QEI Patrons

QEI Patrons and Partner Members

Quality Education Initiative (QEI) patronage was created as a way for private sector organizations to support the AGRiP mission to make members more effective, collaborative, and informed. QEI Patrons are not merely service providers; they are partners with member pools. Contact us to learn more about becoming a QEI Patron.

Search QEI Patrons by services provided, organization name, state, or primary contact in the Organization Directory, or scroll down for a full list of QEI Patrons and links to their websites.

Also, check out the latest original content created by QEI Patrons for the benefit of pools in the QEI Spotlight.

Current QEI Patrons

Legacy Patrons

CEO Patrons

Vice President Patrons

Executive Patrons

Interested in becoming a QEI Patron?

Baseline QEI benefits include:

  • Member rate for all employees to all AGRiP events
  • Access to Pooling Academy with member discount pricing
  • Your relevant materials posted to support all conference sessions
  • Your website content included as a resource in our Cybrary, a custom search engine for all members
  • Your primary contact is notified when a pool RFP is released on our website
  • Your primary contact receives Intelligence publication (and can forward it)
  • Your employees receive AGRiP eNews, our flagship publication
  • Your pool-related content promoted through QEI Spotlight
  • Access to most members-only services, including Cybrary and webinars
  • Preferred status for any service RFP issued by AGRiP and priority outreach for AGRiP-specific projects
  • Eligible to respond to AGRiP gift-in-kind opportunities
  • QEI quarterly calls and regular QEI Digest with content specific to the latest pooling trends and insights
  • Annual in-person linkage meeting with the AGRiP Board of Directors
  • Your services searchable by member pools through our online directory
  • Your listing on our QEI webpage with direct link to your website
  • Your brand listed in our conference app and materials for our three annual events (size and placement determined by QEI level)

Additional QEI Patron Benefits by Level

There are four levels of QEI patronage, with corresponding benefits and incentives:

Legacy Level

$21,840 each year of three-year commitment (only available to QEI Patrons previously participating for six or more consecutive years)

Legacy Level Benefits: 

  • Five complimentary learner licenses annually to Pooling Basics (eight-course curriculum) from Pooling Academy
  • Access to AGRiP expertise for collaboration to present at your meeting, client forum, event or other engagement (once per year, adequate planning required)
  • Eligible to participate in our QEI Showcase at Staff Forum
  • Your client-only event promotion or recap published via AGRiP eNews (one per year)
  • Your webinars and/or meetings published on our online events calendar (if open to non-client pools)
  • Three Governance Conference complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Three Staff Forum complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Ability to co-author and co-publish unique, pool-relevant content with AGRiP (one per year)
  • Your thought-leadership resource (e.g. a whitepaper) promoted in AGRiP eNews (one per year)
  • Your on-demand intro or demo video posted on our website
  • Your pool-related content from QEI Spotlight repromoted in AGRiP eNews as appropriate
  • Your brand listed on conference app as featured QEI Patron for our three annual events
  • Eligible for event sponsorship opportunities (additional costs apply

CEO Level

$17,140 each year of three-year commitment

CEO-Level Benefits: 

  • Eligible to participate in our QEI Showcase at Staff Forum
  • Your client-only event promotion or recap published via AGRiP eNews (one per year)
  • Your webinars and/or meetings published on our online events calendar (if open to non-client pools)
  • Three Governance Conference complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Three Staff Forum complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Ability to co-author and co-publish unique, pool-relevant content with AGRiP (one per year)
  • Your thought-leadership resource (e.g. a whitepaper) promoted in AGRiP eNews (one per year)
  • Your on-demand intro or demo video posted on our website
  • Your pool-related content from QEI Spotlight repromoted in AGRiP eNews as appropriate
  • Eligible for event sponsorship opportunities (additional costs apply

Vice President Level

$9,100 each year of three-year commitment.

Vice President-Level Benefits: 

  • Your webinars and/or meetings published on our online events calendar (if open to non-client pools)
  • Two Governance Conference complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Two Staff Forum complimentary registrations, provided annually
  • Your pool-related content from QEI Spotlight repromoted in AGRiP eNews as appropriate
  • Eligible for event sponsorship opportunities (additional costs apply)

Executive Level

$6,500 each year of three-year commitment

Executive Level Benefits: 

  • Your webinars and/or meetings published on our online events calendar (if open to non-client pools)
  • One Governance Conference complimentary registration, provided annually
  • Two Staff Forum complimentary registrations, provided annually

More Information

Contact us to learn more about becoming a QEI Patron or Partner Member.

New QEI Patrons and Partner members are onboarded twice a year in Jan. and July. 

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Partner Members

Individuals in a private sector organization offering products or services to public entity pools can become a Partner Member of AGRiP.

Partner Members receive:

  • Recognition as supporting public entity pooling values
  • Discounted registration to AGRiP conferences and other educational events
  • Access to basic AGRiP membership information and certain resources
  • Regular communications providing updates on issues relevant to AGRiP's membership and the pooling community
Annual Partner Member dues are $650 .