Support – Center for Architecture + Design

Support

Partner with the Center for Architecture + Design to Shape a More Vibrant San Francisco

Support the Center’s year-round programs that celebrate design, engage diverse communities, and inspire the next generation of problem-solvers. Together, we can advance equity, sustainability, and innovation while creating a public hub for learning and exchange.

Champion Design Excellence – Support exhibitions, public programs, and initiatives that highlight the transformative power of design.

Engage the Community – Help create inclusive spaces where all voices can connect through design.

Expand Your Reach – Gain visibility among thousands of Bay Area residents, visitors, students, and design professionals.

Strengthen Your Impact – Be recognized as a partner in shaping San Francisco’s cultural and design landscape.

Corporate Giving

The Design Circle Partnership offers unparalleled recognition and tailored benefits to organizations that support the Center and AIA San Francisco through program sponsorship, advertising, and venue rentals. Partners can also engage through a range of à la carte sponsorship, advertising, and rental opportunities. Explore the options below.

Individual Giving

Supporters who invest in the Center’s programs, exhibitions, scholarships, and community initiatives help strengthen and expand public engagement with architecture and design. Contributions sustain meaningful programming and deepen access for audiences across the Bay Area. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Support Center Programs

MAKERS series

This program explores the creative processes behind making, bringing together practitioners from the arts, architecture, and design. Through personal stories and insights, it reveals the process of turning vision into craft.

DIALOGUES

This global conversation series brings together leading voices from across cultural disciplines to explore themes spanning design and the human body, technology, the environment, additive manufacturing, and beyond.

Architecture + the City Festival

For over twenty years, the Festival has brought the public closer to architecture and design through tours, talks, and film screenings. This citywide celebration invites everyone to connect with the built environment in a dynamic way.

Youth Programs

Held during Architecture Week, this free youth festival invites K–12 students to discover how architecture and design can address climate, equity, and resilience through hands-on workshops.

Exhibitions

The gallery showcases a year-round series of thought-provoking exhibitions. Sponsorship offers strong brand visibility and a meaningful way to support this public-facing program. Exhibitions rotate every four months.

Film Screenings

Experience architecture, design, and culture through visual storytelling. Film screenings draw broad public engagement and sustained visibility among audiences interested in the built environment.

Thank You to Our Founding Design Circle Partners