SPONSORSHIP OPPRTUNITIES
ONE SEED AT A TIME:
GROWING CHOICE, BELONGING, AND POSSIBILITIES
GROWING CHOICE, BELONGING, AND POSSIBILITIES
Sponsorship Opportunities
Eat & Evolve is more than an event — it's a direct investment in youth across Chicago. Your sponsorship helps fund Project TEN kits, therapeutic garden programs, and storytelling platforms that center joy, healing, and dignity.
As a sponsor, your brand is woven into an evening led by Chicago’s most respected chefs and aligned with a community of leaders who believe in transformation through relationship.
As a sponsor, your brand is woven into an evening led by Chicago’s most respected chefs and aligned with a community of leaders who believe in transformation through relationship.
- $50,000
LEGACY
- Exclusive Champagne Bar & Bites Experience in the historic BSH Vault
- Private Dinner with Chef Sebastian White + guest chef (date coordinated separately)
- On-stage recognition and logo placement at the event
- Top billing in TEN’s 2025 Annual Video
- Official sponsor of TEN’s podcast By Accident, Choice, or Grace
- Lunch & Learn experience for your team, catered by The Paramount Group
- Positions your company as a Featured Sponsor of TEN’s Spring 2026 Farmers Market (with media visibility)
WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE- Delivers 500 Project TEN kits to youth — featuring video lessons and QR-coded meal inspiration
- Funds a full-time Horticulture Instructor to lead land-based therapeutic experiences
- Supports 30 classes for CPS students over the course of the year, including a spring 2026 farmer’s market
- $25,000
CULTIVATOR
- Recognition at Eat & Evolve 2025 as a Supporting Sponsor
- Co-branded signage at TEN’s Spring 2026 Farmers Market
- Mention in TEN’s 2025 Annual Video
- Co-sponsorship of 3 podcast episodes (By Accident, Choice, or Grace)
- Lunch & Learn experience hosted at your company
WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE- Provides 250 Project TEN video-based ingredient kits for youth
- Supports expansion of TEN’s therapeutic culinary and horticulture modules
- $15,000
ROOT
- Recognition at Eat & Evolve 2025 (event signage + printed collateral)
- Logo placement on Project TEN packaging + QR sheet
- Co-sponsorship of 1 episode of TEN’s podcast By Accident, Choice, or Grace
- Lunch & Learn opportunity for your team
WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE- Supports garden expansion at a TEN partner school
- Amplifies student voices through TEN’s multimedia storytelling efforts
- $10,000
SPROUT
- Recognition on Eat & Evolve digital event materials
- Logo featured on printed materials for Project TEN kits
- Mention in TEN’s 2025 Annual Video
WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE- Funds seasonal supplies for culinary and gardening experiences
- Supports creative tools that make youth programming joyful, hands-on, and healing-centered
- $5,000
SEED
- Logo featured on Eat & Evolve event signage and TEN website
- Mention in TEN’s quarterly donor newsletter
- Recognition in TEN’s Instagram Story Highlight during the event
WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE- Provides cooking tools, soil kits, and sensory supplies for one full classroom site
- Helps create safe, welcoming spaces where students feel seen and supported through food and nature
EVENT SPONSORS
| WHERE YOUR SUPPORT GOES Your investment directly fuels programs that center healing, joy, and growth for youth across Chicago.
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| WHY IT MATTERS The Evolved Network doesn’t just teach cooking — it cultivates connection, consistency, and care in the lives of youth across Chicago. In 2024, your support helped us reach:
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| WHO IS WITH US Select 2024 Funders Include: NBA Foundation, Chicago Beyond, Wayfarer Foundation, Dr. Scholl Foundation, J.R. Albert Lumpkin Family Foundation, Christopher Family Foundation, Ford Philanthropy, Margot L. Pritzker Fund, The Paramount Events, KPMG, Frechette Family Foundation, Women Unite, The Chicago Community Trust, William Blair, Northern Trust, Mariano's, Fresh Taste, The Veraison Project, Achieve Twin Cities. |
LET'S GROW SOMETHING THAT LASTS — TOGETHER
To learn more or customize a sponsorship package, please contact us: sebastianevolved@gmail.com
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