Join the Petra Leadership Network
Your contribution enables the Petra Foundation to identify and champion extraordinary unsung leaders who are making distinctive contributions to the rights and dignity of others. The foundation amplifies the Petra Fellows’ innovative models for change, fosters their collaborations and hosts their participation in a national network of citizen-activists crossing the divides of age, ethnicity, class and issue to build a more just society.
The Petra Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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Donate online through DonateNow, a secure, online fundraising service offered by Groundspring.org, a member of the Tides Foundation family of organizations working for positive social change.

If you prefer to write a check, mail it to:
The Petra Foundation
315 Duke Ellington Blvd, 16C
New York NY 10025 - Nominate a leader whose work you admire and help the foundation identify unsung individuals who are making distinctive contributions to the rights, autonomy and dignity of others.
- Join the Petra Mailing List and become part of the network of those who are willing to use their time and their personal and professional resources and contacts on behalf of the Petra Fellows. You’ll receive news alerts and be invited to attend the annual Petra Network Weekends.
- Email a friend about this site. Spread the word about the Petra Foundation and the Petra Fellows and inspire others to make a difference in their own communities.
Why I Give

“There are still the greedy and the malevolent trying to tear up our world. Petra is one place where you can help repair it.”
Leonard Zeskind is a 1992 Petra Fellow and a 1998 MacArthur Fellow.
Steve Tullberg was one of the founding attorneys of the Indian Law Resource Center, a non-profit indigenous rights law office established in 1978.