Where the money goes.
DearestEllie is a family memory commons, sustained by families helping families. We account for what comes in and where it goes.
Period: October 2026 · published 10/1/2026
Families sponsored
Families given free access through the Family Memory Fund.
Every archive's essentials are free regardless; sponsorship funds extras for families who cannot pay.
Storage & operating costs
What it costs to keep archives safe, online, and preserved.
Donations received
Voluntary contributions from families and partners.
No donations yet — published as zero rather than left blank.
Fund usage
How the Family Memory Fund was spent.
No Family Memory Fund disbursements yet. This line updates automatically the month the first one happens.
Keepsakes sponsored
Keepsakes funded for families who could not pay.
Books and keepsakes sponsored for other families — counted, never naming recipients.
Community partners
Hospices, libraries, and nonprofits working with us.
Family Memory Fund
Sponsors families who cannot pay — low-income, hospice, sudden-loss, foster and adoptive, elderly, dementia preservation, and community-history projects.
Funded by: Families who can help, plus community partners
Read the annual report — the year, accounted for →
Surplus allocation
Any surplus goes back into free access, open-archive tools, privacy and preservation, the workers who do this, and the Family Memory Fund. No venture capital, no ads, no selling family data.
Donors cannot buy control
Donors and community partners cannot buy control over the mission. Giving funds free access for families — it never purchases a vote, priority over another family, or influence over policy or governance.