• How It Works

    CHARITYSMITH is a registered public charity that helps you easily start a memorial fund, memorial scholarship, or charitable fund in full accordance with federal law and tax requirements. Monies raised can be used toward scholarships and grants, medical research, or donated to families in need. You decide. Learn More

  • It's Easy to Donate

    Make a donation to any of our memorial funds by phone, mail, or online with PayPal or Google Checkout. Your gift honors a life, and helps other in their name. All donations are tax deductible and in full accordance with federal tax laws. Click below and donate today! Learn More

  • Join Us In Our Mission

    CHARITYSMITH has created and currently administers over 90 memorial funds. In 2011, the legacies they honor live on, with over $500,000 in scholarships grants, medical research, and help for families in need. Browse our memorial funds and donate or apply for a scholarship today. Learn More

CHARITYSMITH: National Society of Memorial Funds

CHARITYSMITH was established in 1994 by Brooks H. Rohlen, MD as the Douglas F. Smith Memorial Foundation (DFSMF). This initial memorial foundation gave a scholarship each year to a student, artist, or athlete.

Over the years we saw the need for a cost-effective avenue to quickly and easily establish a nonprofit foundation in memory of a loved one (just like the DFSMF). Because of this our mission has evolved to what it is today — creating and administering memorial funds for others. For those who feel inspired to do so, CHARITYSMITH offers a simple and expedient pathway to the creation of memorial funds. By contributing to the lives of others, we remember and honor the lives of those who have passed.

Monies raised by our memorial funds are distributed toward scholarships, grants, medical research, or donated to families in need — but you decide how, where, and when the money from the memorial fund you establish will be donated.

Please contact us today at 800.276.6546 with questions or click here to get started.

Good lives, well remembered.