Corporate Partnerships
Become an Ally! Join Us as a Corporate Partner, Funder, and Visionary
Globally, people with disabilities are a marginalized population group that crosses all other social sectors and creates an intersectionality with other aspects of identity, such as race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, and socioeconomic status, magnifying the harmful experiences of discrimination, marginalization, exclusion, and health inequities.
By joining WID as an ally and sponsor, your company can advance your internal strategic priorities and publicly demonstrate your commitment to embracing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the corporate and consumer worlds.
Supporting Disability-Led Organizations (DLOs) plays a vital role in effective advocacy for the rights and well-being of individuals with disabilities, ensuring our perspectives and contributions are valued. DLOs possess invaluable expertise and insights into navigating and eliminating the barriers faced by people with disabilities, and their knowledge can inform your company's development of innovative products, services, and policies that are truly inclusive and accessible to all.
Supporting WID also aligns with broader business objectives, as people with disabilities make up a significant portion of the global population, representing a large and diverse consumer market.
By partnering with WID, your company can better understand the needs and preferences of this consumer base, enabling your company to develop and market products that cater to them. This approach fosters an inclusive and accessible marketplace, empowering individuals with disabilities to lead more independent and fulfilling lives.
Innovation and Growth
Support new perspectives, ideas, and technologies to drive creativity and improve your company's decision-making
Social Responsibility
Align your company's strategy toward social change by demonstrating your commitment to achieve and sustain measurable impact
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Accelerate the development of cultures of global inclusion and enhance your DEI goals by promoting equity and accessibility for multiply-marginalized groups
Talent Acquisition
Attract diverse talent by reinforcing your company's inclusion efforts and further supporting your Employee Resource Groups
Community Engagement
Reflect the communities your company serves by respecting and valuing the leadership of historically marginalized groups
When you partner with WID, you partner with a globally recognized leader impacting positive change in disability policies, social and humanitarian outcomes, and cultural responses around the world.
You reinforce the values of equity, inclusion, and diversity within your workplace and your brand. You join us as an ally, a visionary, and a change-maker.
A “Call-to-Action” initiative designed to unite disability-led organizations, foundations, corporations, and other allies to collaborate and identify needs and link partners to accelerate assistance and resources both during and after disasters.
Your organization can help support GADRA as we lead this critical global initiative for rapid response to meet urgent needs and accelerate resource allocation to localized disability-led organizations during times of crisis.
WID’s 40th Anniversary
November 7, 2023 marked WID’s 40th anniversary- a milestone advocating for disability rights globally. WID celebrated this day with a special virtual celebration, featuring remarks from our staff and board, as well as special guests and performances.
Transcript: https://wid.org/transcript-40th-anniversary-virtual-celebration
Throughout the last 40 years, WID has positioned itself as a leader in the disability community worked on a wide range of projects, legislation, and collaborations.
Key Achievements
- Launched global strategic planning initiative to shape WID’s next 10+ years
- Hosted 15 virtual sessions with participants across 5 continents
- Centered disability voices, with 78% of participants identifying as disabled
- Gathered global insights from leaders, advocates, policymakers, and partners
- Highlighted major gaps in inclusion, especially in employment and aging populations
- Amplified urgency of disability justice and intersectional approaches
- Collected actionable recommendations to guide WID’s future strategy
Learn more about ways we can partner together to help advance your organization’s strategic priorities during this global celebration.
For more information about joining WID’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2033 and helping us launch our ten-year strategic objectives as a corporate sponsor, contact us at development@wid.org
WID’s multi-dimensional and universally applicable strategy to support businesses and governments of all sizes as they work to ensure that all employees, clients, and consumers have been considered and are included in their disaster preparedness and continuity of operations, resilience, and sustainability plans.
Web Accessibility Training Program for Nonprofits (WATPN)
WID aims to improve website accessibility for nonprofit organizations by engaging, educating and training organizations with methods that will eliminate digital barriers which currently limit or deny access to users with disabilities.
Your organization can provide resources to fund the development of this initiative, or support us in working with individual nonprofits to improve their website accessibility.
Customized Sponsorship Packages
WID offers personalized recognition opportunities that are designed to meet your company’s business objectives through any combination of branded services and/or cause-marketing benefits.
Become a Champion for Change
Use the contact form below to reach out to our team, or email us directly at development@wid.org.
Thank you for your interest in supporting WID!