Press Releases
Tampa, FL - Foundation Partners Group, LLC is proud to announce that Carter Trent Funeral Homes and Scott County Funeral Home have chosen to join the Foundation Partners family. These three funeral homes have proudly served the families of the TriCities area of north eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia for many years. Foundation Partners is excited to team up with Dean and Martha Trent and their family to continue their exceptional tradition. . ...(read more)
Foundation Partners Group Aligns With Two South Carolina Firms
Tampa, FL - Foundation Partners Group is proud to announce that George Funeral Home & Cremation Center and South Carolina Cremation & Burial Society of Aiken and Graniteville, South Carolina, have chosen to join the Foundation Partners family. ...(read more)
Foundation Partners Group Honors Doug Manning with the "Lifetime Achievement Award"
Tampa, FL – Acknowledging an outstanding career of helping improve funeral service, Foundation Partners Group recently surprised Doug Manning with its first "Lifetime Achievement Award" at their first Annual Leadership Conference. ...(read more)
Bring Funeral Home Joins Foundation Partners Group, Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL – Foundation Partners Group, LLC is proud to announce that another prestigious funeral service company, Bring Funeral Homes of Tucson, Arizona has chosen to join the Foundations Partners Family.....(read more)
Foundation Partners Acquires 105 Year Old McDermott-Crockett Funeral Home, Santa Barbara, CA
Tampa, FL - Foundation Partners Group, LLC is proud to announch that McDermott-Crockett Mortuary of Santa Barbara, California, has chosen to join the Foundation Partners family....(read more)
Foundation Partners Group, LLC is proud to announce that Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia, South Carolina, with locations in Lexington and West Columbia, has chosen to join the Foundation Partners' family....(read more)
Foundation $100,000 Donation to FSF at NFDA - October 2010
Steve Shaffer, Jim Price, Paul Haarer and Chris Thomley, the senior executive team of Foundation Partners Group, LLC, demonstrated their strong belief in funeral service as a profession and an industry with a $100,000 contribution to the Funeral Service Foundation...(read more)
Bob Horn Joins Foundation's Board of Directors - August 9, 2010
Foundation Partners Group announced today that Bob Horn has accepted an invitation to join its Board of Directors. Steve Shaffer, President and CEO and Jim Price, Executive Vice President and COO, both long-term colleagues of Mr. Horn, welcome this important addition to this new organization...(read more)
Foundation Partners Group - Inaugural Transaction - June 30, 2010
Foundation Partners Group ("Foundation Partners"), a national funeral home and cemetery operator, announced today the closing of its inaugural transaction, which will expand the Company's operations to 13 states. As part of the transaction, Foundation Partners will now operate 22 funeral homes and five cemeteries previously affiliated with Service Corporation International ("SCI")...(read more)
News Articles
Funeral Service Insider - August 23, 2010
Adding Funeral Homes to our Network
Foundation Partners Group wants to expand its existing network of funeral homes, and it has about $200 million to spend, according to company executives. Former Keystone North America executives Steve Schaffer and Jim Price founded the funeral home consolidator, which is backed by Sterling Partners, a private equity firm...(read more)
Memorial Business Journal - August 12, 2010 Building a Foundation
Catching up with Steve Shaffer and Jim Price, the principals of the new Foundation Partners Group, has not been easy. Since the announcement that Service Corporation International had acquired their former company, Keystone North America, the two execs had set their sights on forming the new entity that has become Foundation Partners Group...(read more)
Memorial Business Journal - July 8, 2010 Foundation Partners Inaugural Transaction - "Done Deal"
Tampa, Fla. - Foundation Partners Group, a new national funeral home and cemetery operator headed by some of the former founders of Keystone North America, has closed its inaugural transaction, acquiring 22 funeral homes and five cemeteries from Service Corporation International... (read more)
Funeral Service Insider - May 3, 2010
A newly formed company, Foundation Partners Group, plans to buy 23 funeral homes and five cemeteries that were put up for sale as a result of a merger between Service Corporation International and Keystone North America, according to multiple sources.... (read more)
Memorial Business Journal - April, 29 2010
It seems that the funeral home/cemetery acquisition market has a new player. What was speculated for months is moving closer to fruition as three former top executives at Keystone North America have formed a new company and are moving forward with the acquisition...(read more)
Funeral Service Insider – October 20, 2010
Steve Shaffer, Jim Price, Paul Haarer and Chris Thomley, the senior executive team of Foundation Partners Group, LLC, demonstrated their strong belief in funeral service as a profession and an industry with a $100,000 contribution to the Funeral Service Foundation...(read more)