Wholesale Cremation Creations
Associations & Organizations
Wholesale Cremation Creations provides the following list of
organizations as a service to the public. We are not responsible for the
content of these associations or their websites.
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