Where Your Gift Goes

Five named impact areas. Every dollar you give can go exactly where you want it - with transparent stewardship and annual impact reporting.

Sing It Forward

Investing in the next generation of barbershop singers

Sing It Forward

Every gift to Sing It Forward is a bet on a 16-year-old who hasn't discovered this yet. Youth programs are BHS's most compelling long-game investment - the people most likely to attract first-time major gifts from donors motivated by legacy.

✓Youth / School / Music Educator Outreach
✓Harmony University scholarships
✓NextGen events and clinics
✓AIC outreach programs

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Harmony Heals

Barbershop as a tool for wellness and connection

Harmony Heals

A child in a hospital bed hears four voices lock a chord and smiles. A veteran finds community in a rehearsal room. A senior with memory loss remembers every word of a song from 1962. This is what barbershop is for.

✓Music Medics - quartets performing at children's hospitals
✓Seniors in Harmony - community singing at memory care facilities
✓Veterans in Harmony (development stage)
✓Mental health and recovery programs

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Open the Doors

Inclusion, access, and equity in barbershop

Open the Doors

For a new generation of donors, this is the program that answers the question: "Does BHS actually mean it?" Inclusion-focused giving is growing across all demographic segments and is essential for BHS's long-term relevance.

✓Harmony Unbound - inclusion and access initiative
✓Scholarship funds for underrepresented voices
✓Chapter diversity grants
✓Community organization partnerships

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Chapter Strong

Strengthening the foundation of the BHS ecosystem

Chapter Strong

There are 650 BHS chapters across North America. Each one is a home - a place where people belong to something larger than themselves. Gifts to Chapter Strong fund the tools, training, and resources that keep those homes standing.

✓Chapter development resources and training
✓Interchapter Big Sing cultivation events
✓Donor Choice pass-through giving
✓Chapter health and sustainability programs

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The Living Legacy

Preserving the art form for generations to come

Give to all of it at once

A gift to the Society's greatest need - the most flexible support BHS receives.

Where It's Needed Most

A gift to the Society's greatest need is a gift of trust - You're telling us to put it wherever it will do the most good, and we will. It's the most flexible support BHS receives, which is what makes it the gift that goes furthest: it moves to the most urgent needs each year, funds the work no single impact area covers, and starts the programs that aren't ready to stand on their own yet.

✓The impact area with the greatest need each year
✓Provides flexibility to ensure programs can all be funded
✓Maintains the shared cushion of support every program depends on

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