The Family History Guide is a free site for everyone. We have great things in store for the site, so we greatly appreciate your support in helping family history dreams come true.
The Family History Guide is different from many family history sites, in that it contains no paid advertising and has no fees. It's funded by donations to The Family History Guide Association, a charitable non-profit organization. There are many different ways to contribute to our cause. Remember that contributions to The Family History Guide Association are tax-deductible in the U.S.
Please take a few moments to watch this video from our Executive Director, Bob Ives.
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Donations may be made directly to The Family History Guide Association via check or other types of direct bank deposit. You can also click the Donate button below to make a donation through PayPal or other bank cards.
To make a contribution to The Family History Guide Association using Venmo, scan the QR code. The Family History Guide account is @TFHGA
When you click the Donate button at the bottom of any page on The Family History Guide website, you can make a donation through PayPal, or you can use another method such as Visa, American Express, etc. The link to donate is here: https://www.thefhguide.com/donate.html. You can also scan the QR code at the right.
You can donate to The Family History Guide using Google Pay on your Android phone or computer. Donations for non-profit organizations are handled by the Network for Good.
Donations to The Family History Guide Association can be made through a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). This is available for Fidelity, Schwab, and BNY Mellon.
For more information on Donor Advised Funds, click this link.
This Fidelity fund is devoted solely to donating to charitable organizations. For more information, see https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/
A Schwab Charitable donor-advised fund account is a simple, tax-smart investment account for charitable giving. For more information, visit https://www.schwabcharitable.org/
The BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund ("the Fund") can provide a structured means to express those philanthropic values and priorities to community as well as family members. For more information, visit https://bnymelloncharitablegiftfund.org/bnym/
Vanguard Charitable is a top U.S. grant-making organization that fulfills its mission to increase charitable giving by sponsoring donor-advised funds ... a tax-effective way to consolidate, accrue, and grant assets to charity. For more information, visit https://www.vanguardcharitable.org
The Family History Guide Association, a platinum-level member of Guidestar, is registered with both Fidelity and Vanguard through Guidestar. For more information on Guidestar, see https://www.guidestar.org/profile/82-108168
Donations in kind such as property, trusts, other assets may also be donated either in a lump sum or over a time period as recurring gifts. This may be done through the Vanguard and Fidelity programs described above.
On Facebook, you can donate to The Family History Guide Association. In the Create Post window, click the three dots and select Support a Non-Profit. Then type "The Family History Guide Association" in the search bar, select it from the list, write a message, and click Post. This shares your message with your addressee list, and they can click Donate to make a donation.
The Family History Guide Association is part of the Great Nonprofits program. The link to donate through Great Nonprofits is here: https://greatnonprofits.org/org/the-family-history-guide-association?search=the%20family%20history%20guide
Pass-along cards are an ideal way to introduce The Family History Guide to others. You can see samples here.
If you would like to receive high-quality pass-along cards for The Family History Guide, or for the Come, Follow Me Companion, please complete the steps below:
Note: Shipping is free in the U.S. For orders to Canada, add $25 in shipping; for other countries, add $44 in shipping. Please allow about a week for U.S. order delivery, and two weeks for international delivery.