Sponsorship / Underwriting

Custom packages can be arranged. Contact Chief Development Officer Caroline Francis, caroline@usmodernist.org.



USMODERNIST

USMODERNIST RADIO PODCAST

Hosted by George Smart and Tom Guild, USModernist Radio has a track record of 11 years, 460 shows, and 800 informative and entertaining guests from the architecture and jazz worlds.  Up to 10,000 downloads a month. DWELL named it the #2 architecture podcast; Atomic Ranch named it #1.

Includes 15-second host-read spot at the start and end of each show; inclusion on the USModernist website; inclusion in show archives; mention every week in the USModernist newsletter.  Past guests include Tom Kundig, Jeanne Gang, Daniel Libeskind, Moshe Safdie, and Cathleen McGuigan.

$15,000 for 52 SHOWS

$8,500 for 26 SHOWS

USMODERNIST LIBRARY

Exclusive naming sponsor for the largest open digital archive of architecture and design magazines: 25,000 issues, 5 million pages, 200 titles going back 130 years, plus archived architecture websites, podcasts,  movies, and books.

Includes banner with name and link at the top of each USModernist Library webpage (over 200 pages);  mention and link every week in the USModernist newsletter.  

$15,000/YR EXCLUSIVE

TOURS AND COCKTAIL PARTIES

Moon Over Modernism is our series of house tours and sunset cocktail parties at exceptional Modernist houses around America. Connect with wildly enthusiastic Modernist fans up close: up to 150 people at parties, up to 400 at tours.

Includes 4 tickets;  website promotion including logo and link; weekly mention in the USModernist newsletter; inclusion opportunity in gift bags; banner and materials on display at events.  Past venues include John Lautner's Sheats Goldstein House,  Harvey House, and Harpel House; Pierre Koenig's Stahl House; Rufus Nims' Jetsons House; Frank Lloyd Wright's Massaro House.

$12,000 EXCLUSIVE

$3,500 NON-EXCLUSIVE

USMODERNIST NATIONAL NEWSLETTER

Our weekly newsletter reaches 93,000 Modernist fans every Monday morning and features endangered Modernist houses, national architecture news, the USModernist Radio podcast, book reviews, and a national calendar of  tours and events.

Includes a 2" horizontal by 3" vertical graphic with link. Readers love it!  Graphics swappable once a month.

$4,000/YR

$2,500/6 MONTHS

USMODERNIST.ORG WEBSITE

The USModernist website attracts 30,000 pageviews a month.  Sponsorship includes a 2" horizontal by 3" vertical graphic with link. Graphics swappable once a month. Your support funds ongoing vital research and documentation of over 25,000 iconic Modernist houses and the lives and careers of over 220 important Modernist architects.

$2,500/YR

$1,500/6 MONTHS

USMODERNIST ADOPT-AN-ARCHITECT

Honor your favorite Modernist architect and support documenting their residential work in the archive by underwiting their USModernist page.

Includes your name, and affiliation if desired, prominently displayed at the top of their USModernist Archive.  Runs concurrently with any naming sponsor.

$500 to $5,000/YR

NCMODERNIST

NCMODERNIST ARCHITECT ARCHIVE

Your firm will be named as patron on the most popular page of the NCModernist website,  Architects and Houses.  Your support funds ongoing vital research and documentation of over 5,000 iconic Modernist houses and the lives and careers of over 300 North Carolina Modernist architects.

Includes banner logo and link at the top of the main architect's page.

$4,000 EXCLUSIVE/YR

The highest honor in North Carolina exclusively  for new Modernist houses is now in its 14th year. The competition reaches all the major residential architects in the state.

*Includes publicity starting January, on-stage participation at the July awards ceremony (our largest event of the year), and mention in all Prize communications including multiple features in the USModernist newsletter.

$4,000 EXCLUSIVE/YR

DESIGN NETWORKING EVENTS

Now in its 18th year, wildly popular monthly happy hour networking events attracting 45 to 200 architecture fans and professionals in the Triangle area of North Carolina.

Sponsors get naming rights provides banner at each event, mention in every newsletter, advance notice on venues, and exclusivity for your professional category.

$4,000 EXCLUSIVE NAMING RIGHTS/YR

$500 PER RTP EVENT + PROVIDING FOOD AND DRINK

The most comprehensive architecture resource in North Carolina, with documentation on 5,000 houses and 300 architects, gaining up to 12,000 pageviews/month. 

Includes a 2" horizontal by 3" vertical graphic with link. Readers love it!  Graphics swappable once a month.

$2,500/YR

$1,500/6 MONTHS

NEW MODERNIST HOUSE TOURS

Every April and September, 150 wildly enthusiastic architecture fans travel on luxury buses touring new and classic Modernist houses around Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC in a tour called Modapalooza.

Sponsorship supports one bus and includes opportunity to place materials in all 150 participant gift bags; weekly mention in USModernist newsletter;  underwriting credit on social media, logo and link on tour websites amd media releasese, one tour ticket, opportunity to address participants on the sponsored bus, and additional tickets at a discounted rate for clients and staff.

$7000 EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP

 $1,800 PER BUS

 

ARCHITECTURE MOVIE SERIES

Raleigh-area fans love NCModernist's long-running Architecture Documentary Movie series, September through May, the first Tuesday of the month at the cherished Rialto Theatre in Raleigh NC.  Running for over 15 seasons, the films often include Q&A with the producers afterwards.

Sponsors gets weekly mentions in USModernist newsletter;  logo and link on the movie page; recognition at each movie; 8 tickets per movie.  Full series sponsors get series naming privileges, such as the IBM Architecture Movie Series.   Past films include My Architect, Visual Acoustics, and The Fountainhead.

$7,200 SERIES/YR

 $4,000
HALF-SERIES/YR

 

   
RATES effective as of 6/1/2026