As a not-for-profit organization, Foundation for End-of-Life Care was created with the specific mission to help improve end-of-life care and provide funding to meet the special needs of individual dying patients and their families. Hospice care is a very special type of care and philosophy that is estimated that less than one fourth of terminally ill patients who could benefit from hospice ever use it. Foundation for End-of-Life Care works to help fill this gap by providing resources to advance the quality of end-of-life care in several ways such as:- "Special Needs" Grants for Individual Patients and Families for extraordinary expenses that lie outside the realm of hospice care- Research Grants and Partnerships throughout the country, including hospices, teaching hospitals, other providers and academic research centers- Hospice Grants to Share Best Practices- Assistance for Hospice Foundation of America ProgramsVisit us online to learn more, watch/read our support stories and learn how you can help be a Champion for Improving End-of-Life-Care.