Our City Our Stories - Benefits


Benefits of Sponsorship

Your gift to WTTW and WFMT allows us to enrich lives, engage communities, and inspire exploration. We will be pleased to acknowledge your generous support of Our City, Our Stories: A WTTW and WFMT Celebration with the following suggested benefits. For more information, please contact the WTTW and WFMT Development Team at (773) 509-5308 or via email.


City of Big Shoulders – $50,000

  • One table for ten guests at the Celebration dinner, with priority seating and the opportunity to have a special guest at your table.
  • Experience storytelling at WTTW and WFMT! Choose to co-curate an hour of classical music on WFMT with Lisa Flynn; create your own story with Archivist Allison Schein Holmes using the Studs Terkel Radio Archive; join us for a Chicago Tonight broadcast and a conversation with our correspondents for you and four guests; or explore the architecture of Chicago on a walking tour with Host Geoffrey Baer for you and four guests.
  • On-air acknowledgments twice a month for one year on WTTW.
  • On-air acknowledgments twice a month for one year on WFMT.
  • Five thirty-second advertisements on WFMT to promote the entity or nonprofit of your choice.
  • On-air dedication on WFMT sharing your story associated with a classical work.
  • Logo or text with web link recognition on the Celebration website.
  • Full-page tribute message in Celebration program book (commitment by 4/1/22).
  • Logo or text recognition in the credit roll shown throughout the Celebration dinner (commitment by 4/15/22).
  • Access to WTTW Passport, our on-demand library of WTTW and PBS shows.

My Kind of Town – $25,000

  • One table for ten guests at the Celebration dinner, with priority seating and the opportunity to have a special guest at your table.
  • On-air acknowledgments once a month for one year on WTTW.
  • On-air acknowledgments once a month for one year on WFMT.
  • Logo or text with web link recognition on the Celebration website.
  • Half-page tribute message in Celebration program book (commitment by 4/1/22).
  • Logo or text recognition in the credit roll shown throughout the Celebration dinner (commitment by 4/15/22).
  • Access to WTTW Passport, our on-demand library of WTTW and PBS shows.

The City That Works – $15,000

  • One table for ten guests at the Celebration dinner.
  • On-air acknowledgments once a month for six months on WTTW.
  • On-air acknowledgments once a month for six months on WFMT.
  • Recognition with web link on the Celebration website.
  • Quarter-page tribute message in Celebration program book (commitment by 4/1/22).
  • Recognition in the credit roll shown throughout the Celebration dinner (commitment by 4/15/22).
  • Access to WTTW Passport, our on-demand library of WTTW and PBS shows.

Sweet Home Chicago – $10,000

  • One table for ten guests at the Celebration dinner.
  • Recognition on the Celebration website.
  • Quarter-page tribute message in Celebration program book (commitment by 4/1/22).
  • Recognition in the credit roll shown throughout the Celebration dinner (commitment by 4/15/22).
  • Access to WTTW Passport, our on-demand library of WTTW and PBS shows.

Individual Tickets - $1,000

  • A limited number of tickets are available at the $1,000 level.