Virginia · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,545,337 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION ($2,740,557). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What National Alliance for Childrens Grief does
Mission
Our Mission is to raise awareness about the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provide education and resources to anyone who wants to support them. Our Vision is for no child to have to grieve alone. All bereaved children, no matter where they live or their circumstances, should have the support and resources they need to positively adapt to a loss in their lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Professional Education Program The NACG provides education to professionals and volunteers who provide counseling and support to bereaved children, teens and their families. In 2023, our education programs included 23 online live education and training webinars with 2,226 registrants. We had 510 attendees at our 2023 National Symposium on Childrens Grief.
$565,955 spent$428,929 earned by the program65% of program spendingAwareness and Field Advancement The NACG serves as the leader and conduit for national awareness and field advancement for the children's bereavement support field. The NACG provides national standards of practice for the children's bereavement support field, coordinates annual social media and on-line activities for Children's Grief Awareness Month in November, and compiles research and information regarding children's grief support for easy access to professionals and volunteers in the field. The NACG also provides a national database of organizations and programs providing children's bereavement support across the America, including grief centers, bereavement camps, support groups, individual and family counseling, and bereavement support.
$210,984 spent$77,391 earned by the program24% of program spendingNACG Membership Program The NACG offers a connection and community of professionals and volunteers providing counseling and support to bereaved children, teens and their families through our membership program. Annual fees are kept low, with membership opportunities ranging from $60 to $100 per year. In 2023, we continued our member networking opportunities with 90 member connection and networking calls for our members in an effort to offer peer support and with the goal to keep our field connected and supported. This past year we exceeded 1400 members and continue to see sustained growth as professionals from a variety of backgrounds, including funeral service, hospice, mental health, healthcare, faith communities and social service, join the movement to raise awarenss of the needs of bereaved children and to provide education and resources to anyone who supports them.
$97,450 spent$96,759 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $874,389.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $1.5M (+52%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
52% of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Vicki Jay
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $10k → $719k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
35% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 85% · 2020 93% · 2021 50% · 2022 43% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF?
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,545,337 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION ($2,740,557). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $4,545,337 in grants to NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF?
- NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,740,557 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRENS GRIEF find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing