🎨 The Art of Rescue: Badass Bash 2025

Join us Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 at the iconic Prospect Park Boathouse for The Art of Rescue: Badass Bash 2025: our biggest fundraising night of the year. This unforgettable evening brings together rescue dog lovers, changemakers, and community leaders for one common goal: to save more Badass dogs from idiot humans.

Enjoy cocktails and small bites, an epic raffle and auction, special guests, an inspiring keynote speaker, and of course, art that celebrates the beauty and grit of rescue.

Your ticket directly supports our mission to save at-risk dogs and give them the future they deserve.

📅 Save the Date – Tickets go on sale August 2nd!

🤝 Would you like to sponsor the Badass Bash? Whether you’d like to be a presenting sponsor or donate to the raffle & auction, we’d be grateful for whatever you can contribute. Scroll down to learn more.

Join The Badass Bash Committee

Join The Badass Bash Committee

As a Bash Benefit Committee Member, we ask that you purchase a pair of tickets to the event, lend your name to the invitation, and commit to inviting your family, friends and colleagues to join us to make this the most Badass fundraiser yet! The Bash Benefit Committee Member with the highest total dollar amount of pre-Bash donations and ticket sales, will win a fabulous prize!

There are 3 levels of committee members. Learn more:

Badass relies on the generosity of sponsors and donors to sustain our rescue work. The average cost of saving a Badass dog is $750, which is $200 more than the adoption fee. As a Bash sponsor, your contribution will help us cover the full cost of saving lives.

Help us make this year’s Bash the best one yet! Interested in learning more?

Sponsor Badass Bash! 

  • Title Sponsor

    $10,000 | 1 Available

    ■ Listed as Title Sponsor with prominent logo placement on all promotional materials

    ■ Premium logo placement on step-and-repeat

    ■ 8 VIP tickets to the Bash 

    Our VIP Cocktail hour includes adoptable dogs on site for this portion only

    ■ Listed as a Friend of Badass on our website for one year

    ■ 4 dedicated social media posts, pre- and post-event

    ■ On-stage acknowledgement by event chair

    Title Sponsor recognition within event program and via digital slideshow

    ■ Opportunity for on-site activation, e.g. Pre-event cocktail party ownership

    ■ Honorary naming rights of 3 Badass rescue dogs (in 2026)

    ■ Partnership highlight in Badass monthly newsletter

    ■ Featured highlight in post event recap email and social post

  • Presenting Sponsor

    $7,500 | 2 Available

    ■ Listed as Presenting Sponsor with prominent logo placement on all promotional materials

    ■ Logo placement on step-and-repeat

    ■ 6 VIP tickets to the Bash

    Our VIP Cocktail hour includes adoptable dogs on site for this portion only

    ■ Listed as a Friend of Badass on our website for one year

    ■ 3 dedicated social media posts, pre- and post-event

    ■ On-stage acknowledgement by event chair

    Presenting Sponsor recognition within event program and via digital slideshow

    ■ Opportunity for on-site activation, e.g. Pre-event cocktail party branding

    ■  Partnership highlight in Badass monthly newsletter

    ■ Naming rights of 2 Badass rescue dogs (in 2026)

  • Supporting Sponsor

    $5,000 | 3 Available

    ■ Listed as Supporting Sponsor with logo placement on all promotional materials (second tier)

    ■ 4 VIP tickets to the Bash

    Our VIP Cocktail hour includes adoptable dogs on site for this portion only

    ■ Listed as a Friend of Badass on our website for one year

    ■ 2 dedicated social media posts, pre- and post-event

    ■ On-stage acknowledgement by event chair

    Supporting Sponsor  recognition within event program and via digital slideshow

    ■ Option for on-site branding (e.g. signature drink, signage at check-in, or donation match callout)

  • Sponsor

    $2,500 | 4 Available

    ■ Listed as Sponsor on all promotional materials

    ■ 4 VIP  tickets to the Bash

    Our VIP Cocktail hour includes adoptable dogs on site for this portion only

    ■ 1 dedicated social media post, pre- OR post-event

    ■ On-stage acknowledgement by event chair

     Sponsor recognition via digital slideshow

    ■ Listed as a Friend of Badass on our website for one year