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Nation Funeral Directory.com provides the following list of organizations as a free service to the public. This web site, it's owners, and administartors hold no mutual interest with any of the following organizations.
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
www.aarp.org

Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice (AFPSP)
Email: kgehlert@apfsp.com
www.apfsp.com

American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE) (accredits mortuary colleges and programs)
Email: gconnic1@maine.rr.com
www.abfse.org


American Monument Association
Email: psabel@aol.com

Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
Email: info@adec.org
www.adec.org

Australian Funeral Directors Association
Email: info@afda.org.au
www.afda.org.au

Canadian Funeral Service Association (FSAC)
www.fsac.ca


Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America (CFSA)
Email: lemke@cfsaa.org
www.cfsaa.org

Cemetery Consumer Service Council (Informal mediation of consumer cemetery complaints)
Email: rfells@icfa.org
www.icfa.org

Consumer Information Bureau, Inc. (Affiliate of NSM providing consumer publications)
www.nsm.org

Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (link to local bureaus promoting ethical business standards)
www.bbb.org/library/

Cremation Association of North American (CANA) (association of crematories/cemeteries/funeral homes offering cremation; webpage answers questions about cremation; downloadable brochures)
Email: cana@sba.com
www.cremationassociation.org

Federated Funeral Directors of America
Email: info@ffda.com
www.ffda.com

FTC (Federal Trade Commission; Consumer Information about the Funeral Rule, preneed, etc.)
www.ftc.gov

Funeral Consumers Alliance (nonprofit educational organization supporting consumer protection)
www.funerals.org

Funeral Ethics Association (FEA) (no cost mediation services; information about filing complaints)
Email: fea@aol.com
www.fea.org

Funeral Homes Directory (Comprehensive directory of funeral homes and other funeral services)
www.funeralhomesdirectory.com

Funeral Service Association of Canada (FSAC)
Email: info@fsac.ca
www.fsac.ca

Funeral Service Foundation (Through charitable gifts and grants, provides resources for public awareness, education, career and professional development in funeral service, as well as the improvement of children's lives.)
www.funeralservicefoundation.org

International Cemetery and Funeral Association (ICFA; consumer resources)
Email: jbudzinski@icfa.org
www.icfa.org

International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc. (ICFSEB)
Email: cfseb@cfseb.org
www.cfseb.org

International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR; International association of nearly 1,200 independent funeral homes)
Email: info@ogr.org
www.ogr.org

Jewish Funeral Directors of America (International association of funeral homes serving Jewish communities)
Email: jfdamer@aol.com
www.jfda.org

Monument Builders of North America (MBNA)
Email: info@monumentbuilders.org
www.monumentbuilders.org

National Association of Funeral Directors (England)
Email: info@afd.org.uk
www.nafd.org.uk

National Concrete Burial Vault Association, Inc.
Email: tmonahan@assnhdqtrs.com
www.ncbva.org

National Cremation Society
www.nationalcremationsociety.com

National Funeral Directors Association (Largest educational/professional association of funeral directors)
Email: nfda@nfda.org
www.nfda.org

National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association (NFDMA) (National association primarily of African-American funeral providers)
Email: nfdma@mindspring.com
www.nfdma.com

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
Email: drsnho@cuis.com
www.nhpco.org

National Selected Morticians (NSM)
Email: info@nsm.org
www.nsm.org