For Consumers

Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer’s right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. We do for funeral purchases what Consumer Reports does for products. Click READ MORE to get help for all your funeral-related questions!

What We Can Do For You!

     Getting started

• Objective advice on all aspects of funeral planning including where to start, how to shop around, and how to stay within your budget.  
• Your legal rights as a funeral consumer (or a do-it-yourself-er)
• Connect you to your local, nonprofit Funeral Consumers Alliance.  

• Newsletters rounding up national issues affecting funeral choices and costs, scams to avoid, and creative ways to remember the dead 
• Monitoring funeral industry trends and practices nationally and exposing abuses on our blog, The Daily Dirge.
• Serving as a consumer advocate for legal and regulatory reform
  

What You Can Do for Us!

• DONATE. As a nonprofit charity we exist because you support our unique work. And hey, you get a tax-deduction too! New donors get our Before I Go, You Should Know funeral planning kit and our twice yearly Grim Reader. 
• SHARE your questions and experiences with funeral planning. Leave us a comment or drop by our forum.