SPONSORS
Sponsorship opportunities
There’s something that happens when people gather on the land. Conversations deepen. Connections form. And the places worth protecting start to feel personal. Not just important in the abstract, but meaningful in the way that stays with you. That’s what SRT events are built around. And it’s why the partners who show up alongside us become part of something larger. Something that lasts.
For more than 25 years, SRT has worked to protect the open spaces, working lands, and wild habitats that define California’s Central Valley and southern Sierra Nevada. Our events are where that mission meets community and where the people who care most about this region find each other.
Why sponsor SRT?
Sponsoring Sequoia Riverlands Trust is a unique opportunity to be charitable and strategic. SRT brings together a uniquely engaged, values-driven audience of Central Valley community members, business leaders, agricultural professionals, conservation advocates, and outdoor enthusiasts. People who care deeply about this region and pay attention to the brands that share those values.
When your name appears alongside SRT, it gets remembered because the people in our audience are not passive consumers. They are active participants in their community. They make purchasing decisions with intention. And they notice when a brand shows up for the things that matter to them.
A partnership with SRT puts your brand at the center of that community across events, publications, social media, email, and press, reaching the people who are most likely to become your most loyal customers.
where your brand appears
EVENTS
Your logo, name, and presence at SRT’s signature and community events reaching attendees who are already invested in the experience and receptive to the brands that made it possible.
Mentions in SRT’s event emails and Currents e-newsletter reach 5,000 subscribers with an average open rate of 54%, significantly above industry benchmarks for nonprofit communications.
PRESS
SRT regularly receives coverage in regional media including the Sun-Gazette, Fresno Bee, SJV Water, and other outlets. Sponsors are acknowledged in press releases and event coverage, adding an earned media dimension to your partnership.
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Vistas and Roots (SRT’s biannual print magazines) are distributed to 1,600 donors, landowners, partners, and community members across the region. Ad placements in these publications put your brand in the hands of SRT’s most engaged audience.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Logo features, sponsor shoutouts, and event content shared across Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, reaching SRT’s existing followers and extending to new audiences through paid promotion and organic sharing.
WEBSITE
Logo placement and a link to your website on SRT’s event pages visible to the 10,000 unique visitors who engage with SRT’s digital presence each year.
WHAT YOUR PARTNERSHIP SIGNALS
The brands that sponsor SRT are seen by our audience as champions of conservation, community, and the Central Valley’s future. That association carries real weight.
SRT’s audience is not indifferent to where they spend their money or which organizations they support. They are community-minded, environmentally conscious, and loyal to the businesses and brands that reflect their values. A sponsorship with SRT signals that your organization:
- Invests in the health and future of the Central Valley
- Supports the open spaces, working lands, and waterways that define this region
- Believes conservation and commerce can and should coexist
- Is committed to the communities that make this valley thrive
In a market where values-alignment increasingly drives consumer decisions, that signal matters.
Signature Events
SRT’s signature events are where conservation meets community, and where your brand becomes part of something people remember long after the evening ends. Four distinct events. One mission. Countless opportunities to make an impact.
THE CARRIZO RIDE
SPRING | THE CARRIZO PLAIN
PURPOSE-DRIVEN
A gritty, purpose-driven cycling event set against the stark beauty of Carrizo Plain National Monument, one of California’s most rare and remote landscapes.RAPIDLY GROWING
A rapidly growing event with rider participation doubling year over year drawing a highly focused, engaged audience of cyclists who ride with intention.
Some events are loud. The Carrizo Ride is not.
It is wide-open roads and wind and a landscape so vast and rare that it changes how you think about the word conservation. Riders come to the Carrizo Plain National Monument not for medals or podiums, but for something harder to name: the feeling of earning a place in a landscape that demands respect, and the knowledge that their effort is protecting it.
The Carrizo Ride is still small by design, and that is exactly what makes it valuable to a sponsor. This is not a sea of anonymous participants. These are cyclists who pay attention, who talk to each other, and who remember the brands that believed in this ride before it became something much bigger.
The trajectory is clear: participation has doubled every year since the ride began. Getting in now means being part of the origin story.
ESTABLISHED 2022 | 50+ ATTENDEES | $15,000 GOAL
BREAKFAST ON THE BLUFF
SPRING | DRY CREEK PRESERVE
INTERACTIVE & HANDS-ON
An intimate, interactive morning at Dry Creek Preserve drawing families, longtime supporters, and first-time visitors for a hands-on conservation experience.GUIDED PASSPORT EXPERIENCE
Features a gourmet breakfast, mimosa bar, and a guided passport experience through four interactive learning stations.COMMUNITY ON-RAMP
A community on-ramp designed to deepen connection among existing supporters while welcoming brand-new audiences to SRT’s mission and preserves.
Breakfast on the Bluff is SRT’s most accessible and community-facing signature event: an intimate morning on the blufftop at Dry Creek Preserve where exceptional food meets hands-on learning and genuine connection to the land. Guests arrive to stunning Sierra Nevada views, a gourmet spread, and a passport in hand that guides them through four interactive learning stations staffed by SRT’s education and land management teams.
It is warm and welcoming by design. Families bring their kids. First-time visitors discover what SRT actually does. Longtime supporters find new reasons to give. And everyone leaves with a clearer sense of why this land and the community that protects it matters.
For a sponsor, Breakfast on the Bluff offers something rare: an audience that is genuinely curious, actively engaged, and spending a meaningful morning in a protected landscape that your brand helped make possible.
ESTABLISHED 2022 | 150+ ATTENDEES | $25,000 GOAL
EVENING UNDER THE OAKS
FALL | KAWEAH OAKS PRESERVE
SRT’S FLAGSHIP FUNDRAISING GALA
An elegant outdoor evening drawing 250+ guests from across the Central Valley’s conservation, agricultural, and business communities.LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & AWARDS
Live music, craft beer, fine dining, live auction, raffle, and the presentation of the Alan George Conservation Award, one of the region’s most meaningful conservation honors.FUNDRAISING JUGGERNAUT
The most successful fundraiser in SRT’s history, with last year’s event selling out weeks in advance and raising a record $78,000 in a single evening.
As the sun sets over Kaweah Oaks Preserve and the valley oaks cast long shadows across the land, something happens that is difficult to put into words. Donors, farmers, business leaders, conservationists, and neighbors gather together to become part of something larger than any one of them. The land does that. And so does the community that has chosen to protect it.
Evening Under the Oaks is SRT’s signature annual fundraiser, and the night the Central Valley’s conservation community comes together to celebrate how far the work has come and recommit to how far it still needs to go.
Your brand belongs in that room.
Sponsors of Evening Under the Oaks are seen by our guests as champions of the land, the community, and the Central Valley’s future… values that resonate deeply with everyone who attends. From logo placement on event materials and signage to verbal recognition during the program, your partnership will be felt throughout the entire evening.
ESTABLISHED 2022 | 250+ ATTENDEES | $100,000 GOAL
THE HOLIDAY MARKET
WINTER | KAWEAH OAKS PRESERVE
EUROPEAN-STYLE HOLIDAY MARKET
The only European-style holiday market in the region: a three-night family experience drawing 5,000+ attendees to Kaweah Oaks Preserve each ਦਸੰਬਰ.CURATED ENTERTAINMENT
Features curated local artisan vendors, live entertainment, a narrated train ride through the oaks, seasonal food and drink, and cozy activities for all ages.DIRECT SUPPORT
Every ticket purchased directly supports SRT’s conservation, education, and stewardship work across the Central Valley.
The holiday season comes to life under the oaks at Kaweah Oaks Preserve every ਦਸੰਬਰ, and there is nothing else like it in the region. The Holiday Market is a three-night European-style winter market experience that transforms one of the Central Valley’s most beloved nature preserves into a magical seasonal gathering place for families, neighbors, and community members of all backgrounds.
Guests wander among curated local artisan vendors, take a narrated train ride through the ancient oaks that tells the story of the land and the Indigenous peoples who have always called it home, and settle in for live entertainment, warm food and drink, and the kind of evening that becomes a family tradition. It is community-facing, joyful, and deeply rooted in place. And it is growing fast.
Your brand alongside The Holiday Market means visibility across three evenings, 5,000+ attendees, and one of the most anticipated new traditions in the Central Valley.
ESTABLISHED 2025 | 5,000+ ATTENDEES | $100,000 GOAL
COMMUNITY Events
Beyond its signature events, Sequoia Riverlands Trust hosts a calendar of community-facing gatherings throughout the year that are accessible, joyful, and rooted in the landscapes SRT protects. Each one is an opportunity to put your brand in front of an engaged, values-driven local audience in a setting that is anything but ordinary.
SPONSORSHIPS: $250–$1,000
- Logo on event signage
- Logo and link on SRT’s event webpage
- Social media recognition
- Complimentary tickets
- Logo in event email promotion
Lewis Hill Wildflower Walk
Walk the Wetlands
Celestial Cinema
Elderberry Harvest
Latino Conservation Week
Get Started
Partnering with Sequoia Riverlands Trust is simple. Reach out to Investments & Partnerships Officer Jason McNally to start the conversation. Whether you have a specific event in mind or want to explore what level of partnership is the right fit for your organization, Jason will walk you through your options and make the process as easy as possible.
There are no wrong questions and no pressure. Just a genuine conversation about how your brand can show up for the land and the community that protects it.