As one of the top five living history museums in the country with nearly 400,000 visitors annually, 1,046 acres, and 12 experience areas, Conner Prairie has ample opportunities for your business to achieve your corporate social responsibility, hospitality and marketing goals while supporting one of Indiana’s most beloved cultural institutions.
Conner Prairie sponsors may receive:
- Opportunity to create targeted and unique promotions at popular festivals such as Headless Horseman and A Merry Prairie Holiday.
- Discounts on admission and memberships for employees
- Complimentary or discounted use of rental spaces
- Networking opportunities with other sponsors and donors
- Recognition through Conner Prairie communication channels
- Association with Indiana's first Smithsonian affiliate and beloved institution
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Popular sponsorship opportunities include:
- June: History on Tap
- September: Jupiter Flights
- October: Headless Horseman
- December: A Merry Prairie Holiday
Also, please consider matching your employees' charitable contributions to Conner Prairie. It increases employee satisfaction while expanding your company’s community impact.
To create a customized sponsorship package or learn about availability, contact Emily Hitchcock at (317) 776-6000, ext. 265 or Hitchcock@connerprairie.org.
2024 Foundation, Corporate, and Government Support
Headless Horseman Festival
History on Tap
Prairieships, Youth leaders, Museums on Us, History on Tap and Headless Horseman
A Merry Prairie Holiday
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Nature Programming
A Merry Prairie Holiday
History on Tap and Golf Classic
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Fishers Community Partner Programs
Promised Land As Proving Ground and Apple Store renovation
History on Tap
Headless Horseman Festival and Corn Maze
Promised Land as Proving Ground Programming
Golf Classic
A Merry Prairie Holiday Access Pass, Nature Programming and Duke Energy Foundation - 40th Anniversary Grant Recipient
Headless Horseman Festival
Artist in Residence Program
History on Tap and A Merry Prairie Holiday
Total Solar Eclipse and Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Headless Horseman Festival
Golf Classic
Community Partner programs
Free Day
A Merry Prairie Holiday and Golf Classic
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival and Headless Horseman Festival
History on Tap
History on Tap and Corn to Cocktail
Corn to Cocktail and Corn Celebration
Speaker Series
YAC Program
Staff Development for Adventure Camp
Golf Classic
Community Impact
Mission Impact Fund
Lenape Reimagination
Access Pass
History on Tap
History on Tap
Solar Eclipse, History on Tap, Golf Classic and Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Mission Impact Fund and Prairie Pathways Campaign
K-12 Education Program Partner
Headless Horseman Festival
History on Tap
Mission Impact Fund
Café on the Commons and Prairie Grill
1985 Balloon Voyage, Headless Horseman and A Merry Prairie Holiday
History on Tap, Headless Horseman and Adventure Camp
Nature Programming
Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Mission Impact Fund
Cheers to Chocolate and History on Tap
Golf Classic
A Merry Prairie Holiday
$2,500 and Below Partners
317 Charcuterie — Corn to Cocktail
Amos Butler Audubon Society — Black Birders Week
Apex Benefits — Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Ayres Foundation — Mission Impact Fund
Barth Electric — Golf Classic
Beck Foundation — Heritage Breeds Week
Biddle Memorial Foundation — Spring Break Camp
Bo-mar Industries — Golf Classic
Bravia Services — Golf Classic
Browning Day — Golf Classic and A Merry Prairie Holiday
Crowe —History on Tap
CTI Construction — Golf Classic
EDCO —Golf Classic
Imagine Technology Group —History on Tap
First Merchants Bank —Golf Classic
Fluid Waste Services — Golf Classic
Honda — Conner Prairie Field Trips
Hoover Family Foundation — We Can Camp and Youth Empowered
Hoover-Hull Tuner — History on Tap
Indiana Arts Commission — Asante Theatre Program
Indianapolis Airport Authority — Jupiter Flights Balloon Festival
Indy Ignite — A Merry Prairie Holiday
Johnson Weaver Foundation — Mission Impact Fund
Lilly Endowment Inc — Special Recognition grant in honor of Eli (Ted) Lilly II
McAdams Family Foundation — Mission Impact Fund
Meyer Najem — History on Tap
One Zone — Golf Classic
Peachin Schwartz & Weingardt — Golf Classic
Randall and Roberts — Golf Classic
Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation — Lilly Farm Office
Shelby Materials — Golf Classic
Shepherd Financial — Golf Classic
Smithsonian Affiliations — Total Solar Eclipse
The Long Drink — Mission impact Fund
The National Bank of Indianapolis — History on Tap
The Penrod Society — Asante Theatre Program
Thieneman — Golf Classic
Thomas/Euclid Industries, Inc. — Golf Classic
Utility Protection Trainers — Golf Classic
Walmart Store #8168 — Free and reduced admission
Walmart Store #8972 — Free and reduced admission
Wessler Engineering— Golf Classic
Whole Foods — Nature Programming