The Ember Club

FIRE’s Ember Club is a community of our closest friends and investors who partner with us in our shared mission to preserve First Amendment freedoms. Members provide the vital support that allows FIRE to take on consequential cases, defend individual rights, and strengthen a broader culture of free expression.

To learn more, contact Ashley Adams at ashley@fire.org or 215-717-3473.

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  • Friends provide the essential support that sustains FIRE’s work and makes our victories for free speech possible. We keep Friends connected to the mission through biannual updates, invitations to special FIRE events, and copies of our latest reports, publications, and FIRE-authored books.

    Become a Friend

  • Watchdogs help FIRE stay vigilant and ready to respond when free speech is threatened. Quarterly updates and priority invitations to exclusive FIRE events keep you close to the cases, campaigns, and victories your generosity makes possible. Watchdogs may also be featured in a donor profile in the FIRE Quarterly magazine, sharing their story with thousands of fellow FIRE supporters in print and online.

    Become a Watchdog

  • Advocates give FIRE greater capacity to defend and advance free speech across the country. As an Advocate, you will enjoy a close relationship to FIRE’s work. A dedicated Philanthropy Officer will serve as your personal liaison, learning which issues and areas of our work matter most to you and keeping you informed about the impact your generosity makes possible.

    Become an Advocate

  • Defenders provide significant resources that help FIRE take on important cases, advance our programs, and respond when free speech is threatened. You will also receive special opportunities to go behind the scenes of FIRE’s work through briefings and conversations with the attorneys, experts, and program leaders closest to our most important cases, campaigns, and initiatives.

    BECOME A DEFENDER

  • Champions are trusted partners who give FIRE the ability to pursue ambitious opportunities and meet emerging challenges. Through meaningful engagement with FIRE, Champions are brought closer to the ideas, priorities, and decisions shaping FIRE’s work and gain a deeper understanding of the impact their philanthropy makes possible.

    BECOME A CHAMPION

  • Guardians play a vital role in the most consequential free speech battles of our time. Their extraordinary commitment is reflected in a close, ongoing relationship with FIRE’s leadership, including regular communication with our President & CEO, and insight into the organizational priorities shaping our direction.

    BECOME A GUARDIAN

  • Luminaries are FIRE’s most committed philanthropic partners, whose extraordinary generosity gives us the freedom to think bigger, act boldly, and pursue opportunities that can transform the fight for free speech. Their exceptional commitment is reflected in a deep personal relationship with FIRE and our leadership, grounded in a shared ambition for what our mission can achieve.

    BECOME A LUMINARY

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