SFWA's Benevolent Funds

Emergency Medical Fund

Legal Fund

Legal Fund guidelines (members only)

Literacy Fund

How to donate (members only)

Emergency Medical Fund

The SFWA Emergency Medical Fund offers interest-free loans to members facing unexpected medical expenses.

Legal Fund

The SFWA Legal Fund makes loans available to authors who must take a writing-related dispute to court. Loans are made on a case-by-case basis, after review by the Grievance Committee and the SFWA attorney.

Detailed guidelines regarding the Legal Fund (members only).

Literacy Fund

The SFWA Literacy Fund was created for the encouragement of genre reading and literacy in general, with funds to be disbursed by an oversight board like the Emergency Medical Fund, per guidelines as the SFWA board shall set. Funds may be used, for example, to assist existing literacy charities or to assist schools/libraries in promoting or purchasing genre literature, such as via grants, traveling exhibits, etc.