Sponsorship is no longer an "ask the local bank" exercise. There's a full ecosystem of platforms, agencies, communities, and tools — each solving a different piece of the puzzle. Here's the landscape, who they serve, and where Xarify fits.
When a festival organizer, theatre director, or creator asks "how do I get sponsors?", the honest answer is: it depends on which part of the funnel you're stuck in. Some need a marketplace. Some need a deck. Some need ongoing content. Some need a coach. Below, the companies doing it best — followed by where Xarify (and our sister studio Prosada) sit in the picture.
Listed alphabetically. None of these are paid placements — these are the names actually moving the industry forward.
Founded by Justin Moore, Creator Wizard is the leading school and private community for creators learning to find, pitch, and negotiate brand deals. They take 0% commission — they coach, they don't manage. Best for solo creators ready to take pitching seriously without giving up a percentage to an agent.
creatorwizard.com →
The dominant NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) deals platform connecting collegiate athletes with brand sponsors. Full-service campaign management at scale. If you're a college athlete or a brand wanting to activate at the NCAA level, this is the marketplace that matters.
opendorse.com →
One of the few design agencies that explicitly lists "Sponsorship Deck" as a service line. Three tiers from $1,650 (design only) to $5,000+ (design plus content support). Excellent for organizations that already know their pitch and just need it visualized — less ideal if you also need strategy, audience research, or a sponsor-facing landing experience.
pitchdeckfire.com →
Kim Skildum-Reid's consultancy — three decades of strategic sponsorship work, training, and bestselling industry books. Heavy on advisory and systems design rather than deliverables. The reference standard for sponsorship strategy thinking. If you want to learn how to think about sponsorship, start here.
powersponsorship.com →
Our sister content studio. Built specifically for the moment after you sign a sponsor — the activation reels, recap content, ongoing brand storytelling, and renewal-ready year-end decks that turn a one-time sponsor into a multi-year partner. Most agencies stop at the signed contract; Prosada is the continuation that keeps sponsors renewing.
prosada.com →
A proposal automation platform with a well-known sponsorship proposal template. Useful for organizations that need to send dozens of similar proposals quickly — less suited for a custom, story-first pitch. Good baseline tool; easy floor to compare custom work against.
proposify.com →
An all-in-one workspace for creators managing brand partnerships — pitching pipeline, deal negotiation, content approvals, and invoicing in one tool. Replaces the spreadsheets-plus-Gmail tangle. The closest thing creators have to a true sponsorship CRM.
getrella.com →
An AI-powered pitch deck builder paired with a hands-on design agency. Their agency claims $500M+ raised through pitches they've shaped. Better known for investor decks, but increasingly relevant for sponsorship pitches that look investor-grade.
slidebean.com →
A profile-based discovery platform for athletes, creators, and clubs to be found by sponsoring brands. Skips the agent layer. Built around the idea that sponsorship shouldn't require a viral moment or a million followers — just a credible public profile working 24/7.
spnsr.me →
The leading sponsorship sales database — brand spend data, decision-maker contacts, real-time deal intelligence. Mostly used by event organizers and rights holders to identify which brands are actively writing checks in their category. The research layer underneath any serious sponsorship sales effort.
sponsorpitch.com →
Founded by Chris Baylis. The most prolific publisher in the sponsorship education space — courses, content, consulting, and done-for-you proposal work. The household name in the category. If you've Googled "how to price a sponsorship package," you've read their stuff.
sponsorshipcollective.com →Most companies above are excellent at one slice — a marketplace, a deck, a coaching community, a database. Very few combine strategy, design, audience research, narration, a sponsor-facing landing site, and a 4-step prospect capture flow into a single done-for-you experience. That's the lane Xarify operates in.
Use SponsorPitch for research. Hire Pitch Deck Fire for design. Subscribe to Rella to track. Coach through Creator Wizard. Or — work with Xarify and have one team coordinate it all into one shippable proposal experience.
You get a custom deck, narrated voiceover, SEO-ready proposal site, and the 4-step capture engine that filters tire-kickers before they ever reach your calendar.
After you sign your sponsor, our sister studio Prosada steps in with activation content and renewal-ready storytelling. The relationship doesn't end at the contract — that's where the real revenue starts.
Most arts and theatre nonprofits we talk to default to grant writing — because that's what the field teaches. Grant cycles are familiar. Foundations are familiar. Sponsorship feels foreign and "corporate." But here's the math:
of arts nonprofits run out of cash within 3 months if government funding stops, per Candid.
run out within a year. Grant dependency is a structural risk most arts orgs underestimate.
of performing arts nonprofit revenue comes from government sources on average, per Grantmakers in the Arts. The rest is up to you.
Grants come from foundations and reward mission alignment, evaluation reports, and long timelines. Sponsorships come from marketing budgets and reward visibility, audience access, and activation. As Bloom Grant Consulting puts it: sponsorship is "an exchange for goods or services" — not charity. When an arts organization treats a sponsor pitch like a grant proposal, it loses every time.
Theatres that build proposal experiences instead of proposal documents move from a single annual sponsorship line to a multi-tier, multi-year revenue category. The shift is structural, not cosmetic.
Bring whatever you have — a v1 deck, a list of past sponsors, or just a bottle of frustration. We'll show you which pieces of the ecosystem you actually need, and where Xarify fits in your specific funding picture.