Explore the Italian American story
Start with a free guide to migration, communities, identity, and culture. Follow its sources and discuss how different experiences fit into a larger history.
Read the history guideFor educators and community connectors
Help heritage learning reach more people.
An accessible article can begin a classroom conversation. A research guide can help a family ask its next question. Support the free resources families, educators, and community groups can explore and share.
Help us reach $50,000 by December 31.
Check your employer’s matching offer. An eligible 1:1 match turns $25 into $50 for heritage learning.
Together, toward December 31
$50,000campaign goal
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$2,000 expected opening support target: Christopher Alghini’s planned $1,000 personal gift and an expected $1,000 corporate match. Verified opening support so far: awaiting reporting. Only verified gifts and approved matches enter the confirmed Annual Fund total.
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Our articles and guides are freely available. Your gift helps sustain the research, publishing, and website work that makes them accessible.
Begin a family-history search
Use the free starter kit to organize an interview, a timeline, and records to find next. The printable download is available without an email address.
Get the free starter kitMeet the people behind the history
Explore the directory of notable Italian Americans. Choose a profile, read the supporting sources, and consider the person’s contribution in context.
Explore the directoryFor a family, group, or classroom
One resource. One useful conversation.
Step 1
Choose a question
What can a family name tell us? How do we know where a story comes from? Whose experiences help us understand this period?
Step 2
Read and check a source
Choose an article or profile together. Find one supporting record or reference. Discuss what it shows and what it cannot establish.
Step 3
Invite another perspective
Ask a relative, neighbor, or group member about a memory connected to the topic. Respect their choice about recording or sharing.
These suggestions use our existing publications. A formal K–16 curriculum and teacher-training program remain planned. Donations do not purchase teaching services or guarantee future materials.
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When your employer offers a 1:1 match, your $25 gift can become $50 for Italian American heritage. Check your company’s giving program for eligibility, limits, and deadlines.
Our opening corporate match applies to the opening donor’s gift. Your own employer determines whether and how it matches your contribution.
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