How sponsors support the league.
Sponsorships from $250 to $25,000. Community gifts broaden the base; founding-tier gifts from $5,000 to $25,000 anchor the program. Funds underwrite equipment, championship travel, fee waivers, and coach stipends. School fees handle question licensing and basic operations.
Year 1 budget
Where sponsor dollars land
The $500 annual school fee covers Year 1 must-haves: incorporation, question licensing, and materials. The budget below shows what a full Year 1 looks like. Coach stipends, championship travel for HSNCT-qualifying teams, the buzzer-kit equipment pool, fee waivers, and the season-end banquet all rely on sponsor support. The Year 1 sponsor ask is roughly $11,000 at the 6-school minimum and roughly $23,750 at the 15-school target, small enough that a single Founding Capital sponsor at $25,000 can underwrite the inaugural season alone.
| 6 schoolsminimum to launch | 15 schoolsfull target | |
|---|---|---|
| Must-haves | ||
| Legal & incorporationFlorida nonprofit filing, 501(c)(3), bylaws review — Year 1 only; recurring fees thereafter are about $300/year | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Question licensingKAAC regular season + playoffs, NAQT championship | $1,500 | $3,500 |
| Materials, printingScoresheets, study guides, signage | $700 | $1,000 |
| Must-have floor | $3,700 | $6,000 |
| School fees revenue$500 per school | $3,000 | $7,500 |
| Sponsor-funded (priority order) | ||
| EquipmentBuzzer kits and scorekeeping for matches at Maclay; mostly one-time. Varies by what founding schools already own and can lend | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| Coach stipendsYear 1 target of $750 per coach. A modest recognition stipend, not a market wage; the Board's intent is to grow this in later years as sponsor support deepens | $4,500 | $11,250 |
| Championship travelHSNCT in Atlanta if teams qualify; top 15% of the field auto-qualifies | $1,500 | $5,000 |
| Fee waiversFor any school that needs one | $500 | $1,500 |
| Banquet, awardsSeason-end recognition | $750 | $1,500 |
| Sponsor-funded subtotal | $10,250 | $25,250 |
| Year 1 sponsor askTotal program cost minus school fees | $11,000 | $23,750 |
Legal and equipment are largely one-time. Once the league is incorporated and the buzzer kits are bought, the recurring annual ask drops by roughly $7,500 at the full-league size. Stipends, championship travel, fee waivers, and the season-end banquet are the ongoing sponsor-funded items year over year. Question licensing remains in the must-have base, primarily covered by school fees.
Beyond Year 1
What grows with the league
The Year 1 budget is deliberately conservative. As the league proves itself, the Board's intent is to expand the program in three directions, each contingent on continued sponsor support:
- Larger coach stipends. Year 1 target is $750 per coach. Year 2 target: $1,500. Year 3 and beyond: $2,000 or above as funding allows. Coaching this league is a real time commitment, and stipends should reflect that as soon as the program can support it.
- Student scholarships. Cash awards for the NAQT championship team and the regular-season Player of the Year, plus summer-camp scholarships that send promising students to KAAC or NAQT academies. Year 1 recognizes finishers with trophies; Year 2 and beyond add scholarship dollars.
- A permanent equipment pool. Year 1 relies on a mix of founding-school loans and league-purchased buzzer kits. By Year 2 or 3, the Board's goal is a league-owned equipment pool stored at Maclay so equipment access is never the barrier for a school considering joining.
Year 1 is the proof point. Year 2 and Year 3 sponsor commitments scale with what the program has demonstrated.
Sponsorship
Tiers
Community sponsorships ($250 to $2,500) broaden the base; founding-tier sponsorships ($5,000 to $25,000) anchor the program. Local businesses, Maclay parents, neighborhood law and dental practices, and individual donors are welcome at any level.
Community sponsorship
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Friend
$250
Listing in every season program and on the league's website sponsor page.
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Booster
$500
Listing in season programs and on the website, plus verbal acknowledgment at the season-end banquet.
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Supporter
$1,000
Small logo on the website sponsor page and in every season program, plus banquet acknowledgment.
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Partner
$2,500
Logo on the website sponsor page, in season programs, and on January NAQT championship event materials.
Founding sponsorship
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Founding Friend
$5,000
Logo placement in the website footer on every page, listing in season programs, and direct support for fee waivers at schools that need them.
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Founding Partner
$10,000
Logo placement in the website footer on every page, across the season program, and on the January NAQT championship event materials.
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Founding Capital
$25,000
Names the league's inaugural season. Logo placement in the website footer on every page, in every match-night program, on the league letterhead, and at the season-end award presentation.
The League is all-volunteer; it will never hire full-time staff. There is no organizational overhead. Every sponsorship dollar flows directly into the program.
Get involved
Discuss a sponsorship.
Email the coordinator or send a message through the contact form. A printed one-pager is available on request.