Strengthen the Book and Comic Safety Net

• Offer a company employee matching gift program. 
• Offer a company employee payroll deduction program. 
• Donate a percentage of sales for a new book release or a backlist title. (AdventureKEEN created Shop Local, Live Local for bookstores – giving 3% of sales to Binc and 3% back to the participating bookstores.) 
• Host a corporate event. Create your own unique event and donate proceeds to Binc. (Chronicle Books held an auction for their 50th Anniversary and matched the proceeds providing Binc with over $4,000.) 
• Create fun company giving opportunities. Host small events or promotions to raise awareness and funds for booksellers. (Sourcebooks created Love Your Bookstore Day and donated the proceeds from sales of all promotion items.)

Provide a Sponsorship

• Winter Institute– Dinner with Binc ($2,500–$5,000). 
• Professional development scholarship ($5,000–$10,000). 
• Binc Survey Sponsorship. Give $10 for each survey completed. Opportunity available for 2021 ($6,000). 
• Matching challenge during Binc’s annual fundraising campaign. 
• Campaign to donate a dollar amount for each new sustaining donor.

Advocate for Binc

• Include Binc logo on signage at industry events, Winter Institute, Children’s Institute, and regional book association fall trade shows. “We proudly support Binc the booksellers’ safety net.” 
• Include stories of booksellers helped in your internal communications. (Ingram Content Group create a 12 Days of Giving campaign in 2018, sharing a story a day for twelve days of booksellers helped). 
• Encourage sales reps and authors to share information about Binc when visiting stores. (We can provide a tool kit.)

Have questions about how your company can help? Get in touch with Binc’s development director, Kathy Bartson.