Membership

Join The
Society of New Concord

Become a member! You don't have to live here to support our efforts!

Take an ownership stake in your shared buildings, neighborhood social/cultural events, and community betterment!  We welcome full-time residents and weekenders...and there is no residency requirement:  many neighbors in Red Rock, Canaan, Chatham, Old Chatham, Valatie, Kinderhook, Pittsfield, Lenox, Great Barrington, West Stockbridge have joined us.  Membership supports our various projects and efforts.

Membership is for the calendar year (dues paid in Q4 will count toward the next year). It includes news and notices of upcoming events/functions. Members receive discounts to our paid events and are entitled to rent our buildings (e.g for a family gathering, wedding, or meeting) at a reduced rate.

Basic membership has been kept low at $30 per adult annually.  If you can support us at a higher level, please do consider a premium membership to help us meet the costs for heat, electricity, and insurance for our buildings.

Click below to pay using Paypal.  Or you can send your membership check to us in the US Mail:  PO Box 3, East Chatham, NY 12060.  Or your membership will be accepted at any SNC event.

BASIC MEMBERSHIP:  $30 per adult

SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP:  $45 per adult

SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP:  $75 per adult

BENEFACTOR:  $150 or more per adult

Donate!

The Society of New Concord is a truly non-profit organization. Our expenses are mostly connected with the two buildings which we own and are in the (nearly eternal) process of restoring: there are costs for heating, electricity, maintenance repairs and insurance. There are outlays related to some of our events, too. Dues fall well short of these expenses, so we depend on financial contributions from individuals and the occasional foundation gift to stay afloat. Because our members contribute time, work and skills, we can really stretch the contributed dollars. None of our officers or members are paid for their work.

Our building reconstruction projects have been financed by fund-raising campaigns and donations from a few foundations/businesses and some very generous individuals. Most of the work has been done by volunteer crews of neighbors, led by a few construction professionals. We are chartered as an educational corporation by the New York State Board of Regents and as a non-profit by the IRS under section 501(c)(3).

Please help our projects and donate here! Remember, the end of the tax year is coming!