Mineral owners, families, and members
Build your own knowledge while helping NARO reach and represent more owners.
- Join or renew your membership
- Make a contribution to NARO
- Volunteer, mentor, speak, or share NARO education
Support NARO
Help mineral and royalty owners learn, connect, and be heard.
NARO's work is powered by mineral owners, members, volunteers, businesses, sponsors, exhibitors, and partner organizations. Choose the way you want to strengthen education, advocacy, and the mineral owner community nationwide.
- Practical educationPrograms and resources owners can use.
- A stronger owner voiceAdvocacy for mineral ownership and private property rights.
- Connected communitiesChapters, events, volunteers, and trusted relationships.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Start with what describes you.
Support means something different to an owner, a current member, a business, and a partner organization. These three paths lead to the right next step without mixing membership, giving, and sponsorship.
Businesses and service providers
Build a credible, useful relationship with the mineral owner community throughout the year and at events.
- Become a Business Supporter or Source Rock member
- Sponsor a national or chapter convention
- Exhibit, underwrite education, or share expertise
Associations, foundations, and partners
Work with NARO on education, outreach, research, events, and mission-aligned initiatives.
- Co-host or cross-promote owner education
- Introduce speakers, research, or policy expertise
- Provide a grant, venue, service, or in-kind support
WAYS TO HELP
MEMBERSHIP
NARO CONTRIBUTION
FOUNDATION GIFT
BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP
SPONSOR OR EXHIBIT
PARTNER OR VOLUNTEER
Six distinct ways to strengthen NARO.
Each option has a different purpose. Choose the one that matches what you want to accomplish and what you expect to receive.
Join or renew
Support NARO's education, chapters, events, member resources, and advocacy while receiving defined membership benefits.
Best for: Mineral owners, families, and professionals who want an ongoing NARO relationship.
Make a contribution
Help sustain NARO's broader owner education, community, and advocacy work without purchasing a membership or commercial benefit.
Best for: Individuals or organizations that want to provide direct financial support.
Give through the NARO Foundation
Support charitable mineral owner education, outreach, and approved Foundation programs, including potential gifts of mineral interests.
Best for: Donors focused on long-term education and charitable impact.
Build a year-round presence
Join NARO's national and chapter network through a business membership with defined access, education, and relationship benefits.
Best for: Companies that serve mineral and royalty owners throughout the year.
Support a specific event
Connect with attendees through a convention, chapter program, exhibit, meal, reception, education session, or other current opportunity.
Best for: Businesses seeking event-level visibility and direct conversation.
Contribute time, expertise, or reach
Help a chapter, mentor an owner, present education, share research, strengthen outreach, or collaborate on an approved initiative.
Best for: Members, speakers, associations, foundations, and community partners.
FOR BUSINESSES
Stay connected year-round, support an event, or both.
Business membership provides year-round connection and defined benefits. Sponsorship supports a specific event or program. Some membership levels include specified advertising or sponsorship benefits.
Business membership
Create an ongoing relationship with NARO's national and chapter network.
- Defined annual membership benefits
- Education and member-resource access
- Year-round connection beyond one convention
Sponsorship and exhibiting
Support a specific national or chapter event while receiving the recognition and benefits included in that opportunity.
- Convention and chapter opportunities
- Sponsor packages and exhibitor options
- Current benefits defined by each event
Recognition note: Business membership, sponsor, exhibitor, advertiser, or partner recognition does not imply NARO endorsement of any product, service, company, or professional. Sponsorship and advertising purchases are separate from member-discount and like-kind offers.
BEYOND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Give time, knowledge, or reach.
Some of NARO's most valuable support begins with an introduction, a useful lesson, or a few hours of service.
Strengthen a chapter
Help organize a meeting, welcome owners, support outreach, or contribute to a local program.
Share expertise
Present a webinar, contribute to ROAR, mentor an owner, or help explain a complex issue clearly.
Extend NARO's reach
Share trusted education, invite another owner, or connect NARO with a community that needs owner resources.
Build a partnership
Co-host education, share research, introduce speakers, provide a venue, or support an approved initiative.
A LASTING EDUCATIONAL LEGACY
Explore a gift of minerals or royalties.
Some supporters choose to discuss a gift of mineral or royalty interests with the NARO Foundation. These gifts require individual review because ownership, title, production, valuation, administration, and tax circumstances vary.
Start with a conversation. NARO can explain its review process, and you can decide whether to continue with guidance from your own legal, tax, and financial advisers.
Know where your support goes.
NARO Association support and NARO Foundation giving are separate. Membership dues, Association contributions, Foundation gifts, sponsorships, advertising, and event registrations can have different purposes, benefits, receipts, and tax treatment.
Each destination page identifies the payment path and any benefits provided. Please consult your tax adviser about your circumstances. Contact NARO before making a restricted, in-kind, securities, estate, or mineral-interest gift.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Choose with confidence.
What is the difference between joining and making a contribution?
Membership creates an ongoing relationship with defined benefits. A contribution provides financial support without creating membership or commercial benefits unless the destination page specifically says otherwise.
Should my company become a business member or sponsor an event?
Choose business membership for year-round connection and defined member benefits. Choose sponsorship or exhibiting for recognition and engagement tied to a specific convention, chapter program, or event. Many businesses choose both.
How can another association or foundation work with NARO?
Potential partners can propose co-hosted education, research, speaker exchanges, outreach, grants, in-kind support, or other mission-aligned work. NARO reviews each opportunity for member value, fit, responsibilities, and transparency.
Can I support a chapter or particular program?
Some current forms and sponsorship packages include a chapter, event, or program choice. Contact NARO before adding a restriction so the organization can confirm that the requested use is available and can be administered as intended.
Can the NARO Foundation accept mineral or royalty interests?
The Foundation may review a proposed gift of mineral or royalty interests. Every property is different, so acceptance follows an individual review of ownership, title, production, valuation, administration, and potential obligations.
Will my name or organization be recognized?
Recognition depends on the support path, current program terms, and your preferences. Sponsorship and business recognition never implies NARO endorsement. NARO also respects requests for appropriate privacy when the selected program allows it.
Not sure which path fits?
Tell NARO whether you are a mineral owner, member, business, association, foundation, prospective volunteer, or potential donor. The national office will help route you to the right opportunity.