National
Honor Guard Society
Partner With Us
Help strengthen Honor Guard service nationwide.
The National Honor Guard Society welcomes mission-aligned partners who want to support standards, education, resources, recognition, grants, scholarships, and professional connection for the Honor Guard community.
Who We Partner With
The Society welcomes conversations with mission-aligned partners who share a commitment to dignity, professionalism, service, and responsible support of the Honor Guard community.
Public Safety Agencies
For law enforcement, fire service, EMS, corrections, and public safety organizations that want to support ceremonial readiness, standards, and professional development.
Associations & Professional Organizations
For state, regional, national, and discipline-specific associations interested in collaboration, education, outreach, or shared support of ceremonial service.
Funeral Service Professionals
For funeral homes, funeral directors, cemeteries, memorial providers, and related professionals who help coordinate honors, support families, and preserve dignity during services.
Training & Education Partners
For instructors, academies, schools, and professional development organizations interested in supporting education, best practices, and future credentialing pathways.
Donors, Sponsors & Foundations
For individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, and community supporters who want to help fund grants, scholarships, resources, and national programs.
Vendors & Service Providers
For companies that provide uniforms, equipment, flags, ceremonial supplies, technology, logistics, travel support, printing, media, or other services relevant to Honor Guard work.
Why Partnership Matters
Honor Guard teams are often asked to perform high-visibility, emotionally significant, and operationally complex duties with limited funding, staffing, equipment, and training access. Many teams serve with extraordinary dedication while relying on personal time, local fundraising, donated resources, or inconsistent support.
Mission-aligned partnerships can help close that gap.
Partners can help support:
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National standards and recommended best-practice development
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Training access and professional development
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Grants and scholarships for under-resourced teams
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Resource library creation
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Equipment and uniform readiness
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Regional collaboration and mutual support
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Recognition of exemplary service
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National events, education, and outreach
Partnership Opportunities
Partnerships may take different forms depending on the partner’s role, resources, and mission alignment.
Mission Support
Support the Society’s general mission, operations, outreach, standards development, resource creation, and national professional community-building.
Grants & Scholarships
Help fund training access, travel support, equipment needs, professional development, and future grant or scholarship opportunities for Honor Guard members and units.
Resource Development
Support the creation of templates, checklists, guides, planning tools, educational materials, reference documents, and member resources.
Event & Conference Support
Support future national conferences, regional events, workshops, recognition ceremonies, memorial-related programming, and professional development gatherings.
Education Collaboration
Collaborate on educational programs, webinars, articles, workshops, subject-matter review, or professional development resources.
In-Kind Support
Provide goods or services such as printing, design, technology, travel assistance, equipment, uniforms, ceremonial supplies, media support, or event logistics.
Partnership Pathways
Agency & Association Partners
Agencies and associations can help advance the mission through outreach, education, standards feedback, event collaboration, resource sharing, and support for Honor Guard members and teams.
Possible actions:
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Share NHGS resources with members
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Participate in surveys or feedback opportunities
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Support future regional chapters
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Collaborate on education or events
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Encourage team participation in the Society
Funeral & Memorial Service Partners
Funeral professionals and memorial-service providers can help ensure the Society’s resources remain practical, respectful, and connected to the needs of families and ceremonies.
Possible actions:
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Provide practical feedback on ceremony coordination
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Support family-centered ceremonial education
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Collaborate on guidance for funeral honors settings
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Sponsor resources or educational programming
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Help connect agencies, families, and ceremonial teams
Donor & Sponsor Partners
Donors, sponsors, and foundations can help build the financial foundation needed to expand access, support readiness, and develop national programs.
Possible actions:
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Sponsor grants or scholarships
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Fund resource-library development
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Support national events or recognition programs
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Contribute to general mission support
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Help launch future endowment efforts
Vendor & Service Partners
Vendors and service providers can support the mission through ethical sponsorships, discounts, in-kind support, resource contributions, or logistical assistance.
Possible actions:
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Provide in-kind donations
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Offer member discounts where appropriate
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Sponsor educational resources
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Support events or conference needs
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Assist with equipment or uniform readiness programs
What Your Partnership Can Help Build
The National Honor Guard Society is in its early development stage. Foundational members, agencies, partners, and supporters will help shape a national institution intended to serve the Honor Guard community for generations.
National Standards
Support the development and publication of voluntary standards and recommended best practices for Honor Guard service.
Credentialing Pathways
Help build future professional development and recognition pathways for members, instructors, teams, agencies, and providers.
Resource Library
Support practical tools, templates, checklists, ceremony planning resources, guides, and educational materials.
Regional Chapters
Support future regional networks that connect members, encourage collaboration, and strengthen mutual support.
Grants & Scholarships
Help expand access to training, equipment, travel, readiness support, and professional development opportunities.
Partnership With Integrity
The National Honor Guard Society welcomes mission-aligned support, but partnership must never compromise the Society’s independence, standards integrity, credentialing processes, or service to the broader Honor Guard community.
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Guardrail 1: No Purchased Influence
Partnership, sponsorship, donation, or vendor support does not purchase influence over Society standards, credentialing, recognition, governance, or policy decisions.
Guardrail 2: No Automatic Endorsement
Partnership with the Society does not automatically mean NHGS endorses, certifies, accredits, approves, or recommends a company, course, product, instructor, vendor, or service.
Guardrail 3: Standards Independence
Standards and recommended best practices should be developed through appropriate review, subject-matter input, board oversight, and respect for law, agency policy, and existing authority.
Guardrail 4: Mission-First Alignment
Partnerships should support the Society’s charitable and educational mission and must remain consistent with dignity, professionalism, vendor neutrality, and public trust.
Recognized Partners:
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Partner Recognition
The Society may recognize mission-aligned partners, donors, sponsors, and supporters in appropriate ways, depending on the nature and level of support. Recognition should honor support for the mission without implying improper influence, endorsement, certification, or control.
Possible recognition may include:
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Website recognition
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Event sponsor acknowledgment
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Program or resource sponsorship acknowledgment
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Printed or digital donor recognition
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Annual report recognition
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Grant or scholarship sponsor acknowledgment
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Public thank-you announcements
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Founding partner recognition, where appropriate
Note:
Recognition opportunities may vary by program, support level, timing, board approval, and applicable Society policy.
Help Build the National Framework Honor Guard Service Deserves
The National Honor Guard Society is building a professional, educational, and mission-driven framework to support Honor Guard members, teams, agencies, families, and communities nationwide. Mission-aligned partners can help make that work possible.
Important Partnership Notice
Partnership, sponsorship, donation, or support of the National Honor Guard Society does not replace agency authority, applicable law, military regulation, collective bargaining requirements, governmental authority, or local policy.
Unless expressly stated in a written agreement approved by the Society, partnership does not constitute endorsement, certification, accreditation, approval, credentialing, or recommendation of any individual, agency, company, course, product, service, instructor, vendor, or training provider.
The Society reserves the right to review, approve, decline, modify, or end partnership relationships to protect its mission, independence, credibility, and nonprofit responsibilities.
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Building the Society Will Take a Community
The National Honor Guard Society is being built to serve those who render honors during some of the most meaningful moments in public safety, military veteran, and community life. This mission requires standards, resources, education, recognition, funding, and collaboration.
Partnerships allow individuals, agencies, organizations, associations, businesses, donors, and community supporters to help strengthen the national framework Honor Guard service deserves.