For chambers, economic development & community organizations

Your community's ideas. Your name on the award.

Launch League runs Ontario's free, province-wide pitch competition — entries, judging on a published rubric, and written feedback for every entrant. Your organization names an award on top of it and takes the spotlight when your community's best idea wins. All the recognition, none of the operational burden.

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One Competition. Your Spotlight.

Your award lives inside the province-wide competition — not beside it. That means no separate deadlines, no separate judging to organize, and no divided attention.

Your people enter free

Members, students, and residents from your community enter the same competition as everyone in Ontario — no fees, no equity, ages 13+.

Your award finds its winner

Your named award recognizes the strongest entry from your community or chosen focus — scored by independent judges on the published 100-point rubric.

They stay in the big race

Your winner remains fully eligible for every province-wide category prize. Your award adds a hometown win on top — it never takes anything away.

What Your Organization Gets

Your award named your way — e.g., “The [Your Organization] Entrepreneurship Award”

Your name and logo on the live award card at launchleague.ca/competitions

Recognition in winner announcements and on the site throughout the cycle

The presentation moment — your organization hands your winner their award

A ready-to-share announcement blurb and graphic for your newsletter and social channels

A concrete economic-development story: real founders, real feedback, real prizes in your community

Judging stays fully independent — sponsors and award namers never influence scores, and any organization with a direct relationship to an entrant is excluded from input on that entrant. It's in the published rules, because that independence is what makes your award worth winning.

Why Organizations Do This

A visible, concrete win for your economic development mandate
Real member and community value — not another ribbon-cutting
Youth engagement built in: the competition is open from age 13
Your name attached to your community's next generation of founders

The Investment

Award naming starts at $1,000, and most organizational awards land between $1,000 and $2,500 depending on scope and prize contribution — consistent with our published sponsorship tiers.

Award sponsorship goes to the prize it names. Running the program is funded separately, through partnerships and general contributions. Entry is always free for participants — no fees, no equity, ever.

Let's Name Your Award

Tell us about your organization and we'll follow up within 48 hours with how a named award would work for your community.

A business looking to sponsor? See the sponsorship tiers. A firm or institution exploring a deeper partnership? Visit institutional partners.