She was my 'sponsor' at my confirmation. [=she helped to prepare me for my confirmation]
He agreed to be my 'sponsor' so that I could join the club.
The tournament is 'sponsored' by local businesses.
(..) We've learned more from genetics in the past decade... than a century of digging up bones. So... when you say you want to sponsor an attraction... what do you have in mind? We want to be thrilled. Don't we all? The Indominus rex. Our first genetically modified hybrid. (..)2015 Jurassic World