Membership year
The Membership year runs from January until December.
Annual membership fee
| Type of membership |
Cost (2020) |
| Full member annual membership |
US$ 2000 |
| Liaison member annual membership |
US$ 100 |
The membership fee is subject to change each year.
The membership fee is not refundable upon membership termination.
Initial one-time application fee
An applying FIRST participant must pay an initial one-time application fee of US$ 800 before its membership is considered confirmed. This fee only applies to full memberships, not to liaison memberships.
New members
A new member is invoiced when the member is joining FIRST, for:
the initial one-time application fee, if applicable (only for full members)
the per month pro-rated amount of the annual fee (a team or liaison which membership is confirmed
in month N only pays the part of the annual fee for the remainder of the membership year, month N included)
Invoicing procedure
Invoices are sent as PDF per e-mail to the member's FIRST representative. If the member so requires a postal mail version will be sent following that e-mail.
Payments can be done by :
- Credit card
- Check
- Electronic bank transfer
All details on payment are specified on the invoices that are sent out, or available on request at first-sec@first.org.
IRS/form W9:
https://www.first.org/membership/IRS-W-9-2020.pdf
PGP signature in: https://www.first.org/membership/IRS-W-9-2020.pdf.sig
Federal Employer Identification Number:
First.Org, Inc. FEIN 54-1779360
FIRST Secretariat
first-sec@first.org
