Our workshops are all offered on a sliding-scale structure, with no one turned away for lack of funds, because we are committed to ensuring that our work remains accessible and affordable to all who wish to participate. However, we ask that each participant truly pay-what-they-can, as the income from our workshops directly impacts our ability to sustain and grow the collective. When we meet in person again someday, then donations can once again be made in person. Currently, we are primarily accepting electronic donations through the donation page of our fiscal sponsor, Alliance for Global Justice. For workshops offered through SURJ Bay Area, donation is processed by SURJ, but the funds collected are still distributed in line with the financial policy below.

As an all-volunteer collective, the process of deciding what to do with the income we generate has been an ongoing discussion within our collective, as we seek to balance accountability and sustainability. Currently, 7-8% of our income goes directly to the Alliance for Global Justice as our fiscal sponsor. Of the remaining balance, we have a policy of using 25% of our revenue to cover our expenses (website hosting, meeting space, food, materials, printing, etc.), 25% for internal capacity building (trainings, scholarships for conferences, curriculum development, etc.), and divesting 50% to resistance-based movement organizations led by front-line communities. In 2020, we adjusted our financial policy and divested 100% of the funds raised through our workshops. We focus on making these offerings to the organizations that we partner with in our work as well as to those from whom we draw our resources as part of a deeper process of relationship and movement building. All space rental and other collective-related expenses are repaid automatically to core members. Individuals can choose to donate (anonymously or openly) a portion of their repaid expenses back to the collective.