Security Review

Is ourhouse-grief.org legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 85/100

Official website for OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, a long-standing and highly-rated non-profit organization providing grief services in Los Angeles and New York.

ourhouse-grief.orgScanned 23h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 60·MT 95
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
28 years old
Registered Nov 11, 1998
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 100% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate non-profit organization site with professional design, clear informational content, and no visual indicators of scam or phishing patterns.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

6 signals

Professional branding for OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center with consistent logo use

Functional navigation menu including Spanish language options and resource links

Clear non-profit calls to action for volunteering and donating

Specific event details for a 2026 Gala and 2024 Annual Report

Clean, high-quality layout with no intrusive pop-ups or urgency tactics

No signs of brand impersonation or suspicious data collection forms

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain has been registered for over 27 years, which is a strong indicator of stability and legitimacy. Our analysis confirms the organization is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit with a consistent history of filing tax documents and annual reports. Independent charity evaluators give the group their highest ratings for accountability and transparency. The website contains detailed staff information, physical office addresses, and functional resources for the community. No security engines or blocklists flag this domain, and its reputation across the web is overwhelmingly positive.
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Page Content

The website serves as a comprehensive resource hub for grief support, offering specialized programs for children, teens, and adults. It features a professional layout with clear navigation, including Spanish-language resources and information on upcoming events like the 2026 Gala.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP address with a valid SSL certificate. It integrates standard third-party services like Google Maps and social media platforms, all of which are configured correctly for a professional organization.

Domain History

Registered in 1997, the domain age of 10,089 days perfectly aligns with the organization's founding date. This long-term ownership is a hallmark of a trustworthy and established entity.

Web Reputation

The organization maintains an excellent reputation with a 4-star rating from major charity evaluators. Public records confirm their tax-exempt status and consistent financial reporting since the early 1990s.
Risk Factors
1
  • The hosting IP has a moderate abuse score, though this is common for shared hosting environments and does not impact the site's specific legitimacy.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age exceeds 27 years, showing long-term established presence.
  • Verified 501(c)(3) non-profit status with active tax filings.
  • Highest possible ratings from independent charity accountability aggregators.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and major browser blocklists.
  • Transparent business information including physical addresses, staff lists, and financial reports.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use for accessing grief resources, volunteering, or making charitable donations.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for ourhouse-grief.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
27 yrs
Registered Nov 1998
Business registration
Active · United States
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center is a legitimate 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1993 (tax-exempt since May 1993), EIN 33-0529915, providing grief support groups, education, and resources primarily in Los Angeles with expansion noted to NY.
  • Holds high accountability metrics on Charity Navigator (4-star rating referenced on site and in searches; Beacon Report 'Great', 100% on most accountability factors such as audited statements and no asset diversion).
  • Listed in official LA County services locator, LACDMH grief resources, UCSF, and multiple government/nonprofit directories with physical addresses in West LA and Woodland Hills.
  • Positive mentions and recommendations on Reddit (r/AskLosAngeles, r/therapists), Yelp reviews praising group services, Indeed employee reviews, and partnerships for events like Camp Erin and school programs.
  • Publishes annual impact reports, audited financial statements (e.g., 2023-2024 filings show revenue ~$2.5M primarily from contributions), and maintains active social media (Facebook, Instagram) with recent activity.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative flags found across targeted searches for scam/fraud/complaint; domain age of ~27.6 years (10089 days) aligns with founding date.
  • Website (ourhouse-grief.org) is the primary official site referenced everywhere; email ourhouse@ourhouse-grief.org and phones (310-473-1511, 818-222-3344) consistently listed.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Charity Navigatoropen

    "OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center has earned a 4/4 Star rating on Charity Navigator"

  • Yelpopen

    "Our House provides amazing volunteer-based and clinician-supervised group services for people grieving. They match you in a group with people around your age."

  • ProPublica Nonprofit Exploreropen

    "Tax-exempt since May 1993; EIN: 33-0529915"

Business registration
Status: active · United States

501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt since May 1993, EIN 33-0529915, files Form 990 annually, LA County listings and official government directories

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
Our research shows that OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center is a legitimate 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt since May 1993. It holds a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator and is listed in official Los Angeles County service directories. We found positive community feedback on Reddit and Yelp, and ProPublica records confirm their consistent annual financial filings.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainourhouse@ourhouse-grief.org
Phone numbers33-0529915
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles6
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (ourhouse@ourhouse-grief.org).
  • Phone number listed (33-0529915).
  • Postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 10 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age28 years old
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredNov 11, 1998
ExpiresNov 10, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E8
ExpiresJul 28, 2026 (31d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingWPEngine, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servercloudflare
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://ourhouse-grief.org/
  • 2200https://www.ourhouse-grief.org/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score40%
Reports on file56
ISPWPEngine, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on ourhouse-grief.org and not a lookalike like o-urhouse-grief.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
ListedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on ourhouse-grief.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • ourhouse-grief.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 85/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. ourhouse-grief.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 31 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • ourhouse-grief.org is 27.6 years old, registered on 11/11/1998 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report ourhouse-grief.org as clean.
  • No. ourhouse-grief.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • ourhouse-grief.org resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 26, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around ourhouse-grief.org have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·ourhouse-grief.org
SAFE

OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center is a legitimate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been operating since 1993. The website is the official platform for their grief support services and is highly rated by charity evaluators.

This site is safe to use for accessing grief resources, volunteering, or making charitable donations.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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