Additional Giving Fund
The Additional Giving Fund is a voluntary pool of generosity. It lets members come alongside one another for needs the standard sharing guidelines cannot cover — because being welcoming means no one is left to carry the weight alone.
Giving is always voluntary and separate from your monthly share.
What it is
Health-sharing works because of clear, fair guidelines that keep monthly shares affordable for everyone. The Giving Fund is how our community chooses to go a step further — together — for needs those guidelines were never meant to reach.
Some needs do not fit neatly inside the sharing guidelines — yet the people behind them are still our neighbors. The Giving Fund is how the community chooses to help anyway.
Giving is entirely optional and separate from your monthly share. No one is billed for it, and no one is ever turned away for not contributing.
Every gift is pooled and distributed thoughtfully, with the same transparency and integrity we bring to ordinary sharing requests.
The Giving Fund is voluntary mutual aid, not insurance and not a guarantee of payment. It is a reflection of a simple belief: that we are stronger when we carry one another's burdens.
Who it helps
No set of guidelines can anticipate every life. The Giving Fund exists for the moments that fall in the gaps — so a member facing a hard season is met with help, not a closed door.
Not sure whether your situation fits? Reach out anyway. We would rather talk it through with you than have you assume the answer is no.
Requesting support
If you are a member facing a need that the guidelines cannot cover, here is the simple, human path to requesting help from the Giving Fund.
Reach out to our member care team and tell us what you are facing. A real person listens — there is no automated wall to get past.
Our team reviews each request with care and discretion, confirming the need and gathering any documentation that helps tell the full picture.
When a request is approved, a gift is sent from the fund to help carry the cost — quietly, and with dignity for the member receiving it.
Ways to give
Every gift, large or small, is pooled and passed on to members the guidelines cannot reach. Here are a few ways our community chooses to give.
From your member portal you can include a one-time gift alongside your regular share whenever you feel led to give a little more.
Give from your portalSet a small monthly amount to flow into the Giving Fund automatically — a steady act of paying it forward for someone you may never meet.
Give from your portalMark a milestone, remember a loved one, or celebrate a recovery by making a gift in their name. Every contribution plants something good.
Give from your portalA member story
“My daughter's condition started before we joined, so it wasn't eligible for sharing yet. I braced myself to face it alone. Instead, the Giving Fund stepped in — people I'll never meet helped carry us. That is the moment I understood what ‘pay it forward’ really means.”
Rachel T.
Family program member & Giving Fund recipient
You can join Pay It Forward Health at any time, keep the doctors you trust, and become part of a community that welcomes everyone. The Giving Fund is simply that welcome, extended a little further — voluntarily, and with open hands.
