Planning a Funeral Additional Resources
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Planning a Funeral: Additional Resources
July 24th, 2025National Funeral Directors Association
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is a nonprofit that offers the public resources to help families make thoughtful decisions about funerals and tributes. Their consumer site, Remembering A Life, educates people on funeral planning, grief support, and honoring loved ones. NFDA also produces public service announcements and brochures to guide families during difficult times, and connects them to certified funeral professionals dedicated to ethical service and community support.
Funeral Consumers Alliance
The Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization that assists the public with funeral planning, finding goods and services and solving issues with funeral directors and funeral homes. As an industry watchdog, it also helps monitor the funeral industry to ensure that consumers are treated equitably and fairly and works with the media, regulators and legislatures throughout the U.S. to raise awareness of industry practices and trends. The organization has a network of volunteers across the U.S. as well as numerous online and print resources to help consumers “choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral.”
Contact the Funeral Consumers Alliance online or at their headquarters located at:
33 Patchen Road
South Burlington, VT 05403
802-865-8300
National Home Funeral Alliance
The National Home Funeral Alliance is a national nonprofit dedicated to educating consumers about their legal right to care for their own dead in the home. The organization offers free information to the public about the process of natural death care and the logistics of home funerals, as well as an extensive directory of home funeral guides, death doulas and other professionals who can help. It also offers a state-by-state directory of funeral laws pertaining to home funerals.
You may contact the NHFA using its online contact form or at their headquarters located at
11014 19th Ave SE, Ste #8, PMB #155
Everett, WA 98208
Or via email at