Public Program Rates
These are our rates for participating in a public program or event hosted by AORTA. If you are looking for our rates for hiring AORTA as a consultant or facilitator for your organization, please go to the Client Rates page.
How much does a training cost?
AORTA offers our public trainings at different rates depending on your individual and organizational access to money and wealth. Our sliding scale is an intentional effort to distribute resources equitably between organizations and organizers we work with.
Rates for Individuals
These rates are for you if you are paying for the training without financial support from an organization.
Please reflect on the self assessment below to help you consider what rate to pay to attend this workshop. We know that all of our experiences regarding these factors are different and complex. We hope that this list of questions supports reflective discernment.
Rates for individuals being supported by an organization
These rates are for you if you are a member of an organization that is paying for your participation in the training.
Please assess your organization based on the criteria below to determine which sliding scale rate you should choose. We know that the picture of an organization’s financial resources can be complex, and not every statement in any category might be true for your organization. Select where the most statements are true for your organization.
The cost below reflects the fee for 1 individual’s seat in the training.
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Are you and your family homeowners or landowners?
Have you attended private education institutions or do you have an advanced degree?
Are your bills or credit cards on autopay?
Have you not had difficulty accessing and affording healthcare or health insurance for you or your family members?
Do you have zero to no debt and/or do you have disposable income?
Do you have a safety net composed of “financially stable” or wealthy family and friends?
Do you have U.S. Citizenship?
Does your income only support you, and not other loved ones?
Have you or do you expect to inherit money or property?
Have you (or could you have) attended college?Have you (or could you have) attended graduate school?
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Based on your answers to the self assessment, here are the suggested rates.
If you answered almost all no → Solidarity $30/hour, $90 total
If you answered more no than yes → Sustain $45/hour, $135 total
If you answered more yes than no → Full Cost $60/hour, $180 total
If you answered almost all yes → Redistribution $90/hour, $270 total
Solidarity
$30/hour
$90 for a 3 hour training
Sustain
$45/hour
$135 for a 3 hour training
Full Cost
$60/hour
$180 for a 3 hour training
Redistribution
$90/hour
$270 for a 3 hour training
Solidarity
$150/hour
$450/person for a 3 hour training
Sustain
$225/hour
$675/person for a 3 hour training
Full Cost
$300/hour
$900/person for a 3 hour training
Redistribution
$450/hour
$1350/person for a 3 hour training
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If your organization’s annual budget is under $600,000
If the highest paid person in your organization is paid less than $75,000/year (FTE) or there are no staff members
If your Board members are mostly low income, and work to fundraise with no personal financial contribution required
If your organization has received less than $5,000 of grant funding to support this work (Professional Development work or Anti-Oppression related work)
If your organization is not able to financially support staff to attend professional conferences
If your organization’s mission has a deep alignment with AORTA’s theory of change -
If your organization’s annual budget is between $600,000 and $2 million
If the highest paid person in your organization makes between $75,000-$125,000/year (FTE)
If your Board members are mostly low income, and work to fundraise with no personal financial contribution required
If your organization has received less than $10,000 of grant funding to support this work (Professional Development work or Anti-Oppression related work)
If your organization can offer partial financial support to staff to attend professional conferences
If your organization’s mission has a deep alignment with AORTA’s theory of change -
If your organization’s annual budget is between $2 and $15 million
If the highest paid person in your organization makes between $125,000-$175,000/year (FTE)
If more than half of your Board members are high income, and regularly make $500 or more of financial contributions/year
If your organization has received over $10,000 of grant funding to support this work (Professional Development work or Anti-Oppression related work)
If your organization can regularly pay for staff to attend professional conferences (1 per year) -
If your organization’s annual budget is above $15 million
If the highest paid person in your organization makes more than $175,000/year (FTE)
If your Board is mostly high income, and regularly make $1,000 or more of financial contributions/year
If your organization has received over $50,000 of grant funding to support this work (Professional Development work or Anti-Oppression related work)
If your organization can regularly pay for staff to attend professional conferences (more than 1 per year)
Please note our refund, transfer, and cancellation policy for virtual trainings:
AORTA is a small business that depends on stable revenue from our trainings and offerings. As such, we are not able to make exceptions to our refund policy.
All of our training fees are non-refundable.
All registrants will receive a recording of the training.
You may request a transfer of your ticket to a different date within the training series (e.g. a training in the Spring of a calendar year) if a spot is available at your selected ticket rate. Requests must be made more than 7 business days prior to the training. Please note date transfers are not available for the Skill-Up Intensive.
Additionally, you can transfer your registration to a different participant (their name and email address must be shared at least 3 business days prior to the training).
If AORTA needs to cancel the training (due to unforeseen circumstances, such as the trainer becoming ill), then we will do our best to reschedule the training for a later date. If you are unable to attend at the rescheduled date, or if AORTA is not able to reschedule the training, then you will have the option to be fully refunded, transfer you registration as outlined in 3 and 4 above, or convert your registration fees to a donation to support AORTA’s ongoing work to strengthen movements and organizations working for social justice.