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Having sponsors to assist in the costs of your philanthropic or community service activities would be great since it allows you to donate more $$ to the charity but I would urge caution if you are seeking sponsors to pay for your social events or non-philanthropy t-shirts. Unless you try to get into creative accounting (which I don't recommend), sponsors cannot pay your operating expenses since it falls into the category of 'non-member' income. There is a limit to how much non-member income you can have before you have to pay taxes on it and are no longer non-profit.
On the other hand, my alumnae clubs have 'sponsored' chapters by assisting members in financial need, buying things for the house, etc. While you can't solicit that kind of donation (only house corp can solicit donations) directly, you can accept it (many chapters give 'wish lists' to local alumnae.
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