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Olivia S House-A Grief and Loss Center for Children

EIN 23-3100851 · York, PA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong93 out of 100GovernanceStrong92 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

OLIVIA'S HOUSE IS AN ORGANIZATION OF CARE-GIVING PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING GRIEVING CHILDREN. ITS PURPOSE IS TO FACILITATE HEALING THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS EDUCATION.

Income
$548,783
Spending
$512,825
Spent on programs
64%
Reserves
26 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 84%
Employees
4
Volunteers
50
Highest pay
$92,196, executive di

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 79% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 26.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 7% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 1% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    8 of 15

    64% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 12 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 92 out of 100. Higher than 86% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    10 of 10 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    12 of 15

    Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)
  1. $328,450 spent. OLIVIA'S HOUSE FACILITATES HEALING THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS EDUCATION BY PROVIDING NO-COST SERVICES SUCH AS: INDIVIDUALIZED BEREAVEMENT ASSESSMENTS, EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRIEF COUNSELING REFERRALS TO QUALIFIED TRAUMA PROFESSIONALS, GRIEF IN-SERVICE TRAININGS, PRE-DEATH SUPPORT SERVICES, PET LOSS SUPPORT SERVICES, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ALUMNI, AND A LENDING LIBRARY CONTAINING RESOURCES ON GRIEF AND LOSS. IN 2025, WE CONNECTED WITH 5,011 GRIEVING FAMILIES LOOKING FOR SUPPORT, AND OUR CLINICAL DIRECTOR HELD 188 INDIVIDUALIZED BEREAVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. VIA OUR IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAM MODELS, 83 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED THROUGH 34 WEEKS OF EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, CALLED HEARTS CAN HEAL AND LITTLE ONES. 54 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED THROUGH 7 SESSIONS OF OPEN-ENDED SUPPORT THROUGH OUR NEWEST VENTURE, "OLIVIA'S HOUSE GAME NIGHT". THE WINGS PROGRAM PROVIDES SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ALUMNI. HOSTING 4 WINGS ACTIVITIES IN 2025, WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 166 PARTICIPANTS. THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT FROM THE WOMEN'S NETWORK OF YORK, OLIVIA'S HOUSE CREATED AN AFTER-CARE PROGRAM FOR BEREAVED WOMEN CALLED "TAKE A BREATH". IN 2025, 20 WOMEN WERE SELECTED AS PART OF THIS SELF- CARE-THEMED INITIATIVE. IN 2025, WE LAUNCHED A NEW EDUCATIONAL PODCAST, "GUESS WHO DIED?", AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR GRIEF SUPPORT OUTREACH. THE PODCAST FEATURES MONTHLY EPISODES WITH GUEST HOSTS DISCUSSING A WIDE RANGE OF LOSS, FROM THE DEATH OF A CHILD TO THE LOSS OF A BELOVED PET. DESIGNED TO REDUCE ISOLATION AND NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GRIEF, THE PODCAST REACHED MORE THAN 500 DOWNLOADS IN ITS FIRST YEAR, EXPANDING ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE GUIDANCE AND GRIEF EDUCATION BEYOND TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON SERVICES. AFTER MANY YEARS OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO GUIDE CHILDREN IN A HEALTHY EXPRESSION OF THEIR ANGER AND PAIN, OLIVIA'S HOUSE FOUND THAT WITHOUT ASSESSMENT FOR TRAUMA AND APPROPRIATE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY REFERRALS, CHILDREN OFTEN FAILED TO USE POSITIVE COPING SKILLS. TRAUMA REFERRALS COUPLED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE MORE THAN EFFECTIVE. OLIVIA'S HOUSE PROVIDES REFERRAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING ORGANIZATIONS WHEN NECESSARY. IN 2025, 344 REFERRALS WERE MADE AND, IN AN EFFORT TO HELP TO OFF-SET INDIVIDUAL COSTS TO THE FAMILIES, OLIVIA'S HOUSE OFFERED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 30 PARTICIPANTS. WHEN CLIENTS' NEEDS ARE PURELY OF A BEREAVEMENT NATURE, THE CLINICAL TEAM AT OLIVIA'S HOUSE HAS BEGUN OFFERING LIMITED INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT "IN HOUSE." IN 2025, OLIVIA'S HOUSE PROVIDED NO COST "IN HOUSE" THERAPEUTIC SESSIONS FOR 10 FAMILIES. IN ADDITION, OLIVIA'S HOUSE CONTINUES TO GROW ITS GRIEF AND LOSS LENDING LIBRARY. NEW RESOURCES ARE ADDED REGULARLY AS A RESULT OF THE COMMUNITIES' CONTINUAL USE. IN 2025, 486 DIFFERENT GRIEF RELATED RESOURCES, JOURNALS AND WORKBOOKS WERE UTILIZED BY THE PUBLIC. BECAUSE OF OUR LONG-STANDING IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, OLIVIA'S HOUSE IS CHERISHED BY THE FAMILIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN MARYLAND. IT CONTINUES TO BE A "MENTOR CENTER", PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FOR ANY COMMUNITY WISHING TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S GRIEF SUPPORT SERVICES. OLIVIA'S HOUSE FACILITATES HEALING THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS EDUCATION BY PROVIDING NO-COST SERVICES SUCH AS: INDIVIDUALIZED BEREAVEMENT ASSESSMENTS, EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRIEF COUNSELING REFERRALS TO QUALIFIED TRAUMA PROFESSIONALS, GRIEF IN-SERVICE TRAININGS, PRE-DEATH SUPPORT SERVICES, PET LOSS SUPPORT SERVICES, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ALUMNI, AND A LENDING LIBRARY CONTAINING RESOURCES ON GRIEF AND LOSS. IN 2025, WE CONNECTED WITH 5,011 GRIEVING FAMILIES LOOKING FOR SUPPORT, AND OUR CLINICAL DIRECTOR HELD 188 INDIVIDUALIZED BEREAVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. VIA OUR IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAM MODELS, 83 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED THROUGH 34 WEEKS OF EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, CALLED HEARTS CAN HEAL AND LITTLE ONES. 54 PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED THROUGH 7 SESSIONS OF OPEN-ENDED SUPPORT THROUGH OUR NEWEST VENTURE, "OLIVIA'S HOUSE GAME NIGHT". THE WINGS PROGRAM PROVIDES SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PROGRAM ALUMNI. HOSTING 4 WINGS ACTIVITIES IN 2025, WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 166 PARTICIPANTS. THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT FROM THE WOMEN'S NETWORK OF YORK, OLIVIA'S HOUSE CREATED AN AFTER-CARE PROGRAM FOR BEREAVED WOMEN CALLED "TAKE A BREATH". IN 2025, 20 WOMEN WERE SELECTED AS PART OF THIS SELF- CARE-THEMED INITIATIVE. IN 2025, WE LAUNCHED A NEW EDUCATIONAL PODCAST, "GUESS WHO DIED?", AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR GRIEF SUPPORT OUTREACH. THE PODCAST FEATURES MONTHLY EPISODES WITH GUEST HOSTS DISCUSSING A WIDE RANGE OF LOSS, FROM THE DEATH OF A CHILD TO THE LOSS OF A BELOVED PET. DESIGNED TO REDUCE ISOLATION AND NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GRIEF, THE PODCAST REACHED MORE THAN 500 DOWNLOADS IN ITS FIRST YEAR, EXPANDING ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE GUIDANCE AND GRIEF EDUCATION BEYOND TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON SERVICES. AFTER MANY YEARS OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO GUIDE CHILDREN IN A HEALTHY EXPRESSION OF THEIR ANGER AND PAIN, OLIVIA'S HOUSE FOUND THAT WITHOUT ASSESSMENT FOR TRAUMA AND APPROPRIATE ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY REFERRALS, CHILDREN OFTEN FAILED TO USE POSITIVE COPING SKILLS. TRAUMA REFERRALS COUPLED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE MORE THAN EFFECTIVE. OLIVIA'S HOUSE PROVIDES REFERRAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING ORGANIZATIONS WHEN NECESSARY. IN 2025, 344 REFERRALS WERE MADE AND, IN AN EFFORT TO HELP TO OFF-SET INDIVIDUAL COSTS TO THE FAMILIES, OLIVIA'S HOUSE OFFERED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO 30 PARTICIPANTS. WHEN CLIENTS' NEEDS ARE PURELY OF A BEREAVEMENT NATURE, THE CLINICAL TEAM AT OLIVIA'S HOUSE HAS BEGUN OFFERING LIMITED INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT "IN HOUSE." IN 2025, OLIVIA'S HOUSE PROVIDED NO COST "IN HOUSE" THERAPEUTIC SESSIONS FOR 10 FAMI

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since August 2002.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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