Description: One Fair Wage is a U.S. national nonprofit advocacy organization that organizes service workers, employers, and consumers to end subminimum wages (including the tipped minimum) and secure a full, fair minimum wage with tips on top. It conducts policy advocacy, ballot campaigns, worker organizing, voter mobilization, legal support, and direct aid to service-sector workers. Type: Non-profit advocacy organization (501(c)(3)) with a sister 501(c)(4) advocacy arm Policies: Eliminating subminimum/tipped wages, raising state and federal minimum wages, wage equity for service and gig workers, unemployment and benefits access for tipped workers, paid sick leave and workplace protections, ballot initiatives and state-level labor reform Funding: Primarily philanthropic foundation grants and individual donations, supplemented by grassroots small-dollar fundraising, membership dues, and philanthropic partnerships Affiliates: Saru Jayaraman (President and founder), One Fair Wage Action (sister 501(c)(4) organization), Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (historic partner), La Cocina and other worker/employer coalition partners, academic partners such as UC Berkeley's Food Labor Research Center
