For funders, companies & community partners
Invest in the people who make presence possible.
First Hour turns lived experience into trained peer support for people carrying profound loss. Partnership helps protect access, extend programs and build a community that understands grief.
The case for partnership
A human service model with community reach.
FHGR pairs people with trained peers, offers support groups, brings grief support to young people and equips community professionals to respond with greater compassion.
Where partnership can matter
Support the capacity behind the care.
Access to mentoring
Help keep a first session free and reduce financial barriers to ongoing peer support.
Youth grief support
Extend HopeWave and age-appropriate tools to schools and young people.
Community education
Equip workplaces, schools, first responders and community organizations to respond well to grief.
Organizational capacity
Strengthen training, outreach, evaluation, technology and the people required to serve responsibly.
Staff leadership
Accountable people behind the mission.
Program leadership combines lived grief experience, operational responsibility and specialized program stewardship.
Executive leadership
Michelle Stotts
Executive DirectorMichelle leads FHGR with firsthand understanding of sudden and traumatic loss. Her own grief journey taught her the value of honest conversation, trustworthy support and practical tools for healing. She brings that lived perspective to the responsible growth of FHGR's people, programs and community partnerships.
Begin a leadership conversation →Board of Directors
Governance with community perspective.
Transparency & stewardship
Built for responsible partnership.
First Hour Grief Recovery is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and has earned the 2026 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency—the highest level of recognition in Candid’s transparency program. Financial gifts come from individuals, corporations, foundations, stock contributions and FHGR-hosted events.
View FHGR's Candid profile →- 501(c)(3) nonprofit status
- 2026 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency
- Board-governed organizational oversight
- Multiple individual and institutional funding paths
Begin with a conversation
Tell us what your organization hopes to make possible.
We can discuss program alignment, grant opportunities, corporate sponsorship, employee engagement, matching gifts, event support or gifts of stock. Financial statements, governance materials, program outcomes and other due-diligence documents are available directly from FHGR leadership.