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Save a Heart Gala Sponsorships & Tickets

Help create and celebrate groundbreaking discoveries that become new treatments, increase survival rates, and inspire hope for families facing the most complicated heart defects.

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Ticket Sales Have Closed

Thank you for your interest in attending the 2024 Save A Heart Superhero Gala! Due to an overwhelming response, ticket sales have now closed and we will not be able to accommodate ticket sales at the door. You can still be a part of the excitement by registering now for our free livestream.

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Sponsorship Levels

For more information on the following top-level sponsorships or to purchase one of them, please contact Leah Zientek at 616-401-6362 or [email protected]

$30,000 (receipted at $28,550*)

  • Reserved table for 10 at the Save A Heart Gala
  • Premium full-page ad placement in event program (inside front or back cover)
  • Logo recognition on event website, invitation, photo backdrop, auction paddles, printed and digital signage, and stage banners**
  • Logo recognition on digital invitation and all event communications
  • Spotlight Facebook post(s)
  • Formal introduction from stage with option to speak and welcome guests
  • Logo on slideshow during event
  • Recognition in event press release
  • Exclusive in-person invitation for four people to virtual sponsor pre-party

$25,000 (receipted at $24,000*)

  • Reserved table for 10 at the Save A Heart Gala
  • Full-page advertisement in event program
  • Logo recognition on event website, photo backdrop, printed and digital signage, and stage banners** 
  • Logo recognition on digital invitation and all event communications
  • Spotlight Facebook post(s)
  • Verbal recognition from the stage
  • Logo recognition on slideshow during event
  • Invitation to virtual sponsor pre-party

$15,000 (receipted at $14,200*)

  • Reserved table for eight at the Save A Heart Gala
  • Half-page advertisement in event program
  • Logo recognition on event website, photo backdrop, printed and digital signage** 
  • Shared Facebook post(s)
  • Logo recognition on slideshow during event
  • Invitation to virtual sponsor pre-party

$10,000 (receipted at $9,200*)

  • Reserved table for eight at the Save A Heart Gala
  • Half-page advertisement in event program
  • Logo recognition on event website and photo backdrop**
  • Shared Facebook post(s) 
  • Logo recognition on slideshow during event
  • Invitation to virtual sponsor pre-party

$5,000 (receipted at $4,600*)

  • Reserved seating for 4 people
  • Quarter-page advertisement in the event program
  • Name recognition on event website
  • Shared social media posts @UMsaveaheart and @MottChildren Facebook pages.
  • Name on slideshow during event
  • Invitation to virtual sponsor pre-party

$2,500 (receipted at $2,300*)

  • Reserved seating for two at the Save A Heart Gala
  • Name recognition in event program
  • Name recognition on website
  • Name recognition on shared social media post
  • Recognition during event

$125 (receipted at $25*)

  • One ticket to Save A Heart Gala

*Based on Fair Market Value

**Sponsorship levels must be confirmed by December 15, 2023, for inclusion in digital communications, and by January 12, 2024, for inclusion in print and on-site event collateral.

Your gift may constitute a gift for endowment. Distributions from endowed funds will be made in accordance with the university’s then-existing endowment distribution policy.

The Regents of the University of Michigan is a tax-exempt charitable organization under IRC 501(c)(3), Tax ID No. 38-6006309. The university will receipt gifts made to it, including its health system, and will acknowledge any goods and services received by the donor, such as tickets for sponsorships. Donors should consult their tax advisors for personal tax advice.