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Help Us Open Our Doors!

Your gift can make this happen. CAT is raising $17 million to renovate a historic San Francisco building into a permanent public home for literature in translation, a cultural anchor for the city and a gathering place for the world. Donors like you have given $13.3 million so far, and now we’re inviting you—our community—to help us raise the final $3.7 million and open our doors. Your support will help bring the vision to life.

This project is more than just a building. Your gift helps create a home for literature in translation, and a hub for human connection through language, culture, and community.

  • $500,000 and up: We need 3 gifts to reach our goal!
  • $100,000 and up: We need 7 gifts to reach our goal!
  • $10,000 and up: We need 45 gifts to reach our goal!
  • $1,000 and up: We need 100+ gifts to reach our goal!
  • $100: Every dollar helps open a permanent public home for literature in translation.

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If you’d like to discuss donating via a donor-advised fund or other charitable vehicle, please contact Dan Lau, Advancement Director, at dan@catranslation.org(opens in a new tab)

You can help open our doors! Every donation gets us closer to our goal.

Thank you for helping us write the next chapter!

Founded in 2000, the Center for the Art of Translation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN #91-2037187) based in San Francisco, CA. Your gift today is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Make a one-time or recurring online donation on this page, through stocks and securities(opens in a new tab), or by mailing a check payable to “Center for the Art of Translation” to:

Attn: Development
Center for the Art of Translation
582 Market St., Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94104

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