Elyse Meardon is proud of her work with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN) - and rightfully so. As managing director of CMN’s signature dance marathon program, she and her team are stewards of the fastest growing peer-to-peer fundraiser in the country! 

But even with the programs incredible success, particularly with peer-to-peer fundraising from event participants, there was a clear area for growth: sponsorship....

For nearly two decades Operation Warm has had a simple mission: to provide children in need with the gift of brand new winter coats. The nonprofit works directly with manufacturers to create their own line of warm, colorful winter coats made just for kids.

Since 1998, Operation Warm has provided coats to over 2 million children across the United States.

Traditional grants from companies have played a major role in helping Operation Warm achieve its mission. However, after an uptick in company requests for sponsorship and cause marketing in 2016, Operation Warm created a dedicated team to focus on corporate partnerships.

With a growing national brand, and solid organizational footprints in Philadelphia and Chicago, Operation Warm turned to Catalist to expand their regional and national corporate relationships.

Heading into the new year, Stefanie Mathew, Vice President of Corporate Partnerships at the National Park Foundation (NPF), knew the nonprofit had a strong wind at its back.

As the official charity of America’s national parks, NPF is a top performer in corporate partnerships, and others have taken notice. With outdoor retailer REI, NPF was awarded the 2017 Golden Halo Award in the best environmental campaign category at the Engage for Good Conference in June. And NPF was a finalist for best corporate brand by the Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association.

But Stefanie knew that NPF could do better...