Sponsor a seat.
A seat is a person in a cohort — the meal, the materials, the credential test fee, the stipend hour. Your money builds a person, not a sentiment.
Put your name across the city.
Our first activation, The Preview, drew 250+ guests in under 10 days. Now we take it across the city and beyond, and your logo and brand travel with us to every activation. Here is what that looks like.
In good company
Sponsored byShay by Le Portier
Wolfpack Management presentsFlame & Flavor
- What we do
- We activate places across the city and beyond: a mobile fine arts and fashion gallery that turns a space into a scene.
- Where
- Wherever the city needs us. Each activation lands in a new place, with partners who care about that block.
- The proof
- Our first activation, The Preview on October 9, 2026, drew 250+ guests in under 10 days.
- The art
- Philadelphia artists, one piece each and the story behind it, at every activation.
Six ways in, starting at $250.
Start here
Friend of the Activations
$250
- Your name on the sponsor board at one activation
- Your name on that activation's page and recap
- 1 guest on the list
Tier 1
Supporter
$500
- Your logo on the sponsor board at one activation
- Your logo on the activation page and recap
- A thank-you from the floor
- 2 guests on the list
Tier 2
Activation Sponsor
$1,500
- Everything in Supporter
- Your logo on the step-and-repeat and screens
- Your logo in our countdown and recap posts
- 4 guests on the list
Tier 3
Activation Partner
$3,500
- Everything in Activation Sponsor
- A display table or product showcase at the activation
- Your logo on the flyer and the RSVP confirmation
- 6 guests on the list
Tier 4 · one per activation
Presenting Sponsor
$7,500
- Everything in Activation Partner
- “Presented by” your company on the activation
- Your banner at the activation site
- A moment at the microphone
- 10 guests, and first call on the next activation
The series
Series Partner
By conversation
- Any tier, carried across a run of activations
- Your brand travels with us across the city and beyond
- One agreement, one point of contact
- First call on each new activation
Materials count.
Lumber, drywall, paint, lighting and hardware used to build the artist capsules count toward any tier at fair value. The capsule you help build carries your name for its full three-week run.
Before, during and after every activation.
- Before
- Your logo on the activation page and in our countdown, on citytrustcenter.org and @citytrustcenter.
- At the activation
- The sponsor board, the step-and-repeat and screens, your table, and a thank-you from the floor in front of the room.
- After
- Recap photos and video with your brand in the room, yours to post. Sponsors get first call on the next activation.
Where it goes. Every activation is a fundraiser for the CITY Trust Hub for Humanity Legacy Center, a registered nonprofit. Its construction pathway ends in OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 credentials: the next crews on your job sites.
- 1Pick a tier.
- 2Send your logo.
- 3We send the invoice and your guest list link.
Your money doesn't fund a feeling. It buys a seat, a meal, a credential — a future.
Never "donate to support us." Always what the money builds.
A Credential
The test fee and prep for one named certification a stranger can verify.
A Cohort Seat
A full seat: the meal, the materials, the credential test, the stipend hours — start to finish.
Fund a seat. Present an activation. Capitalize the vehicle.
Sponsor a Seat
The meal, the materials, the credential test and the stipend hours for one cohort seat. Fund a seat and see the exit results and portfolio at the showcase.
Present an Activation
Your logo and brand presented at our activations throughout the city and beyond: signage, the step-and-repeat, screens, recap pages and social.
Capitalize the Vehicle
Not underwriting a single program: facilitators, portfolio infrastructure, certification costs, and apprenticeship placements — with traceable outcomes on a fixed cadence.
Sequence and proportion. Never amounts.
Grants start it. Ownership keeps it.
Grants fund yield one. Earned contracts are the facets doing paid work. Owned assets are yield two — the part that compounds.
Illustrative model of the Center's design. Not a forecast. No amounts shown.
Every hour pays twice.
The Wage
Pays the same day — a stipend hour, a paycheck, cash in hand. The first yield keeps the lights on and the fridge full.
The Asset
Keeps earning — a credential with a serial number, a portfolio, a harvest, a domain, equity in the place you helped build. The second yield is what makes the Center permanent.
The second yield is what makes the Center permanent — and what makes a funder a partner, not a donor.
Ready to sponsor a seat?
Gifts go directly to C.I.T.Y. Trust Hub for Humanity Legacy Center. Until the giving platform lands, submit an inquiry and we'll follow up with the giving flow.
Start the giving inquiryGifts are made to C.I.T.Y. Trust Hub for Humanity Legacy Center, a registered nonprofit in Pennsylvania.