Our House Grief Support Center
Our House Grief Support Center
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About this organization
Mission
The OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center mission is to provide the community with grief support services, education, resources, and hope. Since 1993, OUR HOUSE has helped thousands of grieving children, teens, and adults find healing after the death of someone close through essential grief support for a universal experience that deserves heightened education and acceptance. We are committed to making grief support available to those with limited financial means, transportation difficulties, and other life challenges, and our programs have grown with the needs of our community. We are the only grief support resource in Southern California which offers this breadth and scale of grief support services. Our vision is to create a world in which grief is embraced, understood, and respected.
About
The Organization provides the community with grief support services, education, and resources. For over twenty five years, the Organization has helped thousands of grieving children, teens, and adults as they embark upon their journeys to hope and healing. The Organization is led by highly trained volunteers. Groups are age- and relationship- specific. The Organization also offers grief support groups in local schools helping grieving children in low-income, underserved areas of Los Angeles County.The Organization is a leading provider of grief education, offering workshops, seminars, and in-service training to mental health and medical professionals, clergy, educators, and other members of the community who interact with bereaved families. The OUR HOUSE grief education program is part of the curricula for students at USC's Keck and UCLA's David Geffen Schools of Medicine and the American Jewish University. OUR HOUSE is the most recognized grief support center in California. The Organization offers on-site grief support and interventions to schools and businesses throughout the greater Los Angeles area. The Organization serves as a resource for referrals to services in centers throughout the country. Over 200 professionally trained and supervised volunteers contribute more than 20,000 volunteer hours annually to the Organization.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is stated in the filing as “To provide the community with grief support services, education and resources.”.
Their activities were defined as: “To provide the community with grief support services, education and resources.”.
- As per legal requirements, the non-profit's state of operation is reported as CA.
- The non-profit's address in 2020 as per the filing is 1663 SAWTELLE BLVD 300, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90025.
- The form of the non-profit organization shows 35 employees as of 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$545,823.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is established through an impartial evaluation and endorsement.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 19 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1993.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $1,761,381 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $294,464 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.