Compassionate Friends
Compassionate Friends is a nationwide mutual self-help bereavement organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.
Education and information – articles, videos, links, and more – offered to help people navigate the challenging road of grief.
Seattle Children’s Journey’s Program
The Journey Program is for any family who has experienced the death of a child. It provides support to help families cope with death, loss, and the grieving process.
The SUDC Foundation supports awareness, advocates for research, and supports those affected by sudden unexpected or unexplained death in childhood.
The National Alliance for Children’s Grief
Today, they are a national charity offering education and resources to support the mental, emotional, and physical health of grieving children.
An organization for educational and charitable purposes, to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children are deceased by providing a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing.
The first center in the US to provide peer support groups for grieving children. We’d like to share with you what we have learned from over 13,500 children, teens and families we’ve served since 1982. The Dougy Center is a non-profit organization which is totally privately supported and does not charge a fee for services.
They offers programs designed to ease the financial burden burden following a stillbirth and provides support.
501(c)3 organization providing financial assistance in purchasing burial markers/urns up to the age of five.
Carson’s Village provides personalized support after the loss of a loved one, including helping families with arrangements, and even with what to say on social media.
501(c)3 organization providing care packages, events, peer-to-peer support, financial aid, and educational materials in support of NICU families and after the loss of a child.
Still Loved sends cards to honor deceased children on their birthday, and also raises funds to donate Cuddle Cots to hospitals. They also offer a FB group.
Final Farewell helps families provide an affordable funeral for a loved child. They provide financial assistance, advice and guidance.
Children’s Burial Assistance charitable organization helps families honor their deceased children with a decent and proper burial.
A charity offering support to families after loss and resources to hospitals, clinics, hospice groups, churches and other nonprofit organizations. They also host a periodic retreat for bereaved parents.
No Foot Too Small is a 501(c)3 charity supporting families who have lost children. They host virtual and in-person events, and also raise funds to build bereavement suites for families experiencing stillbirth. They also offer a shop with branded gear.
The Sweet Pea Project is a Pennsylvania-based 501(c)3 charity offering support to bereaved families after the loss of a child. Support includes donation of books and blankets, and events for bereaved families.
The Association for Death Education and Counseling
The Association for Death Education and Counseling is an international, professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence and recognizing diversity in death education, care of the dying, grief counseling and research in thanatology. Based on quality research, theory and practice, the association provides information, support and resources to its international, multicultural, multidisciplinary membership and to the public.
Grieving.com is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, grief support community on the internet. Founded in 1997, it now supports a quarter million people annually from over 100 countries, from all walks of life. The focus is to provide grief support via community interaction.
Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance
PLIDA provides education, advocacy, and networking for health professionals and parent advocates. Their goals is to formal network and a unified international presence to increase awareness and education focused on the emotional experiences and needs of bereaved families.
American Pregnancy Association
Offers a toll-free education and support phone line to assist women and families facing pregnancy loss. APA also provides education services for infertility, pregnancy health, and pregnancy complications.
