TAYLORS GIFT FOUNDATION

Description

Taylor’s Gift Foundation is a national award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to provide grief support to families of organ, eye, and tissue donors. The Foundation was created by Todd and Tara Storch in 2010, who lost their thirteen-year-old daughter Taylor in a tragic skiing accident. Through organ donation, Taylor was able to save and improve the lives of five individuals with her gifts of life. The Storchs’ pain sparked a passion and purpose for helping others who are walking a similar grief journey.

Currently, Taylor’s Gift Foundation is the only known non-profit in the United States offering grief support specifically designed for donor families. A donor family is a family whose loved one gave the gift of life through organ, eye or tissue donation. The grief of a donor family is unique because of the mixed emotions involved: grief--from the sudden loss, and gratefulness--from knowing their loved one saved lives. Having a loved one be a donor is where grief and gratefulness share the same space.