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:
- Your name printed in the festival program* and on the website
- Priority emails about program updates, new authors, and events
Supporter: Donate $75-$149 and receive all of the above, plus:
- Fall for the Book Mug
Patron: Donate $150-$299 and receive all of the above, plus:
- Two tickets to a VIP author reception of your choice
- VIP Seating at premiere author events for up to two people
Advocate: Donate $300-$499 and receive all of the above, plus:
- One book of your choice by a headline author
- Priority to get your book signed at VIP events
Champion: Donate $500-$999 and receive all of the above, plus:
- Two additional tickets (for a total of four) to your choice of VIP author receptions
- VIP seating at premiere author events for up to four people
Leader: Donate $1,000 or more and receive all of the above, plus:
- Two day-long parking passes for George Mason Visitor Parking
Become a recurring donor of $40 a month or more and receive:
- All benefits starting at the Advocate Level
- An additional signed book of your choice from a festival author
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