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Support

Fund the founding, not the overhead.

Support in the founding phase builds the things every later year runs on: chapter standards and training, the moderation system, the Agenda, and the first hundred founding dinners.

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Ways to give — available now

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    General support

    One gift, put where it is needed most this quarter.

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    Founding membership

    Give monthly or annually and become a founding member of the coalition.

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    Sponsor a founding dinner

    Cover the kit and the room for one Two Truths dinner.

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    Sponsor a chapter's first year

    Underwrite training and materials for a new chapter.

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    Sponsor a Two Truths piece or an Agenda topic

    Fund the research and editing behind one published piece.

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    Employer matching

    Double your gift. We supply the paperwork your employer needs.

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    Start a fundraiser

    Raise support in your own network for a chapter, a dinner, or the Agenda.

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    In-kind

    Meeting space, printing, moderation hours, legal or accounting help, design.

Tax treatment of contributions

Our tax status is being finalized. Until it is set, we do not describe how a contribution is treated for tax purposes, and we will not call a gift deductible before we are able to.

Where your support goes

  • Founding chapters

    Host training, dinner kits, and the seating rule that keeps three perspectives at the table.

  • Moderation and conversation infrastructure

    The system that reviews every response before it appears.

  • The Agenda and Two Truths

    The editorial program that states the strongest fair version of each view.

  • Events

    Dinners, clerk trainings, and multi-party forums.

  • Institutional foundations

    Legal formation, governance, financial controls, and an annual report.

Ways to belong

  • Free member

    Free, always

    Affirm the pledge, keep it locally, and take part. This never changes what you can read, say, or attend.

  • Sustaining member

    Monthly

    Give monthly to keep the coalition running. Optional, and never a condition of membership.

  • Founding Circle

    Before the first charter

    Become a sustaining member before the first chapter is chartered and be listed, permanently, as a Founding Circle member — if you opt in to being named.

What supporters receive, what we publish, what we will not do

What supporters receive

  • Our thanks, by name, if you choose to be listed
  • The annual report to members
  • First invitations to events near you
  • A clear record of your own giving

What we publish

  • Governing documents (bylaws, articles)
  • IRS determination status
  • Annual financial statements
  • Annual report to members
  • Chapter standards
  • Moderation policy
  • Privacy policy

What we will not do

  • Endorse candidates
  • Spend on elections or target voters
  • Score citizens or politicians
  • Accept support conditioned on partisan direction
  • Represent an unverified figure as evidence
  • Share member data

Our founding progress

Not everything worth giving is money

Time, a room, a skill, and an introduction all move this work forward.

Ways to help that are not money

Questions about giving, employer matching, or in-kind support? support@commongroundcompact.org