- Exclusive access to members-only events
- Receive one free or discounted ticket per event per paid program
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice to popular programs with limited capacity

Membership
Joining The Commonwealth Club opens up a whole new world of learning opportunities and the chance to interact with not only today's headline makers, but also fellow highly informed and involved citizens.
The Commonwealth Club of California is a nonprofit, member-supported public affairs forum. Your tax-deductible membership gives you up-close and personal access to the thought leaders of our day and opens the door to nearly 500 events we present every year.
For questions on membership, please visit our Membership Help page.
Check out our member-only discounts and deals.
Embark on your own personal journey!
Double your experiences and engagement!
This membership is for any two persons at one address. The second person can be a family member, a co-worker or a roommate.
- Exclusive access to members-only events
- Receive two free or discounted tickets per event per paid program
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice to popular programs with limited capacity
An elevating experience!
This membership is for any two persons at one address. The second person can be a family member, a co-worker or a roommate.
- Exclusive access to members-only events
- Receive two free or discounted tickets per paid program
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice for programs with limited capacity
- Eligible to win a Member Appreciation raffle prize
Sustaining Members provide The Commonwealth Club with a dependable base of revenue used to sustain our programs. As a monthly sustainer, your contribution is ongoing and is always active until you say otherwise—giving you complete control. Sustainers do not receive renewal notices in the mail, which means that even more resources are saved and go right back into providing programming. Most important, sustainers have the satisfaction of knowing they are always actively doing their part to keep The Commonwealth Club thriving. These are annual membership; you will be billed monthly and automatically renew until cancelled. Your support is important—thank you!
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- Your membership is renewed automatically on a monthly basis
- Receive a token of appreciation upon the completion of 12 months of your donation. Contact us to request a thank you gift.
This membership is for any two persons at one address. The second person can be a family member, a co-worker or a roommate. Sustainer Joint Members provide The Commonwealth Club with a dependable base of revenue used to sustain our programs. As a monthly sustainer, your contribution is ongoing and is always active until you say otherwise—giving you complete control. Sustainers do not receive renewal notices in the mail, which means that even more resources are saved and go right back into providing programming. Most important, sustainers have the satisfaction of knowing they are always actively doing their part to keep The Commonwealth Club thriving. These are annual membership; you will be billed monthly and automatically renew until cancelled. Your support is important—thank you!
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- Your membership is renewed automatically on a monthly basis
- Receive a token of appreciation upon the completion of 12 months of your donation. Contact us to request a thank you gift.
Student and Educator Sustaining Members provide The Commonwealth Club with a dependable base of revenue used to sustain our programs. As a monthly sustainer, your contribution is ongoing and is always active until you say otherwise—giving you complete control. Sustainers do not receive renewal notices in the mail, which means that even more resources are saved and go right back into providing programming. Most important, sustainers have the satisfaction of knowing they are always actively doing their part to keep The Commonwealth Club thriving. These are annual membership; you will be billed monthly and automatically renew until cancelled. Your support is important—thank you!
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- Your membership is renewed automatically on a monthly basis
- Receive the educator e-newsletter
Apply here for a Student and Educator Monthly Membership for just $7 a month, with all the same great benefits as an annual individual membership.
This membership is for any two persons at one address. The second person can be a family member, a co-worker or a roommate.
- Exclusive access to members-only events
- Receive one free or discounted ticket per paid program
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice for programs with limited capacity
- Premier seating in the first few rows, when in-person programs resume
- Two complimentary drink tickets redeemable at the Club bar, when in-person programs resume
- Eligible to win a Member Appreciation raffle prize
Join a conversation about the most important issue of our time!
For more than a decade, Climate One has been leading the conversation on energy, economy and the environment. As a Champion Member, you are supporting in-depth and candid conversations with academics, policy leaders, industry leaders and activists. Member benefits include:
- Two complimentary tickets to every Climate One program
- Invitation to Climate One’s annual Connect party with past speakers, industry leaders and other Climate One stakeholders
- Discounts of up to 60 percent on ticket prices to the Club's other programs
- Exclusive access to members-only events
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice to programs with limited capacity
- Eligible to win a Member Appreciation raffle prize
For more information regarding Climate One Champion membership, please contact Wency Shaida at wshaida@commonwealthclub.org or 415-597-6736
As a member of The Commonwealth Club’s Leadership Circle, you will join a distinguished group of the Club’s strongest supporters, individuals in our community who believe in the importance of civic discourse and public dialogue. As a thanks to our Leadership Circle donors' generous support, we have compiled a number of exclusive benefits available to them that can be found listed below.
For more information regarding Leadership Circle membership, please contact Billy Bean at bbean@commonwealthclub.org or 415-597-6738.
A global reach for global issues!
This membership is for those living outside the nine Bay Area counties.
- Exclusive access to members-only events
- Receive one free or discounted ticket per paid program
- A digital subscription to our popular magazine, The Commonwealth
- 48-hours advance notice for programs with limited capacity

Commonwealth Club
The leading national forum open to all for the impartial discussion of public issues important to the membership, community and nation. The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. Each year, we bring nearly 500 events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy to our members and the public, both in-person and via extensive online and on-air listenership and viewership.
The views of Club speakers are their own and their participation does not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by The Commonwealth Club.
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San Francisco, CA 94105
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San Francisco, CA 94119–4210
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