Sponsor a Book · Charitable giving program

Sponsor a Book. Give a Family Something to Hold Onto.

Help place From Diagnosis to Goodbye into the hands of individuals and families facing serious illness, caregiving, hospice, grief, and loss.

When a family receives a life-changing diagnosis, there are medical appointments, difficult conversations, financial pressures, caregiving responsibilities, and questions no one feels prepared to answer.

Sometimes what they need is something they can take home, open when they’re ready, and return to when the next difficult question comes.

Through the Sponsor a Book program, your charitable gift to Begin Again Living Ministries helps provide copies of From Diagnosis to Goodbye to individuals and families who may benefit from them — at no cost to the recipient.

Hands opening a book — a gift being received
Why it matters

One gift can put hope into someone’s hands.

Grief doesn’t check a family’s bank account before it arrives.

Families facing terminal illness and loss may already be managing medical expenses, reduced income, caregiving costs, funeral expenses, and countless unexpected needs. Purchasing a grief or end-of-life resource may simply not be a priority they can afford.

You can help change that. Begin Again Living Ministries uses Sponsor a Book contributions to help place From Diagnosis to Goodbye resources with individuals and families navigating serious illness, hospice, caregiving, grief, and bereavement.

How Sponsor a Book Works

Simple, transparent, and directly for the family.

  1. You Give

    Make a charitable contribution to Begin Again Living Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry.

  2. BALM Places the Books

    Your sponsorship helps Begin Again Living Ministries provide books to people in need through grief-support outreach and participating community organizations such as hospices, chaplains, churches, funeral homes, caregiver programs, and other organizations serving individuals and families.

  3. A Family Receives the Resource at No Cost

    The individual or family receiving the sponsored book does not pay for it. The sponsor does not receive books or other goods or services in exchange for the contribution.

Choose Your Sponsorship

Every level places books directly into hands that need them.

$100

Sponsor 5 Books

Help place five copies into the hands of individuals or families who need support.

Give $100
$500Most Popular

Sponsor 25 Books

Help extend the program to families served through grief-support and community organizations.

Give $500
$1,000

Sponsor 50 Books

Make a larger investment in bringing compassionate end-of-life and grief resources into the community.

Give $1,000
$2,500

Sponsor 125 Books

Help provide a substantial supply of resources for community placement and outreach.

Give $2,500

Prefer a different amount?

You choose the amount on the giving page — every gift helps place more books.

Give Another Amount
A single candle glowing in warm light
Give in Memory or in Honor

Let someone’s name become part of another family’s journey.

A Sponsor a Book gift can be made in memory of someone you love or in honor of someone whose life has made a difference.

When requested, sponsored copies may include a simple memorial or honorary bookplate such as:

“Given in loving memory of ___________”
“Given in honor of ___________”

It is a meaningful way to remember one life while helping another family through a difficult season.

When appropriate contact information is provided, Begin Again Living Ministries may also send an acknowledgment informing the person or family being honored that a charitable gift was made. The contribution amount will not be disclosed.

Where Sponsored Books May Go

Meet people with compassion wherever they are in the journey.

  • Hospice and bereavement programs
  • Hospital and healthcare chaplaincy
  • Churches and faith communities
  • Funeral homes
  • Grief and caregiver support programs
  • Community organizations
  • Chaplains and spiritual-care providers
  • Begin Again Living Ministries outreach and support programs

Although Begin Again Living Ministries is a faith-based ministry, From Diagnosis to Goodbye is designed to provide compassionate, practical support for individuals and families from many backgrounds.

For Businesses and Organizations

Sponsor grief-support resources for the community you serve.

Businesses, hospices, healthcare organizations, funeral homes, churches, foundations, and community organizations can support the Sponsor a Book program.

Organizational sponsorship can help BALM place resources with individuals and families who otherwise might not have access to them.

This is a charitable sponsorship through Begin Again Living Ministries. The sponsoring organization does not purchase or receive books for its own use through this program.

Ask About Organizational Sponsorship
Frequently Asked Questions

Answers before you give.

No. Sponsor a Book is a charitable giving program. Sponsored books are provided to individuals and families through BALM's charitable outreach and participating organizations. If you or your organization would like to purchase books for your own use, that is a separate book-order transaction rather than a Sponsor a Book contribution.

Someone you may never meet could be helped by your gift.

You may never know the family who opens the book.

You may never sit beside them in the hospital.

You may never hear the difficult conversations happening around their kitchen table.

But your generosity can still enter that room.

Sponsor a book. Help a family feel a little less alone on the journey from diagnosis to goodbye.

Sponsor a Book

Sponsor a Book is a charitable program of Begin Again Living Ministries. Sponsors do not receive books or other goods or services in exchange for their contributions. Sponsored resources are distributed through BALM’s charitable and educational activities. Begin Again Living Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.