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Community Relations sponsorships

Community organizations that further a shared public purpose within our service area may submit proposals for our Community Relations support in 2025. If you have any questions, please reach out to Danny Neelon at neelond@neorsd.org.

  Submit an application

Transparency, accountability and environmental stewardship are core values that are essential to the attainment of the mission of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Through strategic partnerships with a variety of organizations, we engage our customers and the general public. Our goal: letting our stakeholders know who we are, what we do, how we manage resources, and why what we do is important to the health and vitality of our region.

This year’s strategic vision includes continuing to develop our workforce, increasing, customer enrollment in the Sewer District’s cost savings programs, and educating our local students and community about issues that impact our region’s water quality. As such, for 2025 we seek to build community relationships that help us leverage the many great organizations in our community to help further progress across the following program areas: 

  • Exploring Careers in Clean Water
  • Understanding and managing the Cost of Clean Water.
  • Promoting and teaching behaviors that Conserve and Care for Clean Water.
Please note that special consideration will be given to applications that feature specific programmatic initiatives. We are unable to provide general fundraising or donations per our Public Purpose Guidelines. 

 

Our Trustees recognize that public funds must be spent only for public purposes pursuant to Ohio law. Our Public Purpose policy establishes guidelines for expenditures that meet the following requirements:

  • Directly relate to the Sewer District’s core functions and strategic goals and objectives.
  • Required for the general good of ratepayers and citizens of the region.
  • Support the Sewer District’s mission.
  • Promote the efficient and effective administration of its operations, programs and employees.

The Policy is intended to comply with Ohio Auditor of State guidance on certain categories of expenditures set forth in the Policy. The complete policy is available for download at neorsd.org/PublicPurpose.

Prior to completing your application, please read the following:

2025 Sponsorship Submission Deadline will be announced soon.

Below are instructions for any outside organization who would like to partner with the Sewer District through a Sponsorship Agreement.

Registration requirements

  • All applicants must first make sure that your organization is a registered vendor with the Sewer District, and that all of the contact information for the organization is current. You should search our registry online and confirm your organization details or contact the purchasing department 216-881-6600 to review your status. If you are not registered you can register online.
  • The linked form will capture all information needed for consideration for a sponsorship. Once your submission is received, you will receive confirmation and instructions for sending any supporting documentation.  
  • All Sponsorship requests must meet our Public Purpose as documented in our policy: neorsd.org/publicpurpose 
  • If requesting sponsorship for a specific event, please submit the application no later than 45 days prior to the event date. Please allow at least two weeks for application processing, and additional time for payment. 

Payment

  • Once approved and all paperwork has been submitted, a purchase order (PO) number will be assigned to the sponsorship. This number must be included on any invoices sent to your assigned Sewer District representative for payment. 

Form functionality

  • This form cannot be saved in progress and any changes made without final submission will be lost.
  • Be sure your form is filled out completely. Please include all possible details. More information is always better than not enough.

Branding requirements

  • Any use of our Sewer District logos must be approved by your assigned Sewer District representative prior to use.

Reporting requirements

  • We require a recap form for all deliverables outlined in our agreements. That will be provided by your assigned Sewer District representative.

If you are a Media partner, please see our Media and Ad Buys Request form.

If you have questions about your eligibility, potential partnerships, or application status, please contact a member of our team: