1) Aegis 2) Auspices 3) Egis 4) Endorsement 5) Membership 6) Money 7) Partisanship 8) Patronage 9) Support 1) Backing 2) Help 3) Patronage 4) Support 5) The act of sponsoring 
• (n.) State of being a sponsor.
Balloons can be sponsored as can competitions and record attempts in return for publicity; good examples of this is the Swiss company sponsored Breitling Orbiter 3 - the successful round the world balloon or in Germany the Warsteiner balloons sponsored by a beer company, who now have so many balloons they now have their own balloon meeting where th...
Spon'sor·ship noun State of being a sponsor. 
[n] - the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially)
Sponsorship is an action by allies that are taken to advance the career of members of marginalized groups. These may include mentoring, protecting, or promoting.
Specialised form of sales promotion where a company will help fund an event or support a business venture in return for publicity
the provision of financial or material support to individuals, teams, events or organisations, outside the sponsor's normal sphere of operations. This might involve sport, the arts, community or charity work.
Some companies offer a sum of money to students during their studies. In return the student may work for them during their studies or during vacations and should have an interest in working for the company when they graduate. Sponsorships are not only for students on vocational courses.
Enhancing the demand for a stock through research and order flow.
Funding of an event or support of a venture in return for publicity.
The purchase of all or part of a television program by one advertiser.