Sponsorship Opportunities

Team Indiana Elite is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and contributions are fully deductible on donors' federal tax returns.  100% of all donations go directly to athlete support.

Our key need is additional travel funding to enable our athletes to participate in elite, high level, national and international competitions.

How to contribute:

--Donate via Pay Pal


--Send a donation to us at:

    Team Indiana Elite
    P.O. Box 7592
    Bloomington, IN  47407

--Sponsor a specific competition or athlete (contact Robert Chapman at rfchapma@indiana.edu for details)

--Corporate sponsorships
We are planning to add 2-3 new videos a week to our website, starting in January, which will focus on the group and their training for the Olympic Trials.  Similar video features have generated 5,000+ unique hits to other websites, making sponsorship of our group a potential ad vehicle for targeting the niche running market.

 

Why your support is so important:

Team Indiana Elite was created in January 2007 to meet a significant need in the post-collegiate distance running community.  Historically, graduating collegiate distance athletes with marks fast enough to qualify for the USATF Championships or the US Olympic Trials could count on marginal financial support from shoe companies.  The $5,000 to $10,000 shoe contracts that once existed, enabled dozens of new post-collegians to continue high level training without full time work and provided travel support to elite competitions around the country.  However, in the last few years, the marketing strategies of many shoe companies has shifted away from broader support at modest levels, and more  towards high dollar sponsorship of a handful of marquee athletes.  As a result, recent college graduates with times in the top 25 in the nation are left with fewer support mechanisms and a difficult decision about how to stay in the sport and pursue their Olympic dreams.

Thanks to our partnership with Indiana University and Brooks, we are able to provide housing, coaching, facility access, equipment, and some travel support to select members of our group.  However, our travel needs require additional support.

 

We appreciate your consideration for support of this very talented group of deserving young men and women.

 

 

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