Membership dues cover only 10% of the Mechanics' annual operating costs. The Institute relies on the annual fund to preserve our collections and building, and to sustain our ongoing programming and events, including:
- Acquisitions of books, DVDs, CDs, periodicals and electronic resources
- 70+ speaker events
- 35+ CinemaLit film series events
- Book discussion groups and writers groups
- Youth Outreach Chess Program, serving 500 kids per week
- Reference services operating six days a week
- Classes on topics such as library resources, writing, and chess
- Maintenance of our 9-story historic landmark building
- Conservation of our archives
For more information, please email [email protected] or call 415-393-0105.
What your support provides:
$25 Can provide gourmet popcorn for two weeks at Cinemalit
$50 Can provide the cost of a full year of issues of Cook's Illustrated, Ms, or Dwell
$75 Can provide outreach services to homebound members for a full year
$100 Can provide a two hour Saturday Youth Chess Class
$250 Can provide a Grandmaster guest speaker for a one hour lecture before a round of the TNM
$500 Can provide the annual CinemaLit licensing fee
$1,000 Can provide space for the Brown Bag Mystery Readers book group to meet every month (since 2003!) for a full year
$2,500 Can provide monthly Writer's Lunches for an entire year
$5,000 Can provide member access to information on more than 7500 publicly traded companies in the Value Line Resource Center database
$10,000 Can provide the annual Spring Scholastic Chess tournament for 250 public school students
Use the below form to donate securely using your credit card, or mail donation checks to:
Mechanics' Institute
Attn: Development
PO Box 577
San Francisco, CA 94104-0577
