Climbing Grief Fund
Climbing Grief Fund supports climbers and mountain recreationists with individual therapy and professional grief- or trauma-focused programs to help them cope with climbing-related loss, trauma, or injury.
Funder: American Alpine Club
Due Dates: Rolling (Applications accepted at any time)
Funding Amounts: Up to $600; funds must be used within one calendar year of receipt
Summary: Supports access to individual therapy and professional grief- or trauma-focused programs for people affected by climbing-related grief, loss, trauma, or injury.
Key Information: Applicants must identify and contact their chosen therapist or program organizer before their application will be considered.
Description
The American Alpine Club’s Climbing Grief Fund helps climbers and other mountain recreationists access mental health support after grief, loss, trauma, or injury. Its needs-based grant supports individual therapy or a professional program using a grief or trauma framework, including services outside the fund’s Mental Health Directory. The program recognizes that the emotional effects of climbing accidents and loss can be complicated and isolating, and aims to help people access support rather than face these experiences alone.
The fund serves people who survived or witnessed an accident, lost a family member or friend, are processing a debilitating injury, or care for someone healing from an accident. Its accompanying directory lists mental health professionals who bring an understanding of climbing, alpinism, or ski mountaineering to their therapeutic work.
