2020 Sponsorship Guide

Corporate Sponsorship 

UNITE FOR EQUALITY 
HRC typically holds 30 annual Gala Dinner events across the country each year with our usual signature event, the HRC National Dinner taking place in Washington, DC each fall. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are moving to an online platform in place of our in-person events for the foreseeable future and will be holding one collaborative main event. The virtual event will be held in the evening on Thursday, September 24, 2020 (timing TBD) and we are hoping to have monetary support from sponsors and partners throughout the country.
Please consider supporting the work of HRC. For inquires about sponsorship opportunities for virtual event and other events or programs, please contact us at Corporate@hrcchicago.org

Corporate Equality Index

Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.

In the 2020 CEI report, 686 major businesses — spanning nearly every industry and geography — earned a top score of 100 and the distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”.

Municipality Equality Index

The Municipal Equality Index (MEI) examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ people who live and work there. Cities are rated based on non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement and the city leadership's public position on equality.

The 2019 MEI is the eighth annual edition and rates a total of 506 cities on 49 different criteria from every state in the nation.