Sponsor or partner with us
We work with gear brands, shops, resorts, lodging providers and local businesses. Here is the 2027 offer: what each level costs, what comes back to you, and what we can use in kind.
The 2027 offer
Email us about partneringBase, $500 and up, cash minimum None, up to 100% gear
- Your name and logo on our sponsor wall, linked to your site
- Your name in every IST newsletter, about 23 issues from September to March
- A season-end thank-you, and your product credited to you at our raffles
- Your own season report each spring
- Raffles and fundraising
- Winter gear, and experiences such as guided trips or stays. Never size specific: a certificate the winner redeems in their own size works.
- Lodging
- A percentage off stays near our partner mountains.
- Volunteer and member discounts
- Discounted education for volunteers, such as Wilderness First Responder and AIARE. For members, a code or an online offer, since there is no way to check membership at a counter.
Gear toward a rental fleet is taken as a donation, in bulk, rather than counted toward a level: touring skis, splitboards, bindings that fit every boot, splitboard bindings, boots, adjustable poles and skins. We place the fleets where they are needed most.
Treeline, $1,000 and up, cash minimum $500
- Your name and logo on our sponsor wall, linked to your site
- Your name in every IST newsletter, about 23 issues from September to March
- A season-end thank-you, and your product credited to you at our raffles
- Your own season report each spring
- Your logo on one program series’ pages
- A sponsor line in that series’ confirmation emails
- Raffles and fundraising
- Winter gear, and experiences such as guided trips or stays. Never size specific: a certificate the winner redeems in their own size works.
- Lodging
- A percentage off stays near our partner mountains.
- Volunteer and member discounts
- Discounted education for volunteers, such as Wilderness First Responder and AIARE. For members, a code or an online offer, since there is no way to check membership at a counter.
Gear toward a rental fleet is taken as a donation, in bulk, rather than counted toward a level: touring skis, splitboards, bindings that fit every boot, splitboard bindings, boots, adjustable poles and skins. We place the fleets where they are needed most.
Alpine, $2,500 and up, cash minimum $1,250
- Your name and logo on our sponsor wall, linked to your site
- Your name in every IST newsletter, about 23 issues from September to March
- A season-end thank-you, and your product credited to you at our raffles
- Your own season report each spring
- Your logo on every program series’ pages
- A sponsor line in one series’ confirmation emails
- Naming on three program days
- A table at one of our three events
- A newsletter spotlight written with you
- Raffles and fundraising
- Winter gear, and experiences such as guided trips or stays. Never size specific: a certificate the winner redeems in their own size works.
- Lodging
- A percentage off stays near our partner mountains.
- Volunteer and member discounts
- Discounted education for volunteers, such as Wilderness First Responder and AIARE. For members, a code or an online offer, since there is no way to check membership at a counter.
- Outfitting our guides and volunteers
- Our two guides, who participants look to for advice, and a 2027 roster of 4 mountain coordinators, 30 or more lead volunteers and about 70 assistants.
Gear toward a rental fleet is taken as a donation, in bulk, rather than counted toward a level: touring skis, splitboards, bindings that fit every boot, splitboard bindings, boots, adjustable poles and skins. We place the fleets where they are needed most.
Alpine names three program days. Each series runs as a set of individual program days, often at different mountains. Once the 2027 calendar is set, Alpine and Summit sponsors receive the dates and locations and pick in the order they committed.
Days within every program series are open for naming:
Summit, $5,000 and up, cash minimum $2,500
- Your name and logo on our sponsor wall, linked to your site
- Your name in every IST newsletter, about 23 issues from September to March
- A season-end thank-you, and your product credited to you at our raffles
- Your own season report each spring
- Your logo on every program series’ pages
- A sponsor line in every series’ confirmation emails
- Naming one full series, every day of it, for the season
- A table at all three of our events
- A newsletter spotlight written with you
- A content piece made together
- Mid-season and season-end check-ins
- First rights of renewal
- Raffles and fundraising
- Winter gear, and experiences such as guided trips or stays. Never size specific: a certificate the winner redeems in their own size works.
- Lodging
- A percentage off stays near our partner mountains.
- Volunteer and member discounts
- Discounted education for volunteers, such as Wilderness First Responder and AIARE. For members, a code or an online offer, since there is no way to check membership at a counter.
- Outfitting our guides and volunteers
- Our two guides, who participants look to for advice, and a 2027 roster of 4 mountain coordinators, 30 or more lead volunteers and about 70 assistants.
Gear toward a rental fleet is taken as a donation, in bulk, rather than counted toward a level: touring skis, splitboards, bindings that fit every boot, splitboard bindings, boots, adjustable poles and skins. We place the fleets where they are needed most.
Summit names one full series, every day of it, for the season. Each series runs as a set of individual program days, often at different mountains. Once the 2027 calendar is set, Alpine and Summit sponsors receive the dates and locations and pick in the order they committed.
Every program series is open for naming:
Every level includes everything in the levels below it. Above Base, at least half is cash; the rest can be gear or services at wholesale value, where they replace something we would otherwise buy.
501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 87-1176554
Who you reach
We put people on snow who are not currently in the market for anything, and we put them there with a positive first experience and somebody trustworthy standing next to them. Of the people who came out with us in 2026, 71% were touring for the first time.
They arrive on rented gear and leave ready to buy: 52% were on rentals on the day, and 35% bought touring gear afterward or plan to. Most people start on resort and progress into the backcountry, and most come back. That is a genuinely new audience rather than a reshuffled one.
Our 2027 season costs $91,787 to run and program fees cover about 29%. $64,941 has to be raised through sponsorship, donations and grants.
Our on-snow plans for 2027
Sponsorship or donation
The difference between them is what comes back to you, and that is what decides how each is treated for tax.
Sponsorship
You receive the benefits above: your name and logo on the sponsor wall, in every newsletter, on program pages and in confirmation emails, and naming rights at Alpine and Summit. Because benefits come back to you, the IRS treats a sponsorship as a business expense, normally advertising or marketing, rather than a charitable gift. We send a written acknowledgment of what you gave.
Donation
You receive no sponsorship benefits. Nothing comes back to you, so your gift is a tax deductible charitable contribution, in cash or in gear, and we send a written acknowledgment for the full amount. We recognize you on a supporter wall on this site, built like the sponsor wall and using the same four levels and dollar values, so a $2,500 gift is listed as an Alpine supporter.
Tell us which fits your business and we will set it up that way. Inclusive Ski Touring is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 87-1176554.
What we ask
We welcome conversations to discuss this, and we want to work with your brand or organization to figure out a partnership that works for both parties while also respecting each of our other sponsors and their respective levels.
Our 2026 partners
These are the brands, shops, resorts, lodging partners and local businesses who backed our 2026 season with cash, in-kind gear, lodging and services, each in the level they supported at.
The evidence
Before you decide, read the numbers. Ask us for the 2027 partnership document and we will send it. Our 2026 impact report has the methodology, and our transparency page has the filings.
Related
Updated September 4, 2026.