Sponsorship & Partnership
Get in front of Jewish Chicago.
ChiTribe is where Chicagoland finds Jewish life: the calendar people actually check, and the events they actually show up to. Put your organization in front of them. You bring the event, we bring the audience.
About ChiTribe
The calendar Jewish Chicago actually checks
ChiTribe connects young Jewish professionals to their heritage, community, and each other. Organizations all over Chicagoland post their events on our calendar, and every week we put them in front of our community: in our email, on Instagram, and at our own events.
Listing your event on the calendar is free. It always has been.
We want the calendar open to every Jewish organization in Chicagoland, so we keep it free through ChiTribe events, sponsorships, and donations. Everything below is how you can be part of that.
Who you’d be reaching
Jewish Chicagoland: millennials, Gen X, and everyone new in town
Many aren’t affiliated with a synagogue or JCC, which is exactly why organizations trying to reach unaffiliated Jewish Chicagoans come to ChiTribe.
By the numbers
11,600+
followers, subscribers, and monthly visitors. Your event goes where they already look.
Follow along
Totals add up each channel, and some people follow on more than one. We guarantee the placements in your package, not a number of views, clicks, or sales.
Meet the director
Shaily, ChiTribe’s Executive Director
Not sure which package fits? Book up to an hour with Shaily and leave with a plan for your event. The $100 counts toward any package you buy within 30 days.
In their words
What our partners and community say
“Their work has been innovative, connecting the community through this integrated calendar that’s an easy one-stop shop for people to find out what’s going on in the community… If they’re coming to town and hosting something, this is a space where they can share it with the whole community.”
“Just simply looking at the website right away gave me an idea of the key players and organizations that are doing great work here… I don’t know where we’d be without ChiTribe… They just do a great job of lifting up the work of other Jewish organizations.”
“It has served this incredible function of not only connecting all of the disconnected events, groups, and socialization opportunities in one central place… They made it easy, they made it convenient, and they streamlined everything.”
Organizations that have promoted with ChiTribe
How it works
Three steps, no meeting required
Pick and pay
Choose Spark or Ignite and check out in two minutes. Partners and co-hosts apply with a short form. Want to talk it through first? Book a $100 call, credited to your package.
Send your details
A short form: your event or offer, your flyer or image, your link, and the dates you want. Under 150 words of copy.
It runs
We publish it, lightly edited to match the site. You get a note when it’s live and a look at what it reached when it’s done.
Sponsor one event
Spark or Ignite
Pick the push your event needs, pay, and send us the details. No call required.
Spark
- An enhanced calendar listing with your event’s image
- Your flyer in one weekly ChiTribe email
- One Instagram story
Ignite
- A featured spot at the top of the ChiTribe Calendar the week of your event
- Your flyer at the top of three weekly ChiTribe emails
- Three Instagram stories: a week out, three days out, and the day of
No designer? Graphics made for you: +$100 per event.
Want it written too? Copy and graphics made for you: +$150 per event.
Co-host with us
You host it. We bring people who haven’t found you yet.
Need a fuller room but don’t have a budget for promotion? Co-host with ChiTribe. We’ll promote your event to our whole audience for free, and we keep what we make from the tickets we sell.
Co-host deals come with a short agreement, including what happens if an event is cancelled.
Partner all year
Or be part of ChiTribe all year
Partners show up on the site and in the email all year, with placements to use whenever they want them.
Community Partner
Twelve Sparks bought one at a time come to $3,000. Partners pay half.
- Twelve Sparks to use whenever you want
- Stack several on one big event, or spread them across the year
- Your logo among ChiTribe Community Partners on the homepage and in the email footer, all year
Premier Partner
Premier partners keep ChiTribe free for every organization still finding its footing.
Your partnership is what keeps the calendar open to everyone.
Every week, synagogues, grassroots groups, and first-time organizers list their events on ChiTribe for free. Many of them could never afford to advertise. Premier partners make that possible, and they help the whole community grow.
Premier partners get
- Everything in Community Partner, including twelve Sparks
- Your name and logo at every ChiTribe happy hour
- A guaranteed top spot in the High Holiday Guide
- A feature on ChiTribe’s Instagram feed every quarter
- Your logo first and largest among Community Partners
Want to talk it through first? Book up to an hour with the director, credited to your partnership.
Up to an hour with Shaily, ChiTribe’s Executive Director
An hour that doubles your creative capacity.
Bring the event or idea you’re too buried to think about. Leave with something bigger than you walked in with, and the next three steps to make it happen. $100, credited to any package you buy within 30 days.
A note on fit
We don’t take everybody
ChiTribe’s list exists because people trust what shows up on it. We’d rather turn down money than spend that trust. If what you’re offering isn’t right for this community, we’ll say so and refund you in full.
A good fit
- Jewish organizations and synagogues
- Events, classes, and programs in Chicagoland
- Jewish culture, travel, and education
- Local venues, restaurants, and businesses that host or support events
Not a fit
- Anything partisan
- MLMs and get-rich-quick offers
- Anything unkind to any part of this community
- Offers we wouldn’t send to our own friends
Questions
Before you buy
How far ahead should we book?
The earlier, the better. The sooner you tell us, the more we can do for your event, and booking a month or more out puts it in front of people while they’re still making plans. Booking last minute? Reach out anyway and we’ll fit in what we can.
What results should we expect?
We guarantee what we do: every listing, email, and story in your package, on schedule. What happens next depends on your event and your offer. Afterward, we’ll show you what your placement reached.
Tip: early-bird pricing gives people a reason to buy ahead, so you’re not guessing until the door.
Who writes the copy?
You do, in under 150 words. We edit lightly so it reads like the rest of the site, and you’ll get a note when it’s live. Want it to land? Add graphics made for you for $100, or copy and graphics for $150.
We have a lot of events. Is there a better deal?
Yes. Community Partner gives you twelve Sparks to use whenever you want for $1,500 a year. Bought one at a time, twelve Sparks are $3,000. That’s half off.
Can we mix and match, or ask for something that isn’t listed?
Yes. Want more emails and fewer stories, a banner ad, or something else entirely? We keep the packages simple, and they’re a starting point. Email us or book up to an hour with the director, and we’ll work out what fits.
Can we sponsor a free event?
Yes. Every package works for free events. You pay for the push, and your event stays free to attend.
Can you share our event for free?
Yes. Post it to the ChiTribe Calendar at no cost. If you want it in front of more people, that’s what our sponsorship and partnership packages are for.
Can we promote a job, a study, or a program instead of an event?
Yes. Spark and Ignite work for anything you’re inviting our community to: a job opening, a study, a class, or a program. It just has to fit the community. If it doesn’t have an event date, we list it on the calendar on your application or sign-up deadline.
Can we pay after the event?
No. Packages are paid in full before we start, and work begins once your payment clears.
What if you turn us down after we’ve paid?
Full refund, within five business days. We’d rather give the money back than run something that doesn’t belong here.
Is the calendar listing really free?
Yes, and it always has been. Keeping it free takes real money, staff, and volunteer hours. When you sponsor, you’re paying for the calendar every Jewish organization in Chicagoland uses for free, including the small ones that could never afford to advertise.
Something else in mind
Don’t see what you need? Tell us.
Send us your questions, ideas, or constraints, like budget, timing, or anything else, and we’ll see what we can build. We want you to shine. When you grow, the whole community does.