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THE BEADING HEARTS OVERDOSE LOSS SUPPORT GROUP INC
PATCHOGUE, NY · EIN 844601600 · Form 990EZ · FY2024 · NTEE F60 · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention · Micro (<$100K) · beadinghearts.org
revenue
$43K
expenses
$45K
net assets
$52K
employees
—
mission · from form 990

BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP

profile · synthesized from sources

The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group provides grief support for individuals who have lost loved ones to drug overdose. The organization offers weekly in-person and online support groups, therapeutic beading activities, wellness practices, and memorial events. It serves families across Long Island and beyond, focusing on emotional healing, community connection, and public awareness around overdose-related bereavement.

named programs · 9 · from sources

What they call their work

BOCES Student Engagement
Collaboration with BOCES students to create beaded art components, fostering creativity and mutual volunteerism
Beading as Healing
Therapeutic art activity where members create beaded messages to honor lost loved ones, process grief, and build emotional resilience
Community Outreach
Volunteer-led outreach to newly bereaved individuals, including sending personalized beaded art and offering peer support
Memorial Candle Lighting
Annual event on International Overdose Awareness Day to remember those lost, with candle lighting and community remembrance
Memorial Gardens and Art Project
Creation and maintenance of public memorial gardens with art installations honoring those lost to overdose
Speaking Engagements
Volunteers share personal stories of loss and resilience at public events, correctional facilities, and recovery centers to combat stigma
Visits to Sober Houses and Correctional Facilities
Volunteers lead beading workshops in sober homes and correctional facilities to support recovery and reduce stigma
Weekly Support Groups
Free weekly in-person and online support groups for people grieving overdose loss, held at rotating locations on Long Island and virtually for out-of-state participants
Wellness-Based Activities
Guided wellness practices including meditation during meetings to support physical and emotional health during grief
activities · 4 groups

What they do

  • Creative Arts Therapy Programs 3 activities
    • Conducts outreach and educational workshops in correctional and recovery facilities
      Delivers volunteer-led beading workshops and support outreach to residents of jails, sober homes, and recovery facilities to promote emotional healing, reduce stigma, and provide encouragement to individuals with a history of substance use.
    • Engages students and special populations in therapeutic beading programs
      Provides beading activities for at-risk and special needs students through BOCES partnerships to support creativity, emotional expression, and mental wellness.
    • Provides therapeutic beading activities and personalized beaded art for emotional support
      Facilitates weekly beading during support meetings as a therapeutic practice for emotional expression; distributes beads and sends personalized beaded art to newly bereaved individuals to foster connection and healing after overdose loss.
  • Grief Support Groups and Counseling 2 activities
    • Hosts weekly in-person and online support group meetings for individuals grieving overdose loss
      Conducts weekly support group meetings both in-person, with rotating locations across Long Island, NY, and virtually for members across the United States, providing ongoing grief support tailored to the unique and prolonged bereavement process following overdose loss.
    • Provides curated grief and healing resources for overdose loss
      Maintains a curated list of books focused on grief and healing after overdose loss to support members’ emotional recovery and long-term bereavement needs.
  • Community-Engaged Public Art Projects 2 activities
    • Organizes memorial projects to honor individuals lost to overdose
      Establishes memorial gardens in public spaces and installs volunteer-created art pieces to commemorate those who have died from overdose, supporting community remembrance and healing.
    • Raises public awareness about overdose loss and stigma through community events and displays
      Operates informational and fundraising booths at local street fairs and community events featuring beaded art; uses public engagement to educate communities about addiction and the emotional impact of overdose-related grief.
  • Substance Use Policy Advocacy & Public Education 1 activity
    • Conducts advocacy through personal storytelling to reduce stigma
      Organizes speaking engagements where volunteers share personal experiences of coping with overdose loss to promote emotional regulation, public understanding, and stigma reduction around substance use and grief.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$43K
Contributions & grants$42K98%
Program service revenue——
Investment income——
Other revenue—
expenses
Total expenses$45K
Program expenses—
Admin / overhead—
Fundraising—
Salaries & benefits—
Grants paid out—
balance sheet
Total assets$52K
Cash—
Investments—
Liabilities—
Net assets$52K
1 years on record · 2024–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

board members · 1
  • TINA BELL — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 13

Who they work with

  • ABC 7 Eyewitness News Partner — Featured in a news story highlighting the organization's use of beading in grief support for families affected by addiction.
  • Amazon Smile Partner — Enables donors to support the organization through eligible purchases, with Amazon donating 0.5% of qualifying amounts when shoppers use smile.amazon.com
  • BOCES Partner — Collaborates with BOCES to engage at-risk and special needs students in beading activities and volunteer packaging of art components.
  • Donate Your Card Partner — Enables donation of store and restaurant gift cards to the organization, with donors receiving a tax receipt for the full or unused value
  • Facebook Partner — Platform used to host fundraisers supporting the organization.
  • Facebook Partner — Uses Facebook to share information and engage the public about overdose loss support and awareness.
  • GoFundMe Partner — Platform used to host fundraisers supporting the organization.
  • Janet D’Agostino Partner — Co-founder and early member whose son’s name was memorialized in the first beaded strand; helped shape the formation of the group.
  • Maryann Natale Partner — Co-founder and early member whose son’s death contributed to the founding of the group; instrumental in recognizing the group’s collective significance.
  • NextDoor Partner — Offers a "Sell for Good" feature allowing users to list items for sale and donate proceeds to the organization through the NextDoor app
  • PayPal Giving Fund Partner — Allows supporters to donate $1–$10 at checkout when using PayPal by selecting The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group as their favorite charity
  • business community Partner — Provides financial and logistical support to sustain the organization's programs and services.
  • eBay for Charity Partner — Provides a platform for customers to shop or for sellers to donate a portion of their listing proceeds, with options to mark the organization as a favorite charity and donate during checkout
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

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  • Age-Appropriate Grief Support
    methodology: age-appropriate-grief-support
    By providing developmentally tailored grief resources, we improve emotional processing in children and teens, because age-specific understanding helps young people make sense of loss and reduces long-term psychological harm.
  • Integrated Support and Advocacy Model
    methodology: integrated_support_and_advocacy
    By combining peer-based bereavement support with public awareness initiatives, we amplify individual healing and drive social change, because personal healing is reinforced when collective stigma is challenged and grief is publicly honored.
  • Peer-Led Support for Grief Normalization
    methodology: peer_support
    By facilitating peer-led support groups, we produce emotional validation and resilience among individuals grieving overdose loss, because shared lived experience fosters trust, reduces isolation, and normalizes complex grief reactions.
  • Stigma Reduction Through Disease-Frame Narrative
    methodology: stigma_reduction
    By reframing overdose loss as a consequence of brain disease rather than moral failure, we reduce internalized shame and promote compassionate self-understanding, because narrative shift enables emotional validation and reclaims dignity in grief.
  • Symbolic Art-Based Healing Through Beading
    methodology: art-based_grief_therapy
    By engaging individuals in creating beaded memorials, we produce incremental emotional healing, because the tactile and symbolic act of crafting serves as a therapeutic anchor for processing trauma, maintaining connection to lost loved ones, and regulating grief.