Sponsorship Opportunities

August 2, 3, & 4

The Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA) will be hosting the 45th annual Festa Italiana Fundraiser August 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2024. GRIAA is a non-profit organization staffed solely by volunteers, and promotes Italian Culture through social events, works of charity, and educational activities throughout the community. 

The Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA) Committee has two major goals as part of our charter: 

  1. To disseminate Italian culture and to create awareness of our contribution to civilization. This is accomplished in sponsoring many Italian cultural events such as our Italian Folk Dance Troupe, Festa Italiana, the Italian Men and Women’s Golf Open, and the Pappagallo publication. 
  2. To help Italian American students financially with their education by providing scholarships distributed within the Rockford Community.

Festa Italiana is the only fundraiser we host to earn funds for these scholarships. To date, GRIAA has provided more than 730,000.00 towards scholarships to students in the K-12th  grade. 

We are currently seeking sponsorship for our 2024 festival. Our hope is to increase our gift of scholarships over the coming years and we would appreciate your support. Your donation will serve our community twofold. It will help our scholarship fund grow and it will provide publicity for your business. 

We owe all our success to community leaders like you! 

Please see our sponsorship opportunities available for 2024 below.

Sincerely,

GRIAA & Festa Italiana Committees

Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and gifts to the GRIAA are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Please contact your tax advisor for more information. The Greater Rockford Italian American Association will furnish a receipt upon request

Available Sponsorship Opportunities

Platinum Sponsor  $10,000 

Receive months of pre-event exposure, your name associated with Rockford’s premier ethnic festival and in front of thousands of festival goers. This exclusive sponsorship includes your company name and logo on our event website, event tickets, name mentioned on all event commercials, digital ads, and on all Festa-related social media posts. Your company name and logo will be on a large event banner on our entertainment stage and bocce courts which both attract a large volume of spectators, full page ad in our magazine, 2 golf foursome in the Italian Golf Open, 10x10 advertisement tent area for your company

Also included, 100 Festa Admission Tickets, 20 Ride Wristbands and $800 in food tickets
(Each package is tailored to each sponsor for specific areas and marketing availability)

Gold Sponsor  $5,000

Receive months of pre-event exposure, your name associated with Rockford’s premier ethnic festival and in front of thousands of festival goers. This exclusive sponsorship includes your company name and logo on our event website, event tickets, name mentioned on all event commercials, digital ads, and on all Festa-related social media posts. Your company name and logo will be on a large event banner on our entertainment stage and bocce courts which both attract a large volume of spectators, full page ad in our magazine

Also included, 50 Festa Admission Tickets, 10 Ride Wristbands and $400 in food tickets
(Each package is tailored to each sponsor for specific areas and marketing availability)

Silver Sponsor  $2500 

This exclusive sponsorship includes your company name and logo on our event website.  Your company name and logo on two banners (3ft x 4ft).  

Also included, 25 Festa Admission Tickets, 6 Ride Wristbands and $200 in food tickets
(Each package is tailored to each sponsor for specific areas and marketing availability)

Bronze Sponsor  $1000 

This exclusive sponsorship includes your company name and logo on our event website.  Your company name and logo on one banner (3ft x 4ft), one tent sign and one bocce sign  

Also included, 10 Festa Admission Tickets
(Each package is tailored to each sponsor for specific areas and marketing availability)

If you wish to pay by check, please send payment to:

Festa Italiana/GRIAA
PO Box 2041
Loves Park, IL 61130

Pay Online

[SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES HAVE CLOSED]

All artwork should be sent to [email protected]

Contact us for additional information at
815-289-7704 or [email protected]

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities

Magazine & Website

Field Sponsors

Bocce Court Sponsors

Greater Rockford Italian American Association (GRIAA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and gifts to the GRIAA are tax deductible to the extent of the law. Please contact your tax advisor for more information. The Greater Rockford Italian American Association will furnish a receipt upon request