Grief Reach Grants: Community Education Cycle

The Grief Reach Grants: Community Education Cycle, funded by the National Alliance for Children's Grief (NACG), aims to empower organizations that support grieving youth. With $10,000 grants available, the initiative enhances access to essential bereavement resources and education, addressing the needs of children coping with loss. This program is crucial as 1 in 12 children will experience the death of a loved one by age 18, highlighting the urgent need for support in diverse communities.

National Alliance for Children’s Grief
The National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who supports them.
1 in 12 children will experience the death of a parent or sibling by 18, and that number doubles by the age of 25. (Judi’s House / JAG Institute, 2023) In 2011, in an effort to address the gap between the scale of the issue and the funding and resources available, the New York Life Foundation, one of the largest corporate funders in the childhood bereavement space, partnered with the National Alliance for Children’s Grief, a national, professional alliance dedicated to education, advocacy and raising awareness about childhood bereavement to create Grief Reach. This dedicated funding opportunity is a critical support to a field that has been historically underfunded. Since its inception, the program has funded grants supporting improvements in bereavement services for children and their families in communities across the country. In 2022 alone, the program committed $1,250,000 in grants.
This competitive funding opportunity has the following goals:
Increase access to bereavement support services in local communities, especially diverse communitiesEnhance the capacity of organizations providing bereavement support serviceExpand bereavement support services to address unmet needsSupport communities dealing with grief and loss with tangible resources
This grant will award $10,000 grants to fund local education events.

Eligibility

We would like to invite any organization that currently serves young people who have experienced a death of a loved one to apply for this competitive grant opportunity to enhance access to and increase grief support for youth and their families