Become a Friend of the Festival

Become a literary champion and fuel creative minds

Fall for the Book’s Double Your Dollar campaign is back. That means for all of August every dollar you contribute to our book festival will be automatically doubled—$10 becomes $20. $150 becomes $300. Your impact goes twice as far.

This year, Double Your Dollar is more critical to funding our programming than ever before. Like so many other arts organizations, Fall for the Book has lost its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for 2025. In one swift move, over 10% of our annual budget was lost—now, we’re asking for your help to make up the difference. 

Your gift helps support the literary arts, and boosts our effort to bring over 60 authors from across the country to showcase their work. As a festival where audiences gather to celebrate writers they love—and discover new favorites— Fall for the Book is as determined as ever to enrich minds, broaden horizons, and share the wonder of literature for years to come.

Bonnie Garmus poses with friends of the festival at a VIP Reception in 2024. 

Benefits for Friends of the Festival

Friend: Donate $1-$74 and receive:
Supporter: Donate $75-$149 and receive all of the above, plus:
Patron: Donate $150-$299 and receive all of the above, plus:
Advocate: Donate $300-$499 and receive all of the above, plus:
Champion: Donate $500-$999 and receive all of the above, plus:
Leader: Donate $1,000 or more and receive all of the above, plus:
Become a recurring donor of $40 a month or more and receive:

Fall for the Book is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and donations are Tax Deductible after Market Value. Market Value of Listed Benefits: Patron –  $80, Advocate – $105, Champion – $185, Leader – $201, Recurring – $130. 

Or send your check payable to “Fall for the Book” to the address below: 

Fall for the Book
George Mason University, MS 3E4
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

For more information, contact us at 703-993-3986 or at friends@fallforthebook.org.

* For donations received by August 1, 2024

Thank you to our 2025 Friends of the Festival!

Leader

Robert & Lucy Beck

Kathleen & Jack Kehoe

Sally Merten

William Miller & Elisabeth Vermilye

Peter Stearns & Donna Kidd

Champion

Ken Budd

Jennifer Disano

Ron Gutkowski

Anne Lauer

Paulette Miller

Nancy & David Roodberg

Advocate

Ellis Glover

Suzanne Levy

Geoff Lewis

Phylis Salak

Gordon & Barb Scott

Patron

Anonymous

Jean Browne

Niki Davison

Patricia Duque-Lewis

Lori Eaton

Jennifer Francois

Debora Goldberg

Camille H.

Sally Lorentson

Bonnie Nelson in honor of her Ukrainian friends

Patricia Paterno

Catherine Read

Karen Reilly

Colleen Rich in honor of Denise Dixon Merrill

Debra Shutika

Brenda Young

Supporter

Anonymous

Mark Brutsche

Inez Dinwoodie

Janice Fitzgibbon

Christine Fow

Virginia Hoy

Mary Jo Kellgren

Friend

Anonymous

Julie Benson

Dianne Blais

Camelotchris

Kathy Deligianis in honor of George Deligianis

Ashley Evans

Nancy Fiedelman

Karla Haworth

Ginny Hoy

Kelly Loomis

Patrick Lusk

Alice Magelssen-Green

Michael McDonnell

Chris McGann

Suzy Murphy

Lee Ann Regan

Elizabeth Slucher

Stephanie Steele

Mollie Weinert

Thomas Wolf

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