MEMBERSHIP
Get in the room.
We offer opportunities to meet the people actually shaping the world around us — government officials, economists, CEOs, and the experts and newsmakers driving the biggest conversations in politics, media, business, and tech. The stuff that's actually going to matter tomorrow, explained by the people living it today.
Come listen. Come ask questions. Come be part of it.
The Common Good Membership Levels below
Membership, yes — but really, it's an invitation. Every level of membership brings you closer to the center of the conversation — smaller rooms, deeper access, and a community that grows more intimate the further you go. Wherever you join, you're supporting not just the very special events we offer, but the initiatives and projects of The Common Good. You're part of it.
Join us - Our members get something you simply can't buy elsewhere: a seat in small, private rooms - often in the actual homes of some of the most high-powered people in the country. This isn't a lecture series. It's a community, and the caliber of the conversation reflects it.
We keep the circle small on purpose. That's what makes these gatherings so intimate — and, frankly, so coveted.
We've found the best conversations happen when people know a little about each other going in — and our speakers, who lead extraordinarily busy lives, want to know who they're talking to as much as you want to know them. Our members represent a wide variety of backgrounds and careers. So membership starts with a short application-information form and a brief bio or résumé.
Become a Member or Subscribe today - You’ve got choices
Circle Member - $500/year · Couple: $800/year
Join the conversation. Circle Member invitations to our in-person and Zoom conversations, briefings, and gatherings in homes, conference rooms, and private clubs. You will have the chance to be in the room with influential New Yorkers from business, law, media, public service, and more.
Young Professional rate (age 30 and under): $250/year
Executive - $1,500/year · Couple: $2,000/year
One-year membership
A seat at the dinner table. Pre-dinner reception
A seat at the dinner table. Our dinners are where the most memorable conversations happen, as the discussion with our speakers continues long after the formal program ends. Executives are invited to these dinners and to our intimate in-person briefings, along with a pre-dinner reception reserved. It’s our most popular level, and it’s easy to see why.
Leader - $2,500/year
One-year membership
A seat at the dinner table. Pre-dinner reception
Your name will be recognized on our website and in our programs.
Priority seating at large events.
Leaders are seated near our featured speaker(s) at one or more dinners each year.
Closer to the conversation. Everything at the Executive level, plus Leader-only briefings and dinners limited to a small group of guests. Leaders are seated near our featured speaker at one or more dinners. Your name will be recognized on our website and in our programs.
Patron - $5,000/year
One-year membership
A seat at the dinner table. Pre-dinner reception
Your name will be recognized on our website and in our programs.
Priority seating at large events.
Being acknowledged by name from the podium at each event
Patrons are seated near our featured speaker(s) at one or more dinners each year.
Guest pass each year so you can bring a friend or colleague to a members-only dinner.
Patrons are eligible to serve on our Advisory Board.
You’ll also be able to suggest speakers and topics for future programs.
Share the experience. Everything at the Leader level, plus Patron-only briefings and dinners, and a guest pass each year so you can bring a friend or colleague to a members-only dinner. Patrons also receive and are eligible to serve on our Advisory Board and can help suggest our topics and events
Benefactor - $10,000/year
One-year membership
A seat at the dinner table. Pre-dinner reception
Your name will be recognized on our website and in our programs.
Priority reserved seating at events.
Being acknowledged by name from the podium at each event
Benefactors are seated near our featured speaker(s) or Honorary Advisory Board Members at three or more dinners each year.
Two guest passes each year so you can bring a friend or colleague to a members-only dinner.
Benefactors also receive and are eligible to serve on our Advisory Board.
You’ll also be able to suggest speakers and topics for future programs.
Photo and Introduction to the speaker(s) by the Founder.
Benefactors are invited to one or more private dinners or lunches with members of our Honorary Advisory Board.
Help shape what comes next. Everything at the Patron level, plus and guest passes so you can bring a partner, friend or colleague to a members-only dinner. a permanent seat on our Advisory Board. Each year, Benefactors are invited to a private dinner or lunch with members of our Honorary Board. You’ll also be able to suggest speakers and topics for future programs.
Governor — $25,000/year
One-year membership
A seat at the dinner table. Pre-dinner reception
Your name will be recognized on our website and in our programs.
Reserved seating at every event. A guaranteed seat for two with confirmed RSVP.
Being acknowledged by name from the podium at each event
Benefactors are seated near our featured speaker(s) or Honorary Advisory Board Members at three or more dinners each year.
Guest pass each year so you can bring a friend or colleague to a members-only dinners
Benefactors also receive and are eligible to serve on our Advisory Board.
Photo and Introduction to the speaker(s) by the Founder.
Governors are invited to one or more private dinners or lunches with members of our Honorary Advisory Board.
You’ll also be able to suggest speakers and topics for future programs.
Your name on an evening. Governors may propose one or more speakers a year and connect for an on Zoom or in- person event, and host that event by introducing the speaker. The event will be billed as billed as “presented by” or “The [Name] Dinner.”
Share the circle. Two complimentary Circle Memberships each year to give to a young professional.
Our innermost circle. Everything at the Benefactor level, plus Governors are invited to an annual private session with one or more Honorary Advisory Board members or a marquee speaker, receive sponsor pricing for their guests, and are recognized alongside us everywhere we honor our supporters. Governors also have the opportunity to host one of The Common Good evenings in your home with one of our featured speakers.
Subscriptions vs. Memberships — What's the difference?
The Common Good Membership puts you in small, intimate settings — sometimes a private dining room, sometimes the home of someone whose name you'd recognize — for real, unscripted dialogue with the people actually shaping our world.
Can't make it in person? Our Subscription allows you to join us on Zoom instead, and you're still in the room: listening live, asking your own questions, part of the exchange rather than watching it after the fact.
Either way, you're not in an audience of hundreds. You're at the table — with government officials, experts and newsmakers, economists, and CEOs, driving the conversations on trends and pivot points in politics, government, and policy, journalism, media, and business that matter most right now.
This is where the free exchange of ideas actually happens: in small rooms, honest dialogue, and the kind of access most people never get.