Become a Sponsor — PyCascades 2025

About The Conference

PyCascades was started in 2018 as a regional PyCon for the Cascades Region, celebrating the west coast Python developer and user community. Our organizing team includes members of the Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland Python user groups.

Getting in touch with us

You can reach us via email at sponsorship@pycascades.com

View the prospectus (shown below) here.

Sponsorship Tiers

	DIAMOND $15,000	PLATINUM $10,000	GOLD $6,000	SILVER $3,000	BRONZE $1,000
	DIAMOND $15,000	PLATINUM $10,000	GOLD $6,000	SILVER $3,000	BRONZE $1,000
AVAILABILITY	2	4	6	10	Unlimited
TICKETS
Complementary conference passes (in-person): You'll receive tickets for your organization.	6	4	2	2	1
Complementary conference passes (remote): You'll receive tickets for your organization.	10	8	6	4	2
BENEFITS
Logo on website and press releases: Your logo will be featured on the website and in newsletter. (Logo image sizes are adjusted by sponsorship tier)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Virtual booth space: We will provide a virtual sponsorship booth that can provide a tier-specific capacity of participants.	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
In-person booth space: We will provide an in-person sponsorship booth with tier-specific table size and location.	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mentions in social media before, during, and after the event: Your company will be featured in all social media campaigns.	✓	✓	✓	✓
Logo with message on website: You will receive a short description and featured company logo on the website.	✓	✓	✓
Logo banner on stage: Your logo will be shown on our speaker presentation stage during the event.	✓	✓	✓
Logo on intermission video: Your logo will be shown on all intermission videos.	✓	✓	✓
Logo with brief message in opening and closing emails: Your logo and brief message will be included in welcome and thank-you emails.*	✓	✓
Acknowledgement in opening and closing remarks: Your organization will be included in all verbal welcome and closing announcements.	✓	✓
Logo on videos and screen recordings during sessions: Your logo will be shown in a banner on all live talks and screen recordings during sessions and on the closing videos.	✓
Five minute talk slot: Your organization gets a five-minute slot during closing remarks.*	✓

Add-ons

We’re offering add-ons this year - these are a great option for organizations who want to differentiate themselves and make a more tangible connection to attendees. All add-ons require a Silver Sponsorship or higher.

Captioning

Cost: $1000

Availability: 2 (one per day)

Benefits: Special on-stage thank you at the beginning and end of your sponsored day.

Coffee Break

Cost: $2000

Availability: 1

Benefits: Signage by the beverage and snack stations plus an on-stage thank you during opening and closing remarks. These high-traffic areas are great for visibility!

Lanyard

Cost: $2000

Availability: 1

Benefits: Your logo printed on our lanyards. As always, we’re giving attendees our engraved wooden badges this year, so most attendees hang onto their badges long after the conference.

Quiet Room

Cost: $2000

Availability: 1

Benefits: Signage at the Quiet Viewing Room plus an on-stage thank you during opening remarks and welcome email. The Quiet Viewing Room is a differentiating feature for PyCascades that we consistently get positive feedback about.

How we use funds

All sponsorship funds and the revenue from all tickets are used in the direct operations of the PyCascades conference. We use this money to rent our venue(s), pay our vendors, buy supplies, provide our online platform, and fund all other conference costs. Additionally, sponsorship and corporate-level ticket sales allow us offer make individual- and student-level tickets at affordable prices, as well as offering grants to attendees who need them. Any funds above our costs are reserved for future years' conferences.

PyCascades is a direct project of the Python Software Foundation (“the PSF”). In addition to tax deductibility as a marketing expense for our sponsors, any applicable benefits of the PSF’s 501(c)3 designation from the IRS also may apply. Determination letter from the IRS designating the PSF as a charitable organization available from the PSF website.