Tax Deductible Contributions*
Accessibility Services: Established in 2010 in order to help meet accessibility needs at the annual meeting.
Anti-Harassment Work: Established in 2019, this fund supports the work of the Anti-Harassment Committee to prevent and respond to harassment of SSSP members and conference participants.
Arlene Kaplan Daniels Paper Award: Established in 2015, this annual award is given to the author of the best paper on Women and Social Justice. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to pay a $500 stipend to the author.
C. Wright Mills Award: Established in 1964, this annual award is given to the author of a book published in the past year that best exemplifies outstanding social science research and an understanding of the individual and society in the tradition of the distinguished sociologist, C. Wright Mills. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to pay a $1,000 stipend to the author.
Doris Wilkinson Faculty Leadership Award: Established in 2015, this annual award is given to an outstanding faculty member who has exercised an extensive leadership role within the SSSP and other professional societies and within the larger community. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to pay a $500 stipend to the winner.
Erwin O. Smigel Award: Established in 1975 to expand employment opportunities in the field of sociology. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to develop information for unemployed and underemployed colleagues in their efforts to find work and to enable such colleagues to attend the annual meeting.
Indigenous Peoples’ Social Justice Award: Established in 2020, this annual award is to an organization (preferably an organization run by Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples) doing social justice work on behalf of Indigenous or Aboriginal peoples in the city or metropolitan area hosting the annual meeting.
Joseph B. Gittler Award: Established in 2007 by an endowment from the Joseph B. Gittler estate. This annual award is made in recognition of the significant scholarly achievements that a SSSP member has made in contributing to the ethical resolution of social problems.
Kathleen S. Lowney Mentoring Award: Established in 2016, this annual award is given to an outstanding faculty member or community activist who recognizes the value of quality mentoring relationships between mentor and mentee and/or mentoring programs especially those for undergraduate or graduate students and/or for social activists, particularly for younger scholars and activists. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to provide three of the award winner’s mentees with a one-year SSSP membership as well as annual meeting registration for the year the award is presented.
Lee Founders Award: Established in 1981, this annual award recognizes significant achievements that consistently promote the ideals of the founders of the Society and especially to the humanistic tradition, as exemplified in the contributions of Alfred McClung Lee and Elizabeth Briant Lee. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to pay a $500 stipend to the winner.
Lee Scholar Support Fund: This annual fund was established in 1992 with a minimum of $2,000 from the Society’s funds. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to help bring non-US based international scholars from politically, economically, and culturally oppressed groups in countries not considered part of the Global South to the Annual Meeting.
Lee Student Support Fund: This annual fund was established in 1992 with a minimum of $2,000 from the Society’s funds. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to help defray the cost of conference participation for student members.
Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Fellowship: Established in 1995, this annual fund is given for support of graduate study and commitment to a career of scholar activism. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to provide fellowship to the winners.
SSSP General Fund: The money that is presently on deposit and future contributions will be used to fund activities of the Society.
Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award: Established in 1990, this award is given annually to an organization in the area where the Society holds its annual meeting. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to pay a $5,000 award to the organization selected that has a history of challenging social inequalities, promoting social change, and/or working toward the empowerment of marginalized people.
Transnational Initiatives Fund: This annual fund was established in 2020 with a minimum of $4,000 from the Society's funds. The designated funds and future contributions will be used to help defray the cost of conference participation for scholars located in those regions that fall under the definition of Global South. This includes economically disadvantaged countries and nation-states, as well as politically, economically, and culturally subjugated regions of all countries.
*The above uses for each fund are currently in place but are subject to change based on the Society’s needs as determined by the Board of Directors.
Sustaining Membership (formerly Life Membership): Established in 2000, this option allows members the opportunity to pay $1,870 for a sustaining membership. One hundred dollars of the $1,870 is recorded as dues payment in the year that the individual becomes a sustaining member. The remaining money that is presently on deposit and future contributions will be placed in an interest and dividend bearing account, and is not refundable or capable of being passed on to another person. The yearly dues of sustaining members will be paid from the account’s earnings.
