17/04/2026
UPDATE 2 - Thank you again! Your kindness is truly inspiring. Although this fundraiser has closed - you can support us with ongoing costs via our patreon
https://www.patreon.com/deathcafe
We know cost of living is high so we are truly grateful for every penny donated!
UPDATE - We’ve been absolutely overwhelmed by your response to this request. As we quickly hit the fundraising target, and we don’t want to accept more donations than are needed at this time, the page has been paused.
Thank you so much for your generosity! We are truly grateful!
Can you help Death Cafe?
Hello, I’m Frank — Jon Underwood’s son.
I’m sharing this alongside a photo of me and my dad, who founded Death Cafe in 2011. He passed away in 2017, but what he started has continued to grow, thanks to my aunty Jools, a dedicated global community, and all of you.
Today, I help look after the Death Cafe website and support the work in his memory.
Some of you may remember that, together, we previously raised funds to protect the Death Cafe trademark. I’m incredibly grateful for that support — it’s helped preserve the spirit and integrity of what Death Cafe stands for.
I’m reaching out again because we’ve hit an unexpected step in that process. We currently need to raise £400 to cover additional legal fees related to the U.S. trademark application.
This involves responding to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with support from both UK and U.S. trademark attorneys — an essential step to keep things moving forward.
Death Cafe exists to create safe, open, agenda-free spaces where people can come together to talk about death and dying — something often avoided, but so important if we’re to make the most of our finite lives.
Protecting the name helps ensure it continues to be used in that same spirit.
We’ve come a long way already, but this stage has brought costs we couldn’t have predicted when the last fundraiser was set up. £400 will cover what’s needed right now.
If Death Cafe has meant something to you — or if you believe in the importance of open, honest conversations about death — we’d really appreciate your support.
Every donation, no matter how small, truly helps.
https://gofund.me/b4e26c82d
Thank you for reading, for sharing, and for being part of this community ❤️
With gratitude,
Frank
(on behalf of Death Cafe)
