Quiz: Which Cause Is Your Company Built to Champion?

July 21, 2026

Not every company should sponsor a golf tournament. Not every nonprofit is your soulmate.

The best cause marketing partnerships happen when your company’s personality and a nonprofit’s mission actually click. So before you write another sponsorship check because “Karen knows someone on the board,” take this quiz.

Keep track of your points. Your perfect nonprofit match awaits.


1. Your company wins the lottery and has $100,000 to give away. What's the first idea in the room?
2. It's volunteer day. Surprisingly, nobody calls in sick. Where's the team?
3. If your company had a bumper sticker, what would it say?
4. What's the best kind of ROI?
5. Which headline deserves a permanent spot on your office wall?
6. Your company's unofficial motto is...
7. Which success story would get shared in every company meeting?
8. Which phrase sounds most like your company?
9. Ten years from now, what would make you think, "Yep...that was worth it."
10. Your CEO walks into Monday's leadership meeting and says, "I want us to be known for..."