Support Us

  How you can help

Sustain & Promote Our Mission

• Become a member

• Donate a monetary gift, either one-time or monthly. The Betsy-Tacy Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, and your donation may be tax-deductible.

  • Note: If you’d rather mail a check than donate online, that’s fine! Our mailing address is: Betsy-Tacy Society, 332 Center Street, Mankato, MN 56001. Please add a note indicating that this is a donation and providing your contact information.

• Ask if your employer will match your gift! Our federal tax ID number is 41-1687744

• Donate an item from our Amazon Wish List

• Purchase a paver for the walkway at Betsy’s House

• Volunteer! We are always looking for people to offer tours of the Betsy-Tacy Houses and work in the Shop on Saturdays from May through October (and to provide tours at other times throughout the year). You can download a Volunteer Application here.

Photo credit: Jennifer Erickson

Ways to Support

Members vs. Donors

Is there a difference? Yes!

Members receive many benefits, including newsletters (the Deep Valley Sun and The Agony Column for Adult and Senior members, The Social Room for YA members, and Everything Pudding for BTT Club members), free admission to the Betsy and Tacy Houses during regular business hours, and free or discounted admission to BTS events.

Donors receive no goods or services in exchange for their gifts.

We appreciate members as part of our “Betsy-Tacy family”— they help us tell our story to others. At the same time, we rely on unrestricted donations for expenses that dues and admission fees do not cover, including our ongoing operations, newsletter production, and the restoration and preservation of two historic houses. We invite you to consider helping the BTS even more by making a tax-deductible gift today in addition to your membership fee.