Serving Greater San Jose

Sponsorship Opportunities
in San Jose, CA

Zubie Five connects youth leagues, high school athletics programs, nonprofits, and parks & recreation departments across San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Fremont with local businesses ready to sponsor community sports. We find the sponsors. You run the season. We work across the San Jose area, including Willow Glen.

The San Jose Market
Why Brands Are Investing Here

San Jose sits at the center of Silicon Valley — a market with some of the highest household incomes in the country, and local businesses eager for genuine community visibility beyond digital ads.

Population
990K
City of San Jose — the heart of Silicon Valley.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey (via Data USA)
Estimated Youth Sports Participants
86.1K
Ages 6–17 playing organized sports.
Zubie Five estimate — Census population × ages 6–17 share × Project Play participation rate
Community Reach
258K
Estimated combined reach across participating families, siblings, and spectators.
Zubie Five estimate — participants × 3.0 household factor

What We Found
Youth Sports and Sponsorship in San Jose

Each item below comes from a public source, linked on the card. We add to this list only when we can cite it.

School sports

East Side Union High School District's athletics page lists its high schools (including Evergreen Valley, Independence, Piedmont Hills, Santa Teresa, Silver Creek, and Yerba Buena) and says the district is a member of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.

School sports

The California Interscholastic Federation reports a record 821,586 student-athletes in education-based athletics for 2024-25, up 1.8% from the prior year and above the previous record set in 2020. Girls' participation rose 3.1%, and girls' flag football grew 84% to 19,921 participants in its second season as a CIF-sanctioned sport.

Sponsorship & partnerships

In December 2025 Unrivaled Sports announced it had acquired Twin Creeks Sports Complex in neighboring Sunnyvale, becoming the operating partner with Santa Clara County Parks, and said it plans to invest millions in facility upgrades and expand youth programming there.

Tournaments and large sports complexes bring visiting families to town. Read How Local Businesses Can Benefit When a Major Youth Tournament Comes to Town.

Context on the operator: Unrivaled Sports was formed by Josh Harris, David Blitzer, and The Chernin Group. In January 2023, Harris and Blitzer agreed to buy Ripken Baseball and merge it with Cooperstown All Star Village (Sportico, Jan. 18, 2023); Unrivaled bought Diamond Nation in New Jersey in April 2024 (PR Newswire, Apr. 15, 2024), and in May 2025 reported a $120 million round led by DICK'S Sporting Goods (SGB Media, May 6, 2025).


Get Started
Whether You Run a Program or a Business
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I Run a Youth League, School Program, or Nonprofit

Find corporate sponsors for your San Jose-area organization — jerseys, field signage, tournaments, and more — and put the support back into your kids' season.

See Options for Organizations →
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I'm a Local Business Looking to Sponsor

Reach San Jose-area families through youth sports sponsorships — 67% of youth sports parents say they're more likely to buy from a brand that sponsors their child's team than from one that sponsors a pro team they follow.

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Common Questions
San Jose FAQs
Do you work with organizations throughout the San Jose area? +
Yes — we work with youth leagues, school athletic departments, and nonprofits across the San Jose area, including San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Fremont, with an established track record across Arizona, California, and Nevada and availability nationwide.
What kind of San Jose-area businesses sponsor youth sports? +
Local restaurants, tech companies, healthcare providers, real estate agents, and national brands looking for authentic community touchpoints in an affluent market all sponsor through Zubie Five.
How much does it cost my organization? +
For youth leagues, high school athletics, and nonprofits, getting started costs nothing, and we're only paid when sponsor money reaches your organization: a flat 20% commission with no seasonal minimum. Pricing for other programs, including bundled city and parks & rec programs, is discussed directly. Everything is in writing before we make a single call, and the full details are open for anyone to read on How We're Paid.
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