Jonathan Club · Requirements

Jonathan Club membership requirements

Every criterion Jonathan Club publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it, plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

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Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Invitation	Membership is by invitation only	Per Wikipedia's article on the club; the club itself publishes nothing that could be retrieved	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗
Gender	Open to men and women since a 1987 vote to admit women as full members	Women guests had been limited to certain floors, dining rooms and entrances as recently as 1975; Wikipedia reports more than 650 female members	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

Not publicly disclosed by the club; the entries above rest on a secondary source.

How admission works

Application process

Not publicly disclosed. Secondary sources describe membership as by invitation only; no application form, sponsorship rule or committee process could be verified, and the club's own site could not be retrieved.

Invitation required

Yes

Sponsor required

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed

Membership term

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Not publicly disclosed. The club does not publish eligibility criteria; secondary sources describe membership as by invitation only.

Typical member

Not publicly disclosed. Wikipedia reports more than 650 female members; no total membership, occupational or age profile is published.

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If not: alternatives to Jonathan Club (The Rainier Club, The California Club, The 'Quin House, The Chicago Club).

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Jonathan Club (site could not be retrieved), The Jonathan Club. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Jonathan Club, Wikipedia. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.