A leading partner advancing the mission.

• Every major promotion, program and campaign reads “Heroes Defense, proudly presented by your

company.” 6+ events.

• Your logo on signage, website homepage, radio, print, movie theater advertising, every event

program, and all event marketing. Organic social presence (4+ dedicated posts).

• 10 x 10 Vendor Booth/Spot at Community Event.

• HD Event Challenge Coin, personalized appreciation plaque, personal letter from military members,

and employee volunteer engagement. Signed gift from the speakers. Exclusive Vanguard Partner Badge.

• Presenting Partner recognition at the 9/11 Tribute, Block Party and Military Ball, VIP table for 8 plus a premium box (seats up to 23) at 9/11 Tribute, VIP table for 8 at the Military Ball, executive meet & greet access at events, and at all mission projects.

Rates below are locked through August 2026. Partners who commit now hold 2026 pricing for two full years. Partnership requires payment annually. After November 10, 2028 unrenewed slots open to the market at 2028 rates. Annual year is from August 2026-August 2027. Two year commitment is through August 2028.

2026-2027 Pricing $50,000

2027-2028 Pricing $60,000

Exclusive: Fund the programs that change lives.

• Name on a Mission Program: the Police K9 Scholarship, an equipment grant, thank you program, or a family support initiative.

• Promotion of your Mission Program will be at every event. Your Mission Program will be featured on it’s own signage, website page and in all event programs. Social recognition on all Mission Program

posts.

• 10 x 10 Vendor Booth/Spot at Community Event.

• HD Event Challenge Coin, personalized appreciation plaque, personal letter from military members, and employee volunteer engagement. Signed gift from the speakers. Exclusive Mission Partner Badge.

Rates below are locked through August 2026. Partners who commit now hold 2026 pricing for two full years. Partnership requires payment annually. After November 10, 2028 unrenewed slots open to the market at 2028 rates. Annual year is from August 2026-August 2027. Two year commitment is through August 2028.

2026-2027 Pricing $25,000

2027-2028 Pricing $30,000

Exclusive: Champion the event that inspires you community.

• Choose your stage: the Golf Tournament, Block Party, the Military Ball, the Shoot Out, or Spud Kings Heroes Night.

• Your logo on event marketing, website, and a half-page ad in event program. Organic social presence (2+ featured posts).

• 10 x 10 Vendor Booth/Spot at Block Party.

• HD Event Challenge Coin, personalized appreciation plaque, employee volunteer engagement. HD supporter pack with shirt, sticker, and promo code for employees to use for merchandise and ticket purchases. Exclusive Patriot Partner Badge.

• Keynote speaker meet & greet, 6 VIP tickets to the 9/11 Tribute and 6 VIP tickets to the Military Ball.

Rates below are locked through August 2026. Partners who commit now hold 2026 pricing for two full years. Partnership requires payment annually. After November 10, 2028 unrenewed slots open to the market at 2028 rates. Annual year is from August 2026-August 2027. Two year commitment is through August 2028.

2026-2027 Pricing $15,000

2027-2028 Pricing $18,000

Exclusive: Expand the mission through visible support

• Your logo on all event websites, email marketing, sponsor banners, and half-page ads in every event

program. Organic social presence (2+ dedicated posts).

• 10 x 10 Vendor Booth/Spot at Block Party.

• HD Event Challenge Coin. HD supporter pack with shirt, sticker, and promo code for employees to use for merchandise and ticket purchases. Employee volunteer opportunities. Exclusive Freedom Partner Badge & Plaque.

• Keynote speaker meet & greet, 4 VIP tickets at the 9/11 Tribute, 2 VIP tickets to the Military Ball.

Rates below are locked through August 2026. Partners who commit now hold 2026 pricing for two full years. Partnership requires payment annually. After November 10, 2028 unrenewed slots open to the market at 2028 rates. Annual year is from August 2026-August 2027. Two year commitment is through August 2028.

2026-2027 Pricing $10,000

2027-2028 Pricing $12,000

Exclusive: Stand beside those who stand for us.

• Your logo on event signage, website recognition, and a quarter-page ad in the event program. Social

media recognition.

• 10 x 10 Vendor Booth/Spot at Block Party.

• HD Event Challenge Coin. Exclusive Hero Partner Badge & Plaque.

• A Loge Box (8 people) and 6 General Admission tickets to the 9/11 Tribute.

Rates below are locked through August 2026. Partners who commit now hold 2026 pricing for two full years. Partnership requires payment annually. After November 10, 2028 unrenewed slots open to the market at 2028 rates. Annual year is from August 2026-August 2027. Two year commitment is through August 2028.

2026-2027 Pricing $5,000

2027-2028 Pricing $6,000

Only Available to Vanguard Sponsors

The 9/11 Tribute, presented by your company. Name and logo on the stage, the program cover, the jumbotron and ribbon board, and every press, radio, and print mention.

Premium suite box for your team, a VIP table, on-stage recognition, and one-on-one meet & greet with the speakers. The single highest position of the entire weekend.

Logo on all signage directing VIPs where to park, plus “VIP parking presented by” recognition and a branded card on each VIP windshield. First touchpoint of the night, before they even reach the door.

Own the entrance: doormen, red carpet, step-and-repeat, paparazzi-style photographers, and branded coat check. Includes a gold-plate plaque at the red carpet, a signage banner in the arena, and a premium box suite for 8.

General admission main entrance signage and concourse banners as 3,000+ guests walk in, plus a branded arrival moment. The first thing every guest sees, and the space they move through all night.

Your logo on the keepsake bag holding each VIP’s challenge coin. It leaves the building and is displayed for years.

Your logo as a custom wine label on all 256 bottles, brand placement on cocktail napkins, and embroidered arm towels on every server. Three touchpoints, all of them in-hand, none of them a banner.

In Kind Donation Welcome

Every pedestal, entrance, and tabletop arrangement in the room. Available as a cash sponsorship or as an in-kind donation from a floral partner in trade for program credit and seats. Flowers will also be featured on stage and around the arena.

The item every VIP guest looks at and keeps to remember the night. Program cover placement, plus “program presented by” on the title page of the printed program.

Own the lounge between dinner and the arena. A branded table display with your logo, embroidered pillows on the couches and care baskets in the restrooms, plus the rose wall photo op every guest stops at. The highest dwell-time space of the night, with your logo on the photo everyone takes. Includes 2 VIP tickets.

The one place guaranteed to be seen by all 3,000+ guests, and your logo owns it all night. Signage recognition front and center and a table on the arena floor for you and 7 guests.

Your logo on a sponsor banner hanging in the arena for the full night, and at the September 4 Block Party the night before. A simple, visible way to put your name in front of 3,000+ guests across both nights.

Your logo on a sponsor banner hanging in the arena for the full night, and at the September 4 Block Party the night before. A simple, visible way to put your name in front of 3,000+ guests across both nights.

Branding on every bidding paddle in the room and named recognition throughout the live

raise — the one moment of the night when the whole arena already has its wallet open.

A branded bag you provide for every VIP guest, held and maintained by our staff through the evening. Anything a VIP buys during the night, merch purchases in the concourse, all

go into the bag, Your logo travels home with hundreds of guests.

Write a thank you to a veteran, service member, or first responder. Selected messages run on the arena jumbotron between segments.