Female Strong / YEA! Chicago Program Partnerships 2021 – 2022

Where Girls Can See What They Can Be

At Female Strong, we LOVE win/win program partnerships and are committed to putting on high level quality programs and events for girls virtually or in person. We serve middle and high school girls predominately in Chicagoland, but with our virtual programming options we been able to expand the footprint that we serve.

We are including some program partnership opportunities, but if you are not finding one that resonates with you, please reach out to our CEO, Jody LaVoie at jlavoie@femalestrong.org and together we can explore the right opportunity.

We do this by building confidence and teaching GRIT!!

Current Sponsorship Opportunities

Video / Photographer Sponsor – CEO Roundtable, Investor Panel, YEA! Girls in the Fall
Event Opportunities for our Girls to attend – Are you hosting an event that would be of interest to our girls and would you be able to allow us to extend invitations to them to attend.
F & B – CEO Roundtable, Investor Panel, Strong Stories, fundraiser, YEA! Girls Pizza Party
Location Host – CEO Roundtable, Investor Panel, Strong Stories, fundraiser
Field Trip Hosts – YEA! Class
Public Relations
Graphic Designers
Tax Preparation
Field trip Location Sites

Sponsorship Programs

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Young Entrepreneur’s Academy (YEA!) Chicago

Partnership levels at $50K and $25K for the overall YEA! Program

This 24-week program assists girls in building a business culminating in an Investor Panel where they have an opportunity to receive seed funding. It is held from October – April each year. Annually, we award @$10K to our girls to launch their businesses. We want to be able to expand this program to serve even more girls, especially those in underserved neighborhoods in Chicago. Click here for more information.

YEA! CEO Roundtable

$5K

Next CEO Roundtable to be held February 2022.

YEA! Investor Panel

$10K

This is our premier YEA! event representing the culmination of our YEA! program and brings esteemed business leaders as our “Sharks” on the panel. This event brings @ 125 attendees. Click here for more information.

Next Investor Panel to be held March 2022.

Click here for more information on becoming a 2021 YEA! Investor Panel Judge

Thank you to our 2021 Investor Panel Sponsors!

YEA! Sponsor a Student

$2.5K

This covers all of the costs associated with educating one of our girls for the program.

Business Blast

$2.5K, $1K

In this program, girls continue to expand their businesses with custom curated curriculum, mentorship and accountability. Click here for more information.

2021 & 2022 – Held twice annually – June and January

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IDEA Camp

$5K, $2.5K, $1K

This is a program open to middle school girls who want to spark their curiosity, build their confidence and soar. The 2021 program will be virtual with @ 50 attendees and the 2022 program will be in person with @ 30 attendees. Click here for more information.

Idea Camp 2021 – July 12 – 16

Book Groups

$1K

Our virtual book groups have been a hit. With interactive discussion surrounding topics that are all based on instilling confidence, entrepreneurship, social enterprise and girls just rocking it!! These groups have @ 25 attendees. Click here for more information.

Summer 2021. Two book groups starting June 21 and July 28

Summer 2022. Two book groups starting June and July

Workshops

Annual Sponsorship $5K, $2.5K, Monthly Sponsor $1K or $500

“Excellence from the Inside Out” This monthly workshop series brings girls and girls and caregivers together to explore topics that nurture the spark within themselves to ignite the fire to better prepare them for all the twists and turns that life throws at them. These groups have @25 attendees. Click here for more information.

2021 Monthly starting in June

2022 Monthly

Interested in a customized sponsorship package? Contact us below to discuss the ways your business can work with Female Strong to empower girls.

Contact About Custom Sponsorship Opportunities