National Organizations

Alive Alone

https://www.alivealone.org
Provides a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving their grief, and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future for bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

https://afsp.org
Gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.

Bereaved Parents of the USA

https://www.bereavedparentsusa.org/chapters/find-a-chapter
Offers support, understanding, compassion and hope to bereaved parents grandparents or siblings struggling to rebuild their lives after the death of their children, grandchildren or siblings.

Camp Erin

https://elunanetwork.org/camps-programs/camp-erin/
Provides grief programs for bereaved children and teens.

Cancer Care

https://www.cancercare.org/support_groups
Connects with others in support groups for cancer patients, loved ones and people who have lost a loved one, led by oncology social workers.

Compassionate Friends

https://www.compassionatefriends.org/find-support/chapters/chapter-locator/
Provides support to families experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.

COVID Survivors for Change

https://covidsurvivorsforchange.org/
Brings together Americans who have had a loved one die from COVID-19, as well as those who have survived the virus and those whose lives have been dramatically altered by the pandemic.

Courageous Parents Network

https://courageousparentsnetwork.org
Shares the essential elements of understanding, coping, grieving and healing families who have a child suffering from serious illness.

C.J. First Candle

https://firstcandle.org
Is committed to the elimination of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and preventable still births through education and research while providing support for grieving families who have suffered a loss.

Eluna

http://elunanetwork.org
Supports children and families impacted by grief or addiction.

Experience Camps

experiencecamps.org
Gives all grieving children experiences that will change their lives forever.

Families for Safe Streets

https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/
Confronts the epidemic of traffic violence by advocating for life-saving changes and providing support to those who have been impacted by crashes.

Grief Healing Discussion Groups

https://www.griefhealingdiscussiongroups.com
Grief Healing Discussion Groups are free of charge and accessible to anyone using the Internet.

Helping Parents Heal

https://www.helpingparentsheal.org
Assists bereaved parents to become Shining Light Parents by providing support and resources to aid in the healing process and allowing for the open discussion of spiritual experiences and evidence for the afterlife, in a non-dogmatic way.

Let’s Talk Death

https://healgrief.org/lets-talk-death/
Let’s Talk Death are video/podcast recordings of conversations with various industry leaders, authors, and individuals who deeply understand grief. It’s time to take the taboo out of death, dying, and grief.

Marked By COVID

https:///markedbycovid.com/
Evaluates the truth about COVID to save lives.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

https://www.madd.org/
Is dedicated to ending drunk driving, helping fight drugged driving, supporting the victims of these violent crimes, and preventing underage drinking.

MISS Foundation

https://missfoundation.org/
Is dedicated to caring for families experiencing the death of a baby or child at any age and from any cause.

Modern Widows Club

https://modernwidowsclub.org
Pioneering widow support, solutions and research to create a world where every widow finds health equality in their lives, families and work spaces.

National Alliance for Grieving Children

https://childrengrieve.org/
Provides online education, a national data base of children’s bereavement programs, and promotes national awareness to enhance public sensitivity to the hardships facing grieving children and teens.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

http://www.missingkids.org/
Helps find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization.

National Center for Victims of Crime

https://victimsofcrime.org/home
Advocates for stronger rights, protections, and services for crime victims; provides education, training, and evaluation; and serves as a trusted source of current information on victims’ issues.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org
Introduces remembrance photography to parents suffering from the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture.

Outward Bound for Grieving Teens

https://www.outwardbound.org/group-programs/grieving-teens/
Provides an opportunity for teens to experience specially crafted outdoor wilderness expeditions.

Parents of Murdered Children

http://www.pomc.com/index.html
Provides support and assistance to all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of murder.

Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

https://drugfree.org
Helps families struggling with their son’s or daughter’s substance use by empowering families with information, support and guidance to get the help their loved one needs and deserves, while advocating for greater understanding and more effective programs to treat the disease of addiction.

Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance

https://www.plida.org
Supports health care practitioners and parent advocates in their efforts to improve care for families who experience the death of a baby during pregnancy, birth, or infancy.

Refuge in Grief

https://refugeingrief.com/
Grief support that doesn’t suck. This is for-profit organization.

Return to Zero: Hope

https://rtzhope.org/
Engages a global community of bereaved parents and their health providers to improve mental health outcomes, while also advancing pregnancy and infant loss awareness, education, and support.

Sad Dads Club

https://saddadsclub.com/
Helps fellow bereaved fathers navigate life after loss by nurturing a supportive community and providing access to mental health services.

Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support

http://nationalshare.org/
Serves parents, grandparents, siblings, and others in the family unit, as well as the professionals who care for grieving families. Share is a national organization with over 75 chapters in 29 states.

Shatterproof

https://www.shatterproof.org
Dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families.

Sibs Forever

https://sibsforever.org
Provides a secure and private platform for surviving siblings to chronicle memories through storytelling, pictures, and videos.

Soaring Spirits International

https://soaringspirits.org/
Dedicated to connecting widowed people with each other to build resilience in grief through an ongoing peer support community and research-based programming.

Speaking Grief

https://speakinggrief.org
Speaking Grief is a multi-platform, public media initiative that explores how we can create a more grief-aware society by validating the experience of grievers and helping to guide those who wish to support them.

Star Legacy Foundation

https://starlegacyfoundation.org
Increases awareness, supports research, promotes education, and encourage advocacy and family support regarding stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and neonatal death.

SUDC Foundation

https://sudc.org
Increases the awareness of sudden unexpected deaths in childhood, and funding crucial research to better understand and prevent these tragedies.

Suicidology

https://www.suicidology.org/suicide-survivors/suicide-loss-survivors
Provides books and resources for suicide loss survivors.

TAPS

https://www.taps.org/
Offers compassionate care to all those grieving the loss of a military loved one.

Team Mercy

https://teammercy.org/ 
Supports children after the death of a sibling.

TEARS Foundation

http://thetearsfoundation.org
Helps to lift the financial burden from families who have lost a child by providing funds to assist with the cost of burial or cremation services, as well as offer parents comprehensive bereavement care in the form of grief support groups and peer companions.

The Dougy Center

https://www.dougy.org/
Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.

Twinless Twins Support Group International

https://www.twinlesstwins.org/
Provides a safe and compassionate community for bereaved twins to experience healing and understanding.

VictimsFirst

https://www.victimsfirst.com/
Educates and advocates for victims/survivors of mass casualty crime at the most horrific – and most vulnerable – times of their lives

W Connection

www.wconnection.org
Helps widows rebuild their lives with new tools, strategies, understanding, and hope.

Widowed Parent

https://widowedparent.org/
Offers for people who are grieving the loss of a spouse or partner while raising children at home.