Corporate & Foundation Support

Meeting Street’s dedication to goal attainment extends beyond helping children, young adults, and families reach their full potential. We also help corporations, foundations, and other organizations achieve their philanthropic, community service, and visibility goals by collaboratively matching their interests with our priorities.

We will be happy to explain the short- and long-term benefits of event sponsorship, operating or program support, endowed funds, gifts in kind, and volunteering your time and energy to serve our children, young adults, and families.

Event Sponsorships
Meeting Street’s Annual Telethon, viewed by thousands of friends and neighbors across Southeastern New England; our Annual Golf Tournament at the PGA-level Bay Club at Mattapoisett; and summertime Family Fair are just a few of the events that celebrate and bring visibility to corporate sponsors while also supporting educational and clinical services for Meeting Street’s children, young adults, and families. Contact Amanda McMullen by phone at (401) 533-9236, or by email at amcmullen@meetingstreet.org, for more information on these opportunities, sponsorship levels, and benefits.

Operating Support and Program Grants
Meeting Street depends on a wide variety of organizations to support critical educational, therapeutic, and community programs. Our Providence campus, Low Vision Clinic, Aquatic Therapy Program, and Visiting Artist Enrichment Program are just a few examples of projects that would not have been possible otherwise! We will be happy to speak with you to discuss how your corporation, foundation, or other organization can:

• Bring music and art to our students
• Provide equipment to help children develop physically, intellectually, and socially
• Underwrite scholarships for students enrolled in The Grace School’s inclusive classrooms
• Prepare very young children to excel in school
• Provide life skills training through on- and off-site experiences
• Keep our students fit, physically and socially through athletic activities
• Train and retain our top-notch professional educators and clinicians
• Support learning for children, young adults, parents, and professionals by sustaining the collections in the Library and Family Resource Center
• Unite children and young adults of all abilities for on- and off-site educational, recreational, and vocational experiences
• Create fun-filled and challenging outdoor play and recreational activities in a safe, fully accessible  environment
• Support many of the other day-to-day educational experiences and clinical treatments that improve long-term outcomes for the thousands of children and young adults benefiting by our services

Grantmakers will receive the following benefits:

$10,000 and above:

• Corporate logo and acknowledgement of the contribution on Meeting Street’s website
• Photographed check presentation and/or press release
• Opportunities for corporate employees to volunteer at Meeting Street
• Reduced rate to rent Meeting Street’s facilities for conferences or meetings
• Credit line and logo on signs and in publications, mailings, and other printed materials relating to the program you have supported
• Verbal acknowledgement at events and meetings relating to the program you have supported
• Acknowledgement in Meeting Street’s Annual Donor Report , available in print (1,500 distributed annually) and online
• Acknowledgement in Hands On  at Meeting Street, a newsletter circulated three times annually to approximately 12,000 individuals and organizations, including:
• Rhode Island representatives and senators
• Rhode Island specialists in pediatrics and rehabilitative services
• Rhode Island television, radio, and publishing firms
• Over 10,000 Meeting Street donors
• Meeting Street School alums for the past five years
• Principals, headmasters, and administrators of Rhode Island’s private schools

$5,000 - $9,999:

• Credit line and logo on signs and in publications, mailings, and other printed materials relating to the program you have supported
• Verbal acknowledgement at events and meetings relating to the program you have supported
• Acknowledgement in Meeting Street’s Annual Donor Report , available in print (1,500 distributed annually) and online
• Acknowledgement in Hands On  at Meeting Street, a newsletter circulated three times annually to approximately 12,000 individuals and organizations, including:
• Rhode Island representatives and senators
• Rhode Island specialists in pediatrics and rehabilitative services
• Rhode Island television, radio, and publishing firms
• Over 10,000 Meeting Street donors
• Meeting Street School alums for the past five years
• Principals, headmasters, and administrators of Rhode Island’s private school

For more information, please contact Michael Schrader, Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, either by phone at (401) 533-9232, or by e-mail at mschrader@meetingstreet.org.