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[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

The Cleveland Clinic is one of America's finest not-for-profit private hospitals -- like one of the five best in the country. It's big, with 1,600 doctors on staff, and has a huge endowment (think billions of dollars). As a not-for-profit they are much more likely to be a seeker of donations than a grantor. Not surprisingly, their outreach programs are all about medicine and health: http://cms.clevelandclinic.org/community/.

Go for it, but you will probably get more donations from private companies than from this big hospital. (Actually, they run many hospitals...)

Thanks for the info. I'll take it into consideration. That was just one that I named. I'm not trying to ask for thousands from a company if they don't have it to give. We're working on different sponsorship levels right now.

[Brandon Holley]

You must also consider that companies aren't necessarily sponsoring you because you are going to help them in some way, but they are investing in the future, they know this (or at least they should) when sponsoring your team. Engineers are everywhere, and a good headed member of the board of directors should be able to see that investing in your future is an investment in their future too.