Why Companies Partner with Brave Like Me
Today's businesses are looking for more than charitable giving opportunities. They want authentic partnerships that align with their values, engage employees, strengthen their communities, and demonstrate meaningful corporate social responsibility.
Brave Like Me provides opportunities for companies to:
- Support children with complex medical conditions.
- Strengthen employee engagement and workplace culture.
- Create meaningful volunteer experiences.
- Participate in family-centered community initiatives.
- Demonstrate corporate social responsibility (CSR).
- Support children's hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses.
- Increase community visibility through strategic sponsorships.
- Build long-term relationships with a growing nonprofit making a national impact.
Together, we create partnerships that benefit children, families, employees, and communities.
Corporate Giving Opportunities
Every business is different, which is why we offer flexible partnership opportunities designed around your company's goals.
Corporate Sponsorships
- Support signature programs, annual events, or new initiatives that help children and families experience joy during difficult medical journeys.
Employee Giving Programs
- Encourage charitable giving through payroll deductions, workplace giving campaigns, matching gifts, and annual employee fundraising initiatives.
Matching Gift Programs
- Many employers match charitable donations made by their employees, doubling or even tripling the impact of every gift.
Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Give employees the opportunity to volunteer during paid work hours while assembling Brave Bags, preparing Brayden's Books, supporting community events, or helping create unforgettable experiences for children.
Volunteer Grants
- Many employers donate financial contributions based on employee volunteer hours. These programs, often called Dollars for Doers, provide another meaningful way to support Brave Like Me.
Event Sponsorships
- Sponsor community events, fundraising galas, golf outings, adaptive recreation experiences, and family celebrations that bring people together around a shared mission.
In-Kind Giving
- Businesses can donate products, services, equipment, transportation, printing, technology, professional expertise, or other resources that directly support our programs.
Your Partnership Creates Real Impact
Every corporate partnership helps Brave Like Me expand programs that serve children and families across the country.
Your support may help:
- Reunite hospitalized children with the pets they miss through Brave Pets.
- Deliver comforting books to Ronald McDonald Houses and children's hospitals through Brayden's Books.
- Create inclusive Brave Friends Adventures where children with medical complexity experience friendship, adventure, and belonging.
- Develop innovative programs that improve the hospital experience for children and families.
- Expand services into additional children's hospitals and communities nationwide.
Together, we are creating more moments of courage, connection, and joy.
Why Corporate Giving Matters
Corporate philanthropy has evolved beyond charitable donations. Today's businesses recognize that investing in local communities strengthens employee engagement, enhances company culture, builds customer trust, and creates measurable social impact.
By partnering with Brave Like Me, your company joins a growing community of organizations committed to helping children live without limits despite complex medical conditions.
Whether your organization serves customers locally, regionally, or nationally, your partnership helps ensure more children experience hope, friendship, and unforgettable moments during some of life's most difficult seasons.
Frequently Asked Questions About Corporate Giving
What is corporate giving?
- Corporate giving is financial or in-kind support provided by businesses to nonprofit organizations through sponsorships, grants, employee giving programs, matching gifts, volunteer initiatives, workplace campaigns, or charitable partnerships.
What types of businesses partner with Brave Like Me?
- We welcome partnerships with businesses of every size, from local family-owned companies to national corporations. Many of our partners support children's healthcare, employee engagement, community development, education, or family-centered initiatives.
Can our employees volunteer together?
- Absolutely. Corporate volunteer groups help assemble Brave Bags, prepare Brayden's Books, support community events, organize supplies, and participate in other meaningful volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
Does Brave Like Me offer sponsorship opportunities?
- Yes. Businesses can sponsor signature programs, fundraising events, adaptive recreation experiences, hospital initiatives, educational programs, and other opportunities that directly benefit children and families.
Can our company support more than one program?
- Yes. Many corporate partners choose to support multiple initiatives, including Brave Pets, Brayden's Books, Brave Friends Adventures, volunteer programs, matching gifts, and fundraising events.
How can our company become a corporate partner?
- The first step is simply starting a conversation. We'll learn about your company's goals, community priorities, employee engagement initiatives, and philanthropic interests to build a partnership that creates meaningful impact for everyone involved.
Together We Build Braver Communities
Every successful partnership begins with a shared belief that children deserve hope, friendship, and joy regardless of the medical challenges they face.
When your company partners with Brave Like Me, you become part of a growing community of businesses, employees, volunteers, and families working together to create brighter days for children with complex medical conditions.
Together, we can build stronger communities, engage employees in meaningful service, and create moments of uninhibited joy that children and families will remember for a lifetime.
