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All Raise vs Commonwealth Club World Affairs
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Verified September 2026
Networking organization
Verified September 2026 All Raise
Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above
Networking organization
Commonwealth Club World Affairs
The general public in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through broadcast and podcast distribution, a national audience; membership is open to anyone
What the records say
- Role or title: All Raise: Must work at a venture firm at associate level or above; Commonwealth Club World Affairs: No published role or title.
- Gender: All Raise: Open to women and nonbinary investors; Commonwealth Club World Affairs: No published gender.
- Annual dues: All Raise: $0 a year; Commonwealth Club World Affairs: $135 a year.
Side by side
| All Raise | Commonwealth Club World Affairs | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| Founded | 2018 (Launched in April 2018 by Cowboy Ventures' Aileen Lee together with a group of senior women investors, reported at the time as 34 co-founders) | 1903 (Founded on 3 February 1903 by San Francisco Chronicle agriculture editor Edward F. Adams, per the Club's own history.) |
| Headquarters | United States | San Francisco, United States |
| Geographic footprint | United States; the community is national and largely virtual, with in-person events and an annual summit | San Francisco Bay Area: headquarters at 110 The Embarcadero plus volunteer-run regional chapters in the East Bay, Marin County, Napa Valley and the Peninsula, and a Silicon Valley programme; national reach through radio, television and podcasts |
| Members | 1,300as of September 2026 | 20,000as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Not applicable: All Raise has no chapter structure | Not published as a number. The Club names volunteer-run regional chapters in the East Bay, Marin County, Napa Valley and the Peninsula alongside its San Francisco headquarters and Silicon Valley programming, but gives no total. |
| Primary audience | Women and nonbinary investors working at venture capital firms, at associate level or above | The general public in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through broadcast and podcast distribution, a national audience; membership is open to anyone |
| Typical member | Members are investment professionals at venture firms (associate level and above) rather than founders or operators. All Raise's wider programming (such as its founder-facing work) reaches a broader audience, but community membership itself is restricted to investors. | Members are the general public rather than a screened cohort. The published tiers accommodate individuals, two people at one address, small groups, students and educators, single-issue supporters through the Climate One programme, and companies buying access for employees. A Leadership Circle from $1,000 upwards functions as a donor programme with escalating access to speakers. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Must work at a venture firm at associate level or aboveExcludes founders, operators and those below associate levelverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published role or title |
| Gender | Open to women and nonbinary investorsverified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published gender |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Eligible investors apply through All Raise's digital portal at portal.allraise.org. There is no fee and no published sponsorship or interview requirement; the eligibility statement (woman or nonbinary, at a venture firm, associate level or above) is the only stated gate. | Membership is bought online by selecting a plan; auto-renewal on the annual renewal date is an option at signup. Student and educator applicants apply through a separate form. There is no sponsorship, interview or committee review. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: All Raise publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance data | Not selective. Membership is open to all and most events are also open to non-members who buy tickets. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $0 a yearCommunity membership is free; All Raise states there is no membership costverified September 2026 · source ↗ | $135 a yearIndividual membership, annual plan ($13 a month monthly, cancel anytime). Includes one 30 percent discounted ticket per event, excluding special events.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | All Raise is donor- and partner-funded rather than dues-funded. | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee appears alongside the published dues.verified September 2026 |
| Programme fee | Not publicly disclosed: fees for the VC cohort programmes and the VC Summit are not published on the pages checkedverified September 2026 | All membership levels are described by the Club as fully tax deductible. Annual plans carry a stated saving over the monthly equivalents, and monthly plans can be cancelled at any time. |
| Membership term | Not documented | Annual or monthly; annual memberships can be set to auto-renew and monthly plans can be cancelled at any time |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Virtual events, roundtables and speaker series through the year, plus the annual All Raise VC Summit | Hundreds of events a year, in person and online, at the San Francisco headquarters, the regional chapters and Silicon Valley |
| Peer forums | Cohort programmes for venture investors alongside an open community platform; no confidential small-group forum system is published | Member-led forums organised by subject, plus volunteer-run regional chapters; no confidential facilitated peer forum |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | None; programmes are public and are broadcast on radio and television and distributed as podcasts |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused, Cohort-based | Event-focused, Chapter-based, Virtual |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | Yes |
| Virtual membership | Yes | Yes |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Partial | No |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Partial | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | Yes |
| Family programming | No | Partial |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Partial |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Yes | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | Yes |
| Networking emphasis | High | Low |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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