OCAF Business Sponsors include a diverse group of buinesses and individuals 
who want to lend their monetary support to help our organization thrive. What
they all have in common is they understand the need for what OCAF does.
By providing a creative nexus for local and regional artists, the
community helps create a better quality of life here in Oconee County
and the Northeast Georgia area. Look for the decal in their business
window and their link on our homepage. Please support their businesses and tell them why you do.
OCAF Sponsorship
Opportunities
A sponsorship to the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) is not just good
for the arts & our community but it makes good business sense too.
OCAF
brings an estimated 20,000 people to Watkinsville annually from Georgia
and many local surrounding states and counties. Our visitors and guests come to
support the local artists and enjoy the cultural activities that we provide
that serve to improve their quality of life.
From
these visitors and tourists the economic impact to our local economy is
substantial:
Estimated
Direct & Indirect Revenues.....................................$695,000*
Estimated
Daily Spending of Visitor..........................................$53*
Estimated
Direct, Indirect & Induced Tax Income Generated
$50,646*
State
Taxes Generated......................................................................$23,443*
Local
Taxes Generated......................................................................$27,800*
*Figures Provided by
the Oconee County Department of Economic Development
The
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation offers sponsorship opportunities for all of our
programming. Sponsors receive a variety of marketing benefits, including free
tickets to performances and logo and/or name placement on printed materials,
the OCAF web-site, monthly newsletters, and other marketing. Our marketing
campaigns continue annually to the following advertisers and their estimated
reader & listenership:
|
OCAF
Annual Advertising & Marketing
|
Annual Circulation
|
|
OCAF
Web-site
|
200,000 unique
visits (2009)
|
|
Atlanta Journal
Constitution
|
326,907
|
|
Flagpole Magazine
|
13,383
|
|
Oconee Enterprise
Holiday Guide
|
14,500
|
|
Oconee Enterprise
|
5,000
|
|
Oconee Leader
|
14,500
|
|
Athens Banner-Harold
|
27,229
|
|
Eatonton Press
|
12,327
|
|
Guide
to Georgia
|
60,800
|
|
Morgan
County Citizen
|
5000
|
|
Augusta
Magazine
|
10,00
|
|
Georgia
Magazine
|
230,000
|
|
Gwinnett
Magazine
|
40,000
|
|
Lake Oconee Living
|
7,000
|
|
Points
North Magazine
|
70,000
|
|
Smith
Communications (Eatonton-Lake Oconee)
|
17,900
|
|
WDDK
103.9 FM
|
10000 listeners
|
|
WUGA
91.7 FM
|
30000 listeners
|
OCAF Sponsorship
Packages
The
following sponsorship benefits are based on the level of support, and a variety
of packages available.
Benefactor Sponsorship
Level - $5,000 and up annually
·
Event
Title Sponsorship
·
One
full page add in Annual Holiday Market & Southworks Program
·
Logo
& link to sponsors web-site on OCAF website
·
Logo
& link Logo & link to sponsors web-site on monthly newsletter
·
8
Tickets to OCAF's Annual Fall Wine Fest @ Ashford Manor
·
Sponsors
name prominently displayed in 1902 OCAF Center Atrium.
·
All
Membership benefits
Patron Sponsorship Level
- $2,500 to $4,999 annually
·
One
full page add in Annual Holiday Market & Southworks Program
·
Logo
& link to sponsors web-site on OCAF website
·
Logo
& link Logo & link to sponsors web-site on monthly newsletter
·
6
Tickets to OCAF's Annual Fall Wine Fest @ Ashford Manor
·
Sponsors
name prominently displayed in 1902 OCAF Center Atrium.
·
All
Membership benefits
Enthusiast Sponsorship
Level - $1,000 to $2,499 annually
·
½
page add in Annual Holiday Market & Southworks Program
·
Logo
& link to sponsors web-site on OCAF website
·
Logo
& link Logo & link to sponsors web-site on monthly newsletter
·
4
Tickets to OCAF's Annual Fall Wine Fest @ Ashford Manor
·
Sponsors
name prominently displayed in 1902 OCAF Center Atrium.
·
All
Membership benefits
Advocate Sponsorship
Level - $500 to $999 annually
·
Logo
& link to sponsors web-site on monthly newsletter
·
2
Tickets to OCAF's Annual Fall Wine Fest @ Ashford Manor
·
Sponsors
name prominently displayed in 1902 OCAF Center Atrium.
·
All
Membership benefits
OCAF Membership 
