A multi-faith nonprofit in River Grove, Illinois
Uplift International NFP provides compassionate wedding and funeral assistance to families who need practical support, planning, and community care.
Uplift International NFP is a community nonprofit based in River Grove, Illinois. We are people of different faiths, cultures, and backgrounds, working toward one purpose: no family should face a wedding or a funeral without help.
More about usWeddings and funerals arrive in every family’s life. Cost and complexity should not decide whether they are met with dignity.
Couples and families who need practical help planning a wedding or arranging a funeral, whatever their faith or background.
A ceremony does not need to be lavish to be meaningful. It needs care, planning, and people who show up.
We help at the beginning of a marriage and at the end of a life. Both deserve care, planning, and a community that shows up.
Wedding Aid
We help couples and their families plan a simple, dignified celebration within a realistic budget, and we bring community support to the details.
Dignified. Meaningful. Affordable. Community-supported.
Funeral Aid
We help families through the practical arrangements that follow the loss of a loved one, with patience and respect for every tradition.
Compassionate. Practical. Respectful of every tradition.
Four steps, from the first message to the day itself.
Send us a request online or contact us. Tell us whether you are planning a wedding or a funeral.
We listen to your plans, your traditions, your timeline, and your budget.
Together we map out the essential arrangements and what support may be possible.
Donors, volunteers, and partners help carry the plan through to the day itself.
Support is not automatic. What we can offer depends on an assessment of each request, eligibility, and the funding available at the time.
Every contribution helps a family meet a difficult moment with dignity, planning, and community support.
We publish what we can verify. Until families have been supported, these are the goals we are working toward, not results.
Target families
100
Our first campaign: one hundred families supported through a wedding or a funeral.
50
Wedding assistance goal
Couples supported in the first campaign.
50
Funeral assistance goal
Families supported through a loss.
Event planning, food coordination, outreach, transportation, photography, and more. Volunteers are what turn a plan into a day a family remembers.
Start a request and tell us what is happening. There is no cost to ask.
Get supportTell a friend, your faith community, or your neighborhood group about the 100 Moments campaign.
Every gift, one-time or monthly, helps a family meet a wedding or a loss with dignity and community support.