Partnerships with boundaries

Help students make better money decisions—without turning education into an ad.

Sponsor support can fund food, materials, and special programming while CPF retains control of curriculum, product discussions, and student trust.

Early-stage reach with clear room to grow.
39unique attendees in four weeks
15–20typical meeting attendance
12hweekday response target

Why support CPF

A useful setting for trust—not another logo wall.

Students attend because meetings help them act on decisions they have delayed. That makes the environment valuable, but also worth protecting.

Sponsors are most useful when they remove practical barriers: feeding a room of students, underwriting workshop materials, supplying technology, or helping a special event happen.

What a partner gets: clear recognition, a credible connection to student financial education, and transparent reporting on what the support made possible.
A crowded Cal Poly Personal Finance workshop in progress

Flexible starting points

Simple sponsorship formats.

Final amounts and benefits can be shaped around the support offered and applicable Cal Poly and ASI processes.

Partnership principles

Student trust is not an inventory item.

  • CPF does not sell or rent student contact information.
  • Sponsorship does not buy product recommendations or curriculum control.
  • Financial firms and products are reviewed for fit, incentives, culture, and potential conflicts.
  • Any on-campus activity must follow applicable club, advisor, ASI, and university review processes.
  • Recognition is clear, proportional, and distinguishable from educational content.

A useful partnership test

Would the support still be good for students if the sponsor’s logo were removed? If the answer is no, the structure needs work.

Good-fit partners

Support that strengthens the room.

Restaurants and local businesses can help make weekly meetings easier to attend. Accounting firms, employers, financial technology companies, advisers, banks, or credit unions may also fit when their practices and proposed involvement align with the club’s standards.

Not automatic

Financial relevance creates more review, not less.

A company touching personal finance is evaluated for product quality, incentives, people, culture, and whether the arrangement could be mistaken for an endorsement.

Start with a note

Tell the outreach team what support you have in mind.

The club targets a response within 12 hours on weekdays and within 24 hours on weekends.

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