Celebrant Foundation & Institute

Celebrant Foundation & Institute is a 501c3 non-profit educational organization with headquarters in Montclair, New Jersey and member of the International Federation of Celebrants, a flourishing movement that began in Australia and New Zealand in the 1970’s. The Institute educates Certified Life-Cycle Celebrants® in the art of rituals, symbolism, contemporary theory and traditions to create and officiate for personalized ceremonies that mark milestones in people’s lives in ways that reflect the needs, beliefs and values of the couple, individual, family or community. Celebrants are trained to officiate at virtually every life event, including: weddings, engagements, funerals and memorials and end-of-life tributes, baby welcomings and blessings, parenting ceremonies, home and dwelling ceremonies, adoptions, dedications, anniversaries, birthdays, civic/community/non-profit ceremonies, survival-healing and transition ceremonies including divorce, recovery and job loss. The Celebrant Foundation has been featured in: NPR, CBS Nightly News, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, BBC News and voted #3 for Top Ten Careers on CNN News & Money Magazine.