The Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Finger Lakes (formerly known as the Ithaca Memorial Society) is a nonprofit organization guided by a voluntary board of directors. It is financed entirely by donations. Contributions to the Alliance are tax-deductible.

Purposes of the Alliance
• Promote consumer education and protection with regard to funeral-related issues.
• Encourage people to plan for their own final disposition.
• Assist members and their families and the general public in making plans for funeral arrangements at reasonable cost.
• Increase the opportunity for each person to determine the type of funeral he or she desires.

Programs and activities
• Funeral planning seminars
• Help for individuals needing reliable information about funeral matters
• Publicity about funeral-related issues
• Funeral price surveys and publication of prices charged by funeral homes in the southern Finger Lakes region
• Support for legislation that benefits funeral consumers, and opposition to legislation designed to benefit funeral businesses but not consumers.

The FCA of the Finger Lakes is happy to provide speakers to discuss advance planning and other funeral-related issues with community or church groups. Contact us if your group is interested.

This organization is a member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a federation of nonprofit consumer information societies across the U.S.A. Transfer rights are shared with other FCAs and memorial societies, thus permitting our members to receive services when they move elsewhere.

Please contact us if you have any questions about the FCA of the Finger Lakes or information in this site.