Sponsor the next generation of STEM leaders

Sponsor our annual event to celebrate our students’ success, form connections, and hear Lumity students showcase what they learn in our programs.

Lumity is a Chicago-based nonprofit that partners with businesses, communities, and schools to provide transformational STEM experiences for teens and young adults from historically under-resourced communities. Our programs reach more than 550 young people, providing hands-on experiences to develop the next generation of STEM professionals and entrepreneurs. 

• Our STEM Career Prep program connects high school students to the world of possibilities through in-class instruction and real-world experience. 

• Our STEMWorks employment program creates new pathways to success for young adults interested in careers in clean energy, construction, and building trades. Healthcare, IT, and manufacturing. 

Explore our different annual benefit sponsorship levels and benefits:

STEM Transformer | $50,000

• Premiere table for 10 
• Premiere logo placement on Lumity’s website, benefit signage, and step-and-repeat banner 
• Verbal recognition from the stage 
• Year-round recognition on Lumity’s website, blog, and social media 

STEM Innovator | $25,000

• Premiere table for 10 
• Premiere logo placement on Lumity’s website, benefit signage, and step-and-repeat banner 
• Verbal recognition from the stage 
• Logo on Lumity’s website and benefit signage 

STEM Accelerator | $12,500

• Prominent table for 10 
• Verbal recognition from the stage 
• Logo on Lumity’s website and name on benefit signage 

Ignite a Spark | $5,000

• Reserved table for 10 
• Logo on Lumity’s website and name on benefit signage 

STEM Supporter | $500

• Event ticket for one guest. 

To download the 2025 Annual Benefit Sponsorship & RSVP form, please click here.

The Annual Fund is unrestricted support that offers the greatest flexibility in addressing the needs of Lumity youth. The Annual Fund has never been more critical than it is now.  Since March 2020, revenues from our Annual Benefit and NPO.net have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic; these unrestricted annual dollars from generous donors like you allow Lumity to meet the immediate and ongoing needs of Lumity youth. Support for the Annual Fund allows Lumity to cover a range of expenses that make our programs possible—from general operations to technology for virtual programs to satellite spaces so that Lumity is embedded in the various neighborhoods where our youth live.

The Lumity Innovation Fund is dedicated to designing, launching, and testing new solutions that engage and support Chicago’s teens and young adults in pursuing STEM careers. Support for the Lumity Innovation Fund covers expenses related to partnership and program development, new program resources, materials, and equipment, data collection and evaluation, and more. In the upcoming years, Lumity will focus support from the Innovation Fund on launching the Lumity STEM into 60617 programs in partnership with Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School and their feeder schools. Funds will allow the partnership to pilot and test an embedded approach to STEM pathways so that youth graduate from high school directly into entry-level STEM jobs and/or STEM credentialing programs.

The Lumity Youth Fund grows and sustains Lumity’s proven programs and signature activities. It helps Lumity to expand our reach and engage additional teens and young adults, as well as provide youth within our programs with specific support and services as needs arise. Over the next few years, Lumity will focus the Youth Fund on two key areas: 1) Increasing the number of young adults in our STEMWorks, so that more recent high school graduates without a job or education prospects are prepared for, placed, and succeed in quality entry-level positions in STEM fields; and 2) Providing tutoring and homework help in all of our programs, to close the achievement gap exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure youth have the academic skills necessary to pursue careers in STEM fields.