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Foundations that fund grief and bereavement research

15 private foundations with a record of paying for grief and bereavement, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.

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The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Good Shepherd Community Care: $654K across 4 grants, latest 2025Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc → Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas: $597K across 3 grants, latest 2024Childrens Bereavement Center of → Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas Foundation: $498K across 2 grants, latest 2023Baptist Health South Florida Inc → Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $265K across 4 grants, latest 2023John S Dunn Foundation → Houston Hospice: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc → Children's Bereavement Center: $103K across 6 grants, latest 2024Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Our House Grief Support Center: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lauri S Bauer Foundation → Lauri Bauer Grief Center: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Heinz Endowments → Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas Inc: $64K across 5 grants, latest 2024Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation → Annie's Hope: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024Moorings Park Foundation Inc → Avow Hospice Inc: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2024Frederick Oj Muzi Foundation → Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $55K across 4 grants, latest 2024Metrowest Health Foundation Inc → Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: $53K across 6 grants, latest 2024Towbes Foundation → Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $37K across 3 grants, latest 2024New York State Tribute Foundation Inc → St Mary's Hospital for Children: $35K across 4 grants, latest 2025Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc → Children's Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley: $438K across 3 grants, latest 2024Childrens Bereavement Center of → Childrens Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley Inc: $436K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Jeff's Place: $163K across 4 grants, latest 2025John S Dunn Foundation → Bo's Place: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lauri S Bauer Foundation → Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Childrens Bereavement Center of South Texas: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023New York State Tribute Foundation Inc → Hospice-Vnsw Wphc Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation → Cancer Support Community: $27K across 3 grants, latest 2024Towbes Foundation → Vna Health Foundation: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024Moorings Park Foundation Inc → Valeries House Inc: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Heinz Endowments → African American Cultural Center: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Baptist Health South Florida Inc → Trustbridge Hospice Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Samaritan's: $106K across 3 grants, latest 2025Lauri S Bauer Foundation → Willow House: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024Moorings Park Foundation Inc → Avow Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Towbes Foundation → Visiting Nurse Hospice Care: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2021Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Jeffs Place Childrens Bereavement Center Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation → Jewish Community Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Childrens Bereavement Center of → Childrens Bereavement Center - Uvalde: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Wildflower Inc: $97K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Care Dimensions: $83K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → The Children's Room: $81K across 3 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Courageous Parents Network: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Runway for Recovery: $75K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home: $73K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Mass General Hospital for Children (Mghfc): $45K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Mass General for Children: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → E-Motion: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Boston Children's Hospital: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Rett's Roost: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund → Companions On A Journey Grief Support Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Parmenter Foundation Inc → Virginia Thurston Healing Garden: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2025Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation → Bjc Home Care Services: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023Moorings Park Foundation Inc → Valerie's House: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Parmenter Foundation Inc: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Parmenter Foundation Inc$1.6MMethodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Methodist Healthcare Ministri…$1.0MChildrens Bereavement Center of: $944K on this topic. Open the funder.Childrens Bereavement Center…$944KJohn S Dunn Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.John S Dunn Foundation$300KBaptist Health South Florida Inc: $275K on this topic. Open the funder.Baptist Health South Florida…$275KLauri S Bauer Foundation: $170K on this topic. Open the funder.Lauri S Bauer Foundation$170KGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund: $135K on this topic. Open the funder.Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy…$135KMoorings Park Foundation Inc: $108K on this topic. Open the funder.Moorings Park Foundation Inc$108KMissouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation: $106K on this topic. Open the funder.Missouri Baptist Healthcare F…$106KDr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc: $103K on this topic. Open the funder.Dr John T Macdonald Foundatio…$103KThe Heinz Endowments: $79K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heinz Endowments$79KTowbes Foundation: $72K on this topic. Open the funder.Towbes Foundation$72KNew York State Tribute Foundation Inc: $65K on this topic. Open the funder.New York State Tribute Founda…$65KFrederick Oj Muzi Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder.Frederick Oj Muzi Foundation$55KMetrowest Health Foundation Inc: $53K on this topic. Open the funder.Metrowest Health Foundation I…$53KGood Shepherd Community Care: received $654K on this topicGood Shepherd Community Care$654KChildren's Bereavement Center of South Texas: received $597K on this topicChildren's Bereavement Center o…$597KChildren's Bereavement Center of South Texas Foundation: received $498K on this topicChildren's Bereavement Center o…$498KChildren's Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley: received $438K on this topicChildren's Bereavement Center o…$438KChildrens Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley Inc: received $436K on this topicChildrens Bereavement Center of…$436KChildren's Bereavement Center Inc: received $265K on this topicChildren's Bereavement Center I…$265KHouston Hospice: received $225K on this topicHouston Hospice$225KJeff's Place: received $163K on this topicJeff's Place$163KSamaritan's: received $106K on this topicSamaritan's$106KChildren's Bereavement Center: received $103K on this topicChildren's Bereavement Center$103KWildflower Inc: received $97K on this topicWildflower Inc$97KCare Dimensions: received $83K on this topicCare Dimensions$83KThe Children's Room: received $81K on this topicThe Children's Room$81KCourageous Parents Network: received $80K on this topicCourageous Parents Network$80KOur House Grief Support Center: received $75K on this topicOur House Grief Support Center$75KBo's Place: received $75K on this topicBo's Place$75KRunway for Recovery: received $75K on this topicRunway for Recovery$75KBeth Israel Lahey Health at Home: received $73K on this topicBeth Israel Lahey Health at Home$73KLauri Bauer Grief Center: received $65K on this topicLauri Bauer Grief Center$65KPittsburgh Bereavement Doulas Inc: received $64K on this topicPittsburgh Bereavement Doulas I…$64KAnnie's Hope: received $60K on this topicAnnie's Hope$60KChicago Psychoanalytic Institute: received $60K on this topicChicago Psychoanalytic Institute$60KAvow Hospice Inc: received $55K on this topicAvow Hospice Inc$55KJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: received $55K on this topicJeff's Place Children's Bereave…$55KJeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc: received $53K on this topicJeff's Place Children's Bereave…$53KWillow House: received $45K on this topicWillow House$45KMass General Hospital for Children (Mghfc): received $45K on this topicMass General Hospital for Child…$45KChildrens Bereavement Center of South Texas: received $40K on this topicChildrens Bereavement Center of…$40KMass General for Children: received $40K on this topicMass General for Children$40KHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: received $37K on this topicHospice of Santa Barbara Inc$37KSt Mary's Hospital for Children: received $35K on this topicSt Mary's Hospital for Children$35KHospice-Vnsw Wphc Inc: received $30K on this topicHospice-Vnsw Wphc Inc$30KCancer Support Community: received $27K on this topicCancer Support Community$27KVna Health Foundation: received $25K on this topicVna Health Foundation$25KValeries House Inc: received $25K on this topicValeries House Inc$25KE-Motion: received $25K on this topicE-Motion$25KAvow Inc: received $20K on this topicAvow Inc$20KBoston Children's Hospital: received $20K on this topicBoston Children's Hospital$20KAfrican American Cultural Center: received $15K on this topicAfrican American Cultural Center$15KRett's Roost: received $15K on this topicRett's Roost$15KTrustbridge Hospice Foundation: received $10K on this topicTrustbridge Hospice Foundation$10KVisiting Nurse Hospice Care: received $10K on this topicVisiting Nurse Hospice Care$10KJeffs Place Childrens Bereavement Center Inc: received $10K on this topicJeffs Place Childrens Bereaveme…$10KJewish Community Center: received $10K on this topicJewish Community Center$10KCompanions On A Journey Grief Support Inc: received $10K on this topicCompanions On A Journey Grief S…$10KVirginia Thurston Healing Garden: received $9K on this topicVirginia Thurston Healing Garden$9KChildrens Bereavement Center - Uvalde: received $9K on this topicChildrens Bereavement Center -…$9KBjc Home Care Services: received $9K on this topicBjc Home Care Services$9KValerie's House: received $8K on this topicValerie's House$8K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 20192025. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.