About Clarvia ASBL
Clarvia ASBL is a registered non-profit association in Luxembourg (RCS F15680), dedicated to helping families navigate the administrative burden that follows the death of a loved one. All of our services are free, multilingual, and open to the public.
Our Mission
When someone dies, families are immediately faced with an overwhelming number of administrative obligations: deadlines, documents, notifications to institutions, scattered across government registries, social security systems, insurers, banks, and sometimes across national borders.
Most of this information exists in official sources, but it is fragmented, hard to find, and rarely available in plain language. Families are expected to figure it out while grieving.
Our mission is to translate this fragmented guidance into clear, structured, and accessible checklists, so that no family has to navigate grief alongside administrative confusion.
When someone passes away, families are suddenly expected to handle administration, documents, institutions, urgent steps, funeral matters, succession-related questions, and personal memories - often while in shock.
For many people, this is harder because of language barriers, cross-border family situations, limited financial means, unfamiliarity with local systems, or simply not knowing who to ask.
The information may exist, but it is often scattered, technical, and difficult to navigate at the very moment families have the least capacity to search.
Clarvia exists to make this guidance easier to access for everyone.
Active Programs & Services
Clarvia operates four free, public-interest programs:
1. Ask Clarvia
Ask Clarvia is our live email service for families worldwide. Describe what happened in your own language. Lex at Clarvia replies by email, usually within a few minutes, with cited sources. The service is free.
2. Published guidance
Families can read source-linked guides organised by country, and use the bereavement checklist, which turns reviewed task data into a practical list evaluated in the visitor's browser. If a guide or task does not match the country or facts, use Ask Clarvia.
Browse guidance →3. How answers are sourced
Clarvia publishes how official sources, maintained legislation, human review, and AI are used for Ask Clarvia and for guidance pages, including where those methods differ.
How it works →4. For institutions
Clarvia publishes open, source-backed guidance infrastructure that public-interest teams can inspect, reuse, and adapt.
Explore reuse →Funding & Independence
Clarvia is a non-profit association. We do not charge fees, display advertisements, or monetise personal data. There are no premium tiers or paid features. All services are free for every family.
Our operations are supported by donations, corporate sponsors, grant funding, and volunteer contributions. Our tools, data, and source code are all freely available to the public.
Donations keep our free services running. We do not show ads. Payments are processed through Stripe, Open Collective, and GitHub Sponsors. We do not currently issue tax certificates. Our 2026 accounts have not yet been filed — live income and eligible expenses are on Open Collective. opencollective.com/clarvia-org
Legal identity
Legal name: CLARVIA ASBL
Type: Non-profit association (ASBL) under Luxembourg law
Registration: RCS Luxembourg F15680
Address: 46, Rue de la Lavande · 1923 Luxembourg
Founded by: Gunther Schriver and Tommi Lindfors
Founded: May 2026
Why we founded Clarvia
“Throughout my decades leading social services and senior care, I've seen firsthand how vulnerable families are during a crisis. When you add the complexities of cross-border administration and language barriers, that burden becomes paralyzing.
I founded Clarvia because access to clear, structured support during life's hardest moments shouldn't be a privilege. It must be a given.”
Günther Schriver
Co-Founder & Director
“When my mother passed away, my sisters and I were overwhelmed. Even in a straightforward case in our home country, the administrative guides were a maze. In Europe - where families are spread across the globe, speak different languages, and interact with unfamiliar institutions - this burden is amplified beyond reason.
I founded Clarvia to ensure no family has to navigate the bureaucracy of grief alone.”
Tommi Lindfors
Co-Founder & Director
How it works
See How it works for sourcing, human review, AI, and privacy. How it works →
Governance and transparency
Clarvia operates openly. Our governance standards, contribution guidelines, and source code are all public.