Why donate?

Support community care and connectedness through local oral history

Storytelling is a vital part of human life. There are many ways that community storytelling can nourish, heal, and strengthen our communities. At Window Seat, we gather people together to celebrate stories that have been forgotten, silenced, or ignored throughout history. We’ve seen how sharing our stories in community with others sparks connection and serves as a powerful catalyst for creativity and social change. Make a tax-deductible donation to Window Seat Media today. We deeply value all donations, both large or small.

Ready to level up your contribution?

Business Sponsorship Opportunities

Is your business or organization interested in sponsoring Window Seat's annual cycle of local oral history and community storytelling events, exhibits, and performances? Sponsorship benefits are active between September 1 and August 31 of the year.

Benefits include

• Social media recognition, reaching 2,000+ people
• Logo/name on posters, website, and newsletter reaching 1,000+ people
• Verbal recognition at our Annual Gathering impacting 50+ people in attendance
• Sponsor meet and greet with staff and Window Seat project creative collaborators

... and more depending on your sponsorship level!

Check out our Sponsorship Packet. Your sponsorship supports access-for-all arts and humanities programming, all-ages community-building, and communal narratives of success and social change.

Subscribers Program

Become a Friend of Community Storytelling

Subscribers are the first to be invited to our invite-only Annual Community Storytelling Gathering each spring and receive various perks, benefits, and bespoke items. We look to this ever-expanding group as key collaborators in our work. We often gather advisory groups comprised of subscribers, core supporters, creative collaborators, and organizational partners to get feedback and build momentum around strategic initiatives.

Check out our Subscribers Pledge Packet with all the details. Join our Facebook Group, where we post volunteer opportunities, programming, special events, and chances to help us spread the word and build relationships.

Subscribers are our backbone of support

• ‍Friends: $5+/ month, $60/ year
• ‍Neighbors: $10/ month, $120/ year
• ‍Connectors: $25/ month, $300/ year
• ‍Cultivators: $50/ month, $600/ year
• ‍Champions: $100+/ month, $1,200+/ year

Benefits include

• Social media recognition (if desired) with quote and photo, reaching 2,000+ people
• Verbal recognition at our Annual Gathering, reaching 50+ people
• Meet and greet with Window Seat staff, Board, and creative collaborators
• Name recognition (if desired) in our Annual Report, published on our website

Consistent, recurring donations over time, of all sizes, allow us to count on a general operating income stream that is dependable. This means we can be more nimble in our community programming and continue to offer access-for-all and sliding-scale pricing for our events and services.

We’re campaigning for new subscribers to join our Friends of Community Storytelling program (current subscribers who increase their level count as "New" too!). Subscribing is an easy way to support the community-based oral history and storytelling programming you love. This year, we have some cool incentives for all our subscribers:

2024 Subscriber incentives

• ‍Friends: $5+/ month, $60+/ year: Window Seat Media annual themed pin
• ‍Neighbors: $10+/ month, $120/ year: Community Roots bookmark
• Connectors: $25+/ month, $300/ year: Window Seat Media annual themed tote bag
• ‍Cultivators: $50+/ month, $600/ year: Community Roots letterpress print (design by Aïcha El Beloui)
• ‍Champions: $100+/ month, $1,200+/ year: Group cooking class with Terry Vanderpham and Phamily Cooking aka Nourish Olympia.

If we reach the following new subscriber goals (current Subscribers who increase their level count as "New"), AS A THANK YOU, we will be doing some fun things!

• 5 new subscribers: Meg draws one person at random who consents to receive a personalized ephemera card with collage materials (you contribute lots of these) and a hand-created main image of your choice.
• 10 new subscribers: Elaine draws two people at random who consent to receive one loaf of Vetebrod (Swedish coffee bread)
• ‍20+ new subscribers: We draw one person at random who consents to receive an hour-long free consultation for your next storytelling or oral history project with Meg and Elaine.

Have another way you want to organize your in-kind contribution? Let’s connect! Thank you for investing in the long-term viability of our organization. Contact meg@windowseatmedia.org with any questions.