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  • Bay Area Funeral Society

Your contributions make it possible for The Bay Area Funeral Society to do the following:

  • Produce a biennial funeral price survey
  • Provide free advice on burial and cremation options
  • Offer educational presentations to hospices, senior centers, church groups and other interested assemblies.
  • Conduct a cemetery survey which will allow consumers to compare plot/niche prices (in progress)
  • Conduct a hospital survey about end-of-life protocol (in progress)
  • Improve our literature and website
  • Hold annual meetings

You can support our work by becoming a member or donating. Any amount would be greatly appreciated!

Please make your donation using Paypal or a credit card here:

Or you can mail a check to:

Bay Area Funeral Society
P.O. Box 264
Berkeley, CA 94701
BAFS is a 501[c][4] nonprofit; gifts are not tax-deductible

Who We Are

  • The Bay Area Funeral Society (BAFS) is a non-profit organization that helps consumers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties arrange funerals that are dignified and affordable. BAFS is one of more than 100 similar groups across the country, supported by the national Funeral Consumer Alliance (www.funerals.org). We are run solely by volunteers, and have no attachment to the funeral industry or to any religious group.

What We Do

  • We contract with local, independent mortuaries so that our members receive death goods and services at reduced prices. We also engage in consumer-education outreach. This includes group presentations, printed materials, personal consultations, local price surveys and membership benefits.

Our History

  • BAFS grew out of the Berkeley Co-op movement and has been in operation for over fifty years. In the past, our membership roster included the famous author, Jessica Mitford, whose best-selling book, The American Way of Death, exposed the excesses and high-pressure sales tactics of the funeral industry. BAFS continues her work.