Sponsor or sponsorship may refer to a person or organization with some role (especially one of responsibility) regarding another person or organisation: *

Sponsor (commercial) Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. The individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor, is k ...

, supporter of an event, activity, or person * Sponsor (legislative), a person who introduces a bill * ''Sponsor'' (beetle), a genus of beetles * Child sponsorship, form of charitable giving *

Ship sponsor A ship sponsor, by tradition, is a female civilian who is invited to "sponsor" a vessel, presumably to bestow good luck and divine protection over the seagoing vessel and all that sail aboard.Eyers, Jonathan (2011). ''Don't Shoot the Albatross!: ...

*Sponsor of baptism, see

godparent Within Christianity, a godparent or sponsor is someone who bears witness to a child's baptism (christening) and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation. In both religious and civil views, ...

*Sponsorship in a

twelve-step program Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded by B ...

* "Sponsor" (song), a song by Teairra Marí * ''Sponsor'' (TV series), a 2021 South Korean television series

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