Support Us

Make a monthly contribution or a one-time donation to BMC. You can donate to our general fund or to an active designated fund via the drop-down menu on the Paypal page (further details on how to do so are below). You can make monthly donations to our general fund or a designated fund by checking "Make this a monthly donation" box on the donation page on Paypal. Thank you for your generous support.

Donate via Paypal:
or mail a check to:

Blue Mountain Center
PO Box 109
Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812

Active Designated Funds

To donate specifically to the following funds, please select them from the drop-down menu in the Paypal Donation page. If writing a check, please indicate in the memo if you would like to designate it for a specific fund.

Jane McAlevey Residency - Jane was a longtime labor organizer, scholar, and friend of Blue Mountain Center. We are now fundraising to endow a Named Residency in her honor. Learn more about Jane’s work and the McAlevey Residency here. You may make a gift via Paypal and designate it for the Jane McAlevey Residency by selecting “Jane McAlevey Residency” in the drop-down menu.

Richard J. Margolis Award - Blue Mountain Center partners with the Richard J. Margolis Award, given annually to a promising new journalist or essayist whose nonfiction work combines warmth, humor and wisdom and sheds light on issues of social justice. You may make a gift via PayPal to Blue Mountain Center and designate it for the Margolis Award by selecting “Richard J. Margolis Award” in the drop-down menu.

BMC Circle of Support - The BMC Circle of Support is a fund intended to offset the costs of coming to a residency for a month through direct financial assistance for residents facing systemic barriers and/or financial need. Generated by the BMC community and sustained by alumni and friends of BMC, this fund is an opportunity for those who have experienced time at BMC to support future residents in doing the same. You may make a gift via Paypal to Blue Mountain Center and designate it for this fund by selecting “BMC Circle of Support” in the drop-down menu.

Make a donation to the BMC general fund or to a designated fund

Blue Mountain Center is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Your contributions enable us to continue to provide progressive writers, artists, and activists — free of charge — a peaceful and comfortable environment in which they can focus and relax, free from the distractions and demands of normal daily life. Donations to BMC are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

If you would like to discuss donating to BMC, contact Director Ben Strader at 518-352-7391 or ben@bluemountaincenter.org.