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Business Partner Membership

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At APPA, we believe that the quality of academic programming is directly related to the quality of the educational facility. APPA enables educational institutions to share, elevate, and transform the learning environment. APPA provides training and professional development, performance measurement and evaluation tools, standards, best practices, research, credentialing, and thought leadership to more than 18,200 educational facilities professionals from more than 1,100 learning institutions.

Business Partner membership is open to all corporations who provide products and services to the facilities management marketplace or are interested in reaching facilities managers in the education environment. Our membership year cycle is April 1 – March 31. Learn more about APPA’s Visionary Strategic Framework and how our business partners can engage in this new frontier.


APPA Business Partner Memberships & Levels

Base Benefits That Apply to All Levels:
– Direct access to a targeted audience of educational facilities vice presidents, directors, chief engineers, managers, and supervisors who manage a median department budget of more than $5 million
– Access to APPA’s virtual Membership Directory
– Two complimentary listings in APPA’s online Buyers Guide via members’ myAPPA portal or the APPA365 app
– Competitive members-only advertising rates in APPA’s Facilities Manager magazine, Inside APPA newsletter, APPA website, and other APPA publications
– Member pricing for the APPA bookstore
– Member access to the APPA Body of Knowledge (BOK)
– Invitation to contribute content to APPA’s Business Partner Whitepaper Series
– Member pricing for CEFP Certification and all Professional Development opportunities.

Additional Benefits and/or Enhancements per Business Partner Level:

Silver – $1,654
  • ONE representative included.
  • ONE annual complimentary use of APPA’s mailing list comprised of USPS mailing information only.
  • ONE complimentary registration to an APPA professional development offering.
  • FEE: $250
    Social media marketing opportunity. APPA will post ONE with an appropriate tag message on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn tagging. Content of post provided by the member.
  • FEE: $400
    TWO additional annual uses of APPA’s mailing list comprised only USPS mailing information. PLUS ONE email communication to APPA membership by APPA staff. Content of post provided by the member.
Gold – $3,360
  • SIX representatives and ONE region included.
  • TWO annual complimentary use of APPA’s mailing list comprised of USPS mailing information only.
  • THREE complimentary registration to an APPA professional development offering.
  • Social media marketing opportunity. APPA will post ONE with an appropriate tag message on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn tagging. Content of post provided by the member.
  • Priority to schedule ONE webinar per year and receipt of complete registration list of participants.
Platinum- $6,825
  • UNLIMITED representatives and all SIX regions included.
  • TWO annual complimentary use of APPA’s mailing list comprised of USPS mailing information only.
  • SIX complimentary registration to an APPA professional development offering.
  • Social media marketing opportunity. APPA will post ONE with an appropriate tag message on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn tagging. Content of post provided by the member.
  • Priority to schedule ONE webinar per year and receipt of complete registration list of participants.
  • COMPANY LOGO displayed on APPA homepage with preferred URL.

Contact our Member Services Team to join today!


Regional Membership

Should you choose to add additional regional memberships or join only a region, below are the costs:

CAPPA$250
ERAPPARegion only – $600; $500 if APPA member
MAPPARegion only – 10% of APPA dues; $0 if APPA member
PCAPPARegion only – $500; $100 if APPA member
RMA$250
SRAPPARegion only – $200; $0 if APPA member

Chapter Membership

Please note that ALL chapter memberships are separate and not included in the pricing listed. To join a chapter, please visit their specific websites.

GAPPA Chapter Business Partner Application


Questions? Contact APPA’s membership staff at [email protected].