Brattleboro Area Hospice

What Brattleboro Area Hospice does

Brattleboro Area Hospice, now operating as Center for Solace, is a Vermont-based 501(c)-style nonprofit organization founded in 1979 and headquartered at 191 Canal Street, Brattleboro. The organization provides a free, integrated suite of nine services spanning serious illness support, hospice and early care, bereavement, grief counseling, advance care planning, after-death care, support groups, caregiver resources, and a lending library on mortality-related topics. It serves caregivers, hospice patients, grieving individuals, and the broader Brattleboro community, with no fees, copays, or eligibility requirements for any service.

The organization operates with no proprietary technology platform; service delivery is conducted in person at its Brattleboro office, through community-based group programs, and via volunteer networks. Distribution is supported by a Squarespace-hosted website, active Facebook and Instagram channels (Center for Solace VT), an email newsletter, and community events. A wholly owned thrift store subsidiary, Experienced Goods, operates at 80 Flat Street, Brattleboro, and functions as both a community-facing retail channel and a fundraising mechanism.

Its business model is a voluntary-contribution nonprofit: all client services are provided at no cost, with revenue derived from community donations (a donation portal is featured prominently on the website) and thrift store proceeds. A 2024-12-07 grant from the Windham Foundation indicates institutional regional philanthropic support. The organization has no disclosed funding rounds of equity or debt, no parent company, no partnerships of note, and no AI/ML capabilities; it is a stable, single-site community provider rather than a scaling enterprise.

Name

Brattleboro Area Hospice

Legal name

Center for Solace

Website

https://brattleborohospice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brattleboro Area Hospice (dba Center for Solace) is a Brattleboro, Vermont-based nonprofit, founded in 1979, that provides free hospice, serious illness, grief, bereavement, and advance care planning services to local residents, funded by community donations and its Experienced Goods thrift store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospice and Bereavement Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK), Volunteer & Companion Support Services (Hospice Volunteer Programs) (HSABAFAO), Hospice & Palliative Respite Care (HSABAGAG)

Keywords

• Hospice care services
• Grief counseling
• Bereavement support
• Advance care planning
• Serious illness support

Headquarters

HQ city

Brattleboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Primary revenue source through voluntary donations from community members, individuals served, and supporters. Website prominently features a donation portal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) provides free, community-based hospice, serious illness, and grief support services. Offerings include a Serious Illness Program, Hospice & Early Care, Support Groups, Advance Care Planning, Bereavement Program, After Death Care, a Lending Library, Caregiver Resources, and Grief Services. The organization also operates the Experienced Goods thrift store to support its mission through community fundraising.

Product overview

Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) offers a unified suite of free support services centered on serious illness, hospice care, grief, and end-of-life planning. The organization provides nine interconnected services: Serious Illness Program, Hospice & Early Care, Support Groups, Advance Care Planning, Bereavement Program, After Death Care, Lending Library, Caregiver Resources, and Grief Services. These services are offered free of charge to the Brattleboro, Vermont community, with the organization engaging the community in conversations about mortality and supporting individual and group exploration of death, dying, and grieving.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Experienced Goods: Thrift store operated by Center for Solace, located at 80 Flat Street, Brattleboro, Vermont

Products and services

• Serious Illness Program Support services for individuals facing serious illness, providing care coordination, resources, and emotional support to patients and their families throughout the illness journey.
• Hospice & Early Care Hospice and early care services for individuals nearing end of life, focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for patients and their families.
• Support Groups Group support activities for individuals and families dealing with illness, loss, or grief, providing peer connection and shared experience.
• Advance Care Planning Resources and guidance to help individuals plan and document future healthcare preferences, including healthcare proxy designation, living wills, and values clarification.
• Bereavement Program Structured grief support program for individuals and families who have lost loved ones, providing counseling and ongoing bereavement care.
• After Death Care Support and practical resources for families in the immediate period following the death of a loved one.
• Grief Services Comprehensive grief support services, including counseling and group support, for individuals and families experiencing loss, including uncomplicated and complicated grief.
• Experienced Goods Thrift Store Retail thrift store at 80 Flat Street, Brattleboro, Vermont (Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm). Operated as a wholly owned fundraising subsidiary of Center for Solace, generating revenue to support the organization's mission while serving as a community resource.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Empath Health: A large Florida-based integrated nonprofit offering hospice, palliative care, grief counseling, and advance care planning. Highly comparable holistic end-of-life service portfolio with same full-continuum model as Center for Solace, but at far greater regional scale.
• Compassus: A national hospice, home health, and palliative care company operating in dozens of states. Highly comparable core service lines (hospice + palliative + grief/bereavement support) but as a multi-state for-profit/clinical operator rather than a single-town community nonprofit.
• Amedisys Hospice: A large publicly traded home health and hospice operator with established palliative care programs. Overlapping hospice and community-based service category with Center for Solace, though operates at multi-state clinical scale with Medicare/insurance reimbursement.
• Bayada Hospice: A large nonprofit home health and hospice provider with presence across the U.S. including New England (Vermont region). Comparable hospice and home-based palliative care services at greater geographic scale, with the same community-nonprofit heritage.
• Gentiva Hospice: A national hospice and palliative care provider serving patients across the U.S. Comparable clinical hospice and palliative offerings, but operates with paid clinical staff and reimbursement-based revenue rather than donations and volunteers.
• VITAS Healthcare: The largest U.S. hospice provider, operating across multiple states with paid clinical staff and insurance billing. Comparable end-of-life service category but very different operating model — for-profit clinical scale rather than donation-based community nonprofit.

Direct peers

• Hospice of the Chesapeake: A Maryland-based community nonprofit providing hospice, palliative care, bereavement, and advance care planning services. Comparable to Center for Solace as a regional hospice nonprofit with the same free-to-community service philosophy and similar volunteer-driven model.
• Moments Hospice: A multi-state hospice provider with community-based programming and volunteer engagement. Comparable hospice and palliative services target population, though operates across many states rather than a single Vermont town.
• Hospice Foundation of America: A national nonprofit focused on public education, professional development, and thought leadership around hospice and end-of-life care. Comparable to Center for Solace's education and community conversation programs (especially after the Center for Solace rebrand) though at advocacy scale rather than direct-service scale.

Others

• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO): The largest U.S. trade and advocacy association for hospice and palliative care providers. Not a direct competitor for patient services but a comparable ecosystem participant shaping the policy, education, and standards environment in which Center for Solace operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centerforsolacevt
• Instagraminstagram.com/centerforsolacevt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brattleboro-area-hospice

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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