Vendor underwriting brief

Why vendor support matters

Hotels, restaurants and their workforces purchase, use, renew and recommend the products and services that sustain the vendor community. HRN offers vendors a meaningful way to stand with those people when a fire, medical emergency, family loss or safety crisis turns life upside down.

What vendor support can make possible

The proposed model keeps employee gifts and employer matches focused on direct help. Approved industry support can fund the caring people, secure technology, privacy and accountability required to deliver that help safely and consistently. No underwriting is being accepted until an authorized charitable structure and gift-acceptance process are in place.

Potential areas of support

• Trained charitable administration and compassionate applicant communication.
• Secure technology, hosting and privacy protection.
• Accounting, audit, insurance and compliance safeguards.
• Employer onboarding, payroll integration and employee education.
• Clear measurement of the help made possible.

Recognition principles

Future sponsor acknowledgment should identify support without promising endorsements, sales leads, employee data, grant influence or promotional claims. Final recognition terms must be approved by the charitable administrator and counsel.

The next step

Vendors may request a briefing, help validate the operating budget or document conditional interest for consideration after the legal home, controls and pilot scope are approved.