Foundation Partners Group
Orlando, Florida, based Foundation Partners Group (FPG) caught some by surprise when it announced in a news release on Monday, “a transformational milestone in its growth journey, including new ownership, increased investment in its people and facilities, and a strategic reorganization to strengthen field operations and support care teams.” The news release did…
New Foundation Partners Group CEO John Smith didn’t waste any time in forming a group of former owners to learn more about the Death Care business. Smith, with lots of management experience but none in the Death Care realm was hired by Foundation Partners Group (FPG) earlier in 2025. Here’s a Funeral Director…
It’s been over eight months since cremation oriented funeral home and cemetery operator Foundation Partners Group (FPG) has been without a permanent CEO at their Orlando, Florida, offices. We received news this week that FPG has now named and hired their new Chief Executive. . . and with this decision the company reached across…
In a press release from yesterday we learned that funeral home and cemetery operator Foundation Partners Group (FPG) has acquired the end-of-life planning company Cake. The press release, which you can access here, states “Foundation Partners Group, the second largest provider of funeral services in the United States, today announced the acquisition of…
We learned late last week that CEO Kent Robertson was leaving cremation centered acquisition group and operating company Foundation Partners Group and also learned that the interim management of the Orlando, Florida, based business would be led in the interim by Chris Blackwell with assistance from former FPG CEO Bob Bukala. In…
Every funeral home and cemetery in North America is looking at ways to increase revenues as case mix decidedly moves to lower cost cremation and memorial services from the traditional casketed burial cases. One of the ways to increase that revenue is to offer several different ways to memorialize cremated remains. . .…
I recently had the opportunity to listen to an insightful podcast that featured Foundation Partners Group’s Chief Marketing and Digital Officer Lee Senderov. She was a guest on the podcast “Celebration Chatters” which is hosted by 1-800-Flowers founder Jim McCann. I’ve been a licensed funeral director for over 40 years but…
Editor’s Note: In keeping with Funeral Director Daily’s recent trend at year-end we are bringing you more information on what to look for as we move into 2023. The following is from (with permission) the Foundation Partners Group (FPG) website and is an interview with FPG’s Zach Mayer, the head of the company’s Nationwide…
In this press release from PR Newswire you can read about Orlando based Foundation Partners Group and its acquisition of Solace Cremation, the Portland, Oregon, based direct-to-consumer cremation services business. Solace operates in the Oregon, California, and Florida markets at this time. The purchase will allow, according to the release, Foundation Partners Group to have geographic…
According to this press release from Foundation Partners Group, the acquisition of Krause Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will allow Foundation Partners Group (FPG) to become the largest funeral service provider in Wisconsin. Mark Krause, president of Krause Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, Inc. has agreed to sell his firm to the…
