About our Supporters program
Join us as an Individual, Nonprofit, or Corporate Supporter to be a part of our mission to preserve and honor the historic struggle of Western Pennsylvanians with disabilities to attain human and civil rights!
Your tax deductible gift to the Consortium helps to cover costs for the following activities:
- Source Disability History Collections: Enabling us to gather new stories, documents, photos, and other materials that showcase the rich history of disability rights in our region.
- Collection Processing: Coordinating with the Heinz History Center to process historic artifacts and materials, ensuring their preservation for future generations.
- Facilitating New Collections: Facilitating the donation of collections generously offered by individuals, families, and organizations, ensuring that these valuable resources are properly cared for.
- Preservation Education: Supporting individuals and organizations involved in safeguarding the history and heritage of Western Pennsylvanians with disabilities.
- Content Creation and Sharing: Generating and sharing new content and materials on our website and other digital channels, ensuring that the stories and struggles of the disability rights movement are widely accessible.
- Outreach and Advocacy: Funding initiatives to conduct outreach and advocacy, promoting disability rights and working towards improving community access, participation, and equal opportunity for all.
Visit the sections below to view Supporter levels and benefits:
- For Individuals (jump to section)
- For Nonprofits (jump to section)
- For Corporations (jump to section)
For Individuals
Individual Supporter
$50/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our e-newsletter
For Nonprofits
Choose one of the four Supporter levels below:
Nonprofit Supporter
$500/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization name and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
Nonprofit Advocate
$1,000/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (1 mention)
Nonprofit Patron
$2,000/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Home page of WPDHAC website
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (3 mentions)
- Sponsored ad in our e-newsletter (1 per year)
- Recognition on signage at WPDHAC in person events
- Recognition on slide deck at WPDHAC virtual events
Nonprofit Ambassador
$4,000/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Home page of WPDHAC website
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (5 mentions)
- Sponsored ad in our e-newsletter (2 per year)
- Recognition on signage at WPDHAC in person events
- Recognition on slide deck at WPDHAC virtual events
- Invitation to introduce a speaker at a WPDHAC event
For Corporations
Choose one of the four Supporter levels below:
Corporate Supporter
$750/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization name and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
Corporate Advocate
$1,250/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (1 mention)
Corporate Patron
$2,500/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Home page of WPDHAC website
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (3 mentions)
- Sponsored ad in our e-newsletter (1 per year)
- Recognition on signage at WPDHAC in person events
- Recognition on slide deck at WPDHAC virtual events
Corporate Ambassador
$5,000/year
- Recognition as a supporter in our annual report
- Post disability-related events to our Community Calendar (the events must be free to attend)
- Submit disability-related headlines and links for the Other Disability News section of our email newsletter
- Ability to request disability history speakers from our Speakers Bureau for no cost
- Organization logo and link on Home page of WPDHAC website
- Organization logo and link on Supporters page of WPDHAC website
- Recognition on our Facebook page (5 mentions)
- Sponsored ad in our e-newsletter (2 per year)
- Recognition on signage at WPDHAC in person events
- Recognition on slide deck at WPDHAC virtual events
- Invitation to introduce a speaker at a WPDHAC event
