Membership

Join the movement

Membership will be a way for individuals and organizations to support the Association and take part in its work as the movement grows.

Membership is in development and not yet open. The tiers below are planned and may change before launch.

For individuals

For organizations

Student Member

$50

per year · planned

For students and emerging professionals entering heat work.

  • Access to the Association's job board
  • Internship opportunities across the heat field
  • Networking with professionals across disciplines and regions
  • Quarterly cross-committee digest
  • Discounted conference registration
  • A pathway into the field for emerging professionals

Individual

$150

per year · planned

For practitioners, researchers, and advocates working on heat.

Everything in Student Member, plus

  • Participation in conversations with national leaders
  • Early access to committee reports and recommendations
  • Opportunity to take part in committee work
  • Membership in the national movement against extreme heat

Community-based Org

$500

per year · planned

For community organizations on the front lines of extreme heat.

Everything in Individual, plus

  • Membership for your organization, with designated representatives receiving Individual benefits
  • Post jobs and internships on the Association's job board
  • Networking with partners across the national field

Organization

$1,500

per year · planned

For institutions, agencies, companies, and coalitions.

Everything in Community-based Org, plus

  • Multiple designated representatives, each with member benefits
  • Discounted conference registration for representatives
  • Early access to committee reports and recommendations for your team

Leadership Partner

$5,000+

per year · planned

For organizations ready to help lead the national response to extreme heat.

Everything in Organization, plus

  • Regular briefings on how the field is changing and where action is needed most
  • Leadership-level engagement with the Association's committees and national convenings
  • Recognition as a leadership partner of the Association

For philanthropy

Institutional Funder

By conversation · multi-year grants

For foundations and philanthropic institutions ready to make a transformational investment in how the nation confronts extreme heat. Institutional funders make the Association possible — and help an entire field move as one.

Explore grant opportunities The Funders' Circle
  • A founding roleHelp build the national response to extreme heat from the ground up, through transformational, multi-year investment.
  • The Funders' CircleJoin peer funders and the field's leading experts to map the landscape, align priorities, and pool resources.
  • Lasting recognitionBe recognized as a founding institutional funder of the National Heat Association of America.

Membership is a form of support and participation in the Association's mission. Final tiers, benefits, and timing will be confirmed closer to launch.

Register your interest in membership →

Sponsor a national convening

The Association's national convenings will bring together people from every corner of the heat field — practitioners, researchers, community leaders, funders, and policymakers. Sponsorship puts your organization at the center of that conversation and helps make it possible.

Interested in sponsoring?

Sponsorship opportunities are being shaped now, ahead of the Association's first national convening. We'd welcome a conversation about what would fit your goals.

Talk with us about sponsorship