Donate or sponsor a season of chess
Donations pay for our coaching, our boards, and the entry fees that get scholars into rated tournaments. You can give below, put your company behind a season, or apply to join us.
Donate
Giving runs through Givebutter, so your card details never touch our site. The money comes straight to us.
- Fund a scholar’s USCF membership and gear
- Cover a tournament entry fee
Online giving through Givebutter is coming soon. For now, email us and we will sort it out.
Become a Sponsor
Sponsorship is for companies, and for anyone giving enough that we should be saying your name out loud. It’s usually a set amount each year rather than a one-time gift, and we recognize it publicly.
What sponsors get
- Your logo on this site and on the banner at our tournaments
- Your name in our annual impact report
- A write-up of what your money paid for, with the actual numbers
Talk to us
There’s no sponsor form yet. Email is the whole process right now, and one of us reads it.
How it works
Email us
Send a note to RuleTheBoardInc@gmail.com with roughly what you have in mind. You don’t need a figure yet.
We talk it through
We’ll show you what a given amount covers, whether that is a season of entry fees, a set of boards and clocks, or a coach for the year.
Signed, then live
We put it in writing, and your name goes up on the site and at the next tournament we run.
Apply to be a scholar
Grades K-12. One year of coaching, paid entries to rated tournaments, and a chess set you keep.
Apply to be a trainer
Coach a scholar through a season. You don’t need a master title, just the game and a free hour each week.
Community
We post tournament results and scholar news on Instagram, and the organizational side of things on LinkedIn. Follow whichever one you'd rather hear from.
Contact
Questions about the programs, or want to partner with us? Send us a note and we’ll get back to you.