Give to Split This Rock

Split This Rock is a grassroots effort—a people’s movement. We’ll need everyone’s involvement to make it happen. Everyone who donates will be thanked on the website. And if you’re able to give $100 or more, you’ll be thanked in the Festival program or other printed materials.

Thanks largely to the support and participation of so many of you, our first two Split This Rock Poetry Festivals, in March 2008 and March 2010, were tremendously successful. You—and many others—have asked us to make the festival a regular event and to build Split This Rock into a permanent home for progressive poets.

We hope you will want to stay involved. We have a lot of work to do to build an organization that genuinely represents the diversity of progressive poets working in all areas of our country and in all poetic styles today. And we know our festivals and other programming can improve and grow. Here's how you can help:

Donate Today!

Give a tax-deductible donation to Split This Rock. The work of Split This Rock depends on a strong financial foundation. Your funds will help support grassroots outreach, communications, and planning for the 2010 festival and other programs. They will help us create a stable organization you can count on to serve your interests as a socially engaged poet. Gifts of any size will be deeply appreciated. We hope you'll consider giving $50, $100, or more. The Institute for Policy Studies is still accepting donations on our behalf.

To contribute, click here: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/357/t/8457/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=4271

Or send a check to “Split This Rock”:
The Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

You can also donate via the Split This Rock Poetry Festival Cause on Facebook.

Sponsorship Levels

We have sponsorship levels to fit every budget. All sponsors receive a link or mention on Split This Rock’s website and recognition in printed materials. In addition, each level offers special benefits:

Langston Hughes Sponsor                                  $5,000+

  • Invitation to poets’ reception
  • Table space at the book fair
  • Mention from festival stage
  • Recognition on festival T-shirts
  • Eight tickets to Split This Rock events

Don't you hear this hammer ring?                       $2,500+

  • Invitation to poets’ reception
  • Table space at the book fair
  • Recognition on festival T-shirts
  • Six tickets to Split This Rock events

I’m gonna split this rock                                    $1,000+

  • Invitation to poets’ reception
  • A table at the book fair
  • Four tickets to Split This Rock events

And split it wide!                                                $500+

  • A table at the book fair
  • Two tickets to Split This Rock events

When I split this rock                                          $250+

  • Two tickets to Split This Rock events
  • Mention on the Split This Rock website
  • Recognition on printed materials

Stand by my side.                                                $100+

  • Mention on the Split This Rock website
  • Recognition on printed materials

Please, every dollar counts. In this time of economic crisis, when everyone is stretched, it is harder than ever for organizations like ours to continue our work. Your gift is fully tax-deductible: every penny goes toward spreading the word and bringing poets of conscience together in Washington, DC.

Please contact us with questions or to discuss In-Kind Sponsorships -- Sarah Browning: browning@splitthisrock.org or 202-787-5210.