponsorship level, including:

• Recognition in email and social media promotion for program(s)
• Logo in any printed materials related to program(s)
• Logo on PowerPoint title slide in CWE training room for duration of program(s)
• Complimentary ticket(s) to CWE's Annual Women Business Leaders Conference

For more information about CWE program sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Development Department at 617-532-0261.

Annual membership dues: $3,000

Is your company committed to supplier diversity?

Partnering with CWE-WBENC enables your organization to deepen its connection to a diverse marketplace, gain access to qualified, WBENC-certified women-owned vendors, and network with other supplier diversity professionals. Learn more about CWE-WBENC.

Benefits of CWE-WBENC Corporate Membership:

WBE Sourcing

• Access to a regional pool of talented, qualified WBENC-certified women-owned suppliers in hundreds of industries via WBENCLink, a members-only, password-protected, searchable online database
• Special invitations to participate in regional and national sourcing and supplier development events, including “Matchmaking” and mentoring
• Possibility for greater value and higher quality goods and services through WBE vendors
• Easy way to meet specific customer and/or government supplier diversity requirements

Impact & Recognition

• Direct impact on economic development in local communities
• National and regional recognition by stakeholders and communities of good corporate citizenship, including visibility on CWE and WBENC websites and marketing materials

Best Practices

• Guidance from WBENC as well as other supplier diversity professionals in developing and/or enhancing your supplier diversity program and keeping abreast of trends in supplier diversity**
• Access to other supplier diversity and procurement professionals from over 600 corporations, government entities, and academic institutions through WBENC’s online membership directory
• Other resources to help make doing business with WBEs easier

**As a CWE-WBENC Corporate Member, you may appoint a key contact to represent your organization on CWE-WBENC’s Corporate Council. Meeting quarterly and offering participation in other events throughout the year, the Council provides the ideal forum to advance the dialogue and partnership among corporations, WBE suppliers, and CWE.

Download CWE-WBENC Corporate Membership Form [PDF, 93KB]

Click here to view CWE-WBENC Corporate Members 

For more information about CWE-WBENC Corporate Membership, contact Melinda Leon, via email or at 617-532-0244.

Special event sponsorships range from $1,500 to $50,000 for CWE premiere events and $250 to $2,500 for small CWE events.

Every year, CWE holds events that connect us to our community, raise awareness, and build support for the programs and services we offer to support women entrepreneurs, regardless of ability to pay.

Our events attract leaders from New England's legal, finance, venture, and education communities, burgeoning women entrepreneurs, established certified women-owned business owners, and influential supporters and partners of CWE.

As a sponsor of one of these events, your company will be recognized as a supporter of small businesses in our community, particularly those owned by women.

Event sponsorships include various benefits, depending on sponsorship level: