Dons For Fort Wayne

Yes, organizations who join to Dons For Fort Wayne can choose to support student-athletes on all teams at Purdue Fort Wayne. Dons For Fort Wayne will work with you to determine which student-athlete(s) best support the goals of your business and will maximize exposure and return on investment

Member organizations may request to work with a specific student-athlete, but are not guaranteed to receive that student-athletes services. Because of busy academic and athletic schedules, student-athletes’ ability to engage in NIL activities is often limited. Requests to work with a specific student-athlete will be made on a first subscribed, first offered basis, with higher tier subscribers having priority access.

Official category partner designations are only granted to members of the highest tier, on a first come, first serve basis. All Official Partners of Dons For Fort Wayne receive additional benefits, including cross promotional opportunities with Purdue Fort Wayne student-athletes.

Organizations can work directly with Dons For Fort Wayne to contract with Purdue Fort Wayne student-athletes to provide marketing, advertising and other services to enhance their membership benefits or on a la carte basis. Please contact elle@studentathletenil.com or call 414-202-1839 for more information.

Yes, organizations who join Dons For Fort Wayne can choose to pay their membership monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Any upfront payment allows a business to lock in and gain immediate access to all benefits for the designated time-period.

Organizations who cancel their membership will receive all benefits owed up-until date of cancellation, but relinquish all time-based benefits not accrued. For example, if a member at the $250 a month level is owed a bi-annual student-athlete on-site, but cancels their membership two months in, said benefit is relinquished. Organizations must be a member for at least two-consecutive months to receive a time-based benefit, or pre-pay their membership.

No, Dons For Fort Wayne is not affiliated with the Purdue University Fort Wayne in any way. It is a third party created to work with Purdue Fort Wayne student-athletes. That being said, student-athletes may request the right to use the Purdue University Fort Wayne marks and logo in their NIL related work, but that decision rests solely in the hands of the University.

A business may direct that payments for the NIL activations by the student athletes be used to promote the business and/or market the business’ products and services. To learn more, contact us at elle@studentathletenil.com. Under these circumstances, a business may be able to deduct these payments and/or payments for a membership to Dons For Fort Wayne as a business expense. Of course, a business seeking a tax deduction for such payments should consult with it’s tax advisor prior to taking any such deduction.