Grants for cemeteries

279 cemeteries and burial services received at least $331,550 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 194 grants made from 181 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 181 foundations, 94% made just a single grant to cemeteries, and 0% made grants to four or more cemeteries. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$331,550
Total grant dollars given to cemeteries
194
Number of grants made annually to cemeteries
181
Number of grantmakers funding cemeteries
$1,000
Median grant size to cemeteries

Foundations that support cemeteries and burial services

Out of all grants made to cemeteries, 90% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 18% of the dollar-value of grants to cemeteries. Foundations funding cemeteries also made grants to colleges, multiservice human service organizations, religious organizations, christian organizations, and historical societies.

Foundation size

Foundation sizeNumber of grantmakers
Small
 
164
Medium
 
7
Large
 
10
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation typeNumber of grantmakers
Community
 
5
Private
 
162
Corporate
 
9
Other
 
5

Grants made

Grants made to cemeteriesNumber of grantmakers
1
 
171
2-3
 
9
4-10
 
1
11+
 
0

Top 10 foundations supporting cemeteries and burial services

GrantmakerStateGeographic focusPercent of grant dollars to cemeteriesNumber of grants made to cemeteriesMedian grant size
Arkansas Community FoundationARState0.0%4$3,372
Silver Candlesticks FoundationDEMetro45.4%3$1,120
Greater Worcester Community FoundationMAMetro0.1%2$3,700
Gibb W W for Charities-Char TrustPAMetro40.0%2$2,961
Walden TrustPAMetro11.9%2$2,500
ELSIE P AND LUCIUS B McCOWAN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONNYMetro2.8%2$1,750
The William G Pomeroy FoundationNYState0.1%2$1,120
George and Mary Jo Budig Family FoundationKYMetro0.6%2$200
Hamilton Eugene B TrustRIState4.2%2$144

Cemeteries and burial services grantees

Cemeteries with more than $5 million in total revenues received 0% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 0% of all cemeteries.

Grant amounts

Size of grantNumber of grants
<$10k
 
194
$10k-$25k
 
0
$25k-$100k
 
0
$100k+
 
0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenueMedian grant size
<$100k
 
$1,152
$100k-$500k
 
$1,000
$500k-$1M
 
$600
$1M-$5M
 
$500
>$5M
 
n/a

Grantee states

State of granteeNumber of grants
Pennsylvania
 
25
New York
 
19
Texas
 
15
Connecticut
 
10
Other
 
125

Grantee metros

Metro area of granteeNumber of grants
Pittsburgh
 
10
Philadelphia
 
8
Salt Lake City
 
7
Worcester
 
5
Other
 
127

Top 25 grants made to cemeteries

GranteeGrant sizePurposeGrantmaker
Mount Sinai Cemetery Association$5,000Assistace Was Given To Cover the Burial Costs of Indigent Individuals and for Cemetery Upkeep.Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties
Elmwood Cemetery Association$5,000Capital CampaignBrinkley Taf Brinkley Foundation
Freedom Cemetery Preservation Foundation$5,000HumanitarianThe Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation
Greenwood Cemetery Association$5,000For CemetaryCrain Foundation
Congregation Ahavath Achim Cemetery Corporation$5,000General & UnrestrictedShades of Light Foundation
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation$5,000Y50 Cemeteries and Burial ServicesThe Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository
Chatham Center Rural Cemetery Association$5,000Program FundingEdward W Golden Foundation
Catholic Community Services of Utah$5,000SupportTelemachus Foundation to Empower the Poor and End War
Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery$5,000Restoration of Cemetery GroundsWinterhawke Foundation
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery$5,000To Perform the Church's Sacred Mission To Bury the Dead With Dignity and Reverence.David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation
Lincoln Cemetery Association of Lancaster County$5,000General SupportAnne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation
Oakwood Cemetery Association$5,000Cemetery OperationsThe Ed Henry Stewart Charitable Foundation
Magnolia Cemetery Trust$5,000Community SupportStorey Foundation
Chowchilla City Police Officers Association$5,000Concerts in the ParkThe Golden Memorial Foundation
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation$5,000SupportSam Swope Family Foundation
Clarksville Cemetery Association$5,000Support of Oakland CemeteryArkansas Community Foundation
Clarksville Cemetery Association$5,000Maintenance of Oakland CemeteryArkansas Community Foundation
First Congregation of the Sons of Israel Cemetery Corporation$5,000DonationLawrence L and Barbara G Jaffe Family Foundation
City of Lebanon Cem Board Ec Il$5,000MaintenanceThomas H and Bonnie L Reese Family Foundation
Lee-Wann Cemetery$5,000Cemetery MaintenanceMitchael Family Foundation
Jewish Burial Association of Madison$4,900Provide Burial Services for the Jewish Community in MadisonJewish Federation of Madison
Union-Williams Cemetery$4,579Unrestricted GeneralClayton and Geneve Freund Trust
Fort Hill Cemetery Association$4,500Equipment PurchasesColumbian Foundation
Fort Plain Cemetery Association$4,010Maintenance & Upkeep ofTuw Dunn for Dutch Ref CH and FT Plain
Indian Hill Cemetery Association$4,010Unrestricted GeneralJones W C Uw Cty Middletown Etal
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Cemeteries" category for this page is determined by the "Y50: Cemeteries & Burial Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.