Grants for cemeteries

Name: Top 25 grants made to cemeteries and burial services
Creator: Cause IQ
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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 religious organizations, colleges, animal shelters, multiservice human service organizations, and historical societies.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number 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 type	Number of grantmakers
Community	5
Private	162
Corporate	9
Other	5

Grants made

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

Top 10 foundations supporting cemeteries and burial services

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to cemeteries	Number of grants made to cemeteries	Median grant size
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.0%	4	$3,372
Silver Candlesticks Foundation	DE	Metro	45.4%	3	$1,120
Greater Worcester Community Foundation	MA	Metro	0.1%	2	$3,700
Gibb W W for Charities-Char Trust	PA	Metro	40.0%	2	$2,961
Walden Trust	PA	Metro	11.9%	2	$2,500
ELSIE P AND LUCIUS B McCOWAN PRIVATE FOUNDATION	NY	Metro	2.8%	2	$1,750
The William G Pomeroy Foundation	NY	State	0.1%	2	$1,120
George and Mary Jo Budig Family Foundation	KY	Metro	0.6%	2	$200
Hamilton Eugene B Trust	RI	State	4.2%	2	$144

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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 grant	Number of grants
<$10k	194
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

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

Grantee states

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

Grantee metros

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

Top 25 grants made to cemeteries

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Mount Sinai Cemetery Association	$5,000	Assistace Was Given To Cover the Burial Costs of Indigent Individuals and for Cemetery Upkeep.	Jewish Federation of Volusia and Flagler Counties
Elmwood Cemetery Association	$5,000	Capital Campaign	Brinkley Taf Brinkley Foundation
Freedom Cemetery Preservation Foundation	$5,000	Humanitarian	The Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation
Greenwood Cemetery Association	$5,000	For Cemetary	Crain Foundation
Congregation Ahavath Achim Cemetery Corporation	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Shades of Light Foundation
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation	$5,000	Y50 Cemeteries and Burial Services	The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository
Chatham Center Rural Cemetery Association	$5,000	Program Funding	Edward W Golden Foundation
Catholic Community Services of Utah	$5,000	Support	Telemachus Foundation to Empower the Poor and End War
Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery	$5,000	Restoration of Cemetery Grounds	Winterhawke Foundation
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery	$5,000	To 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	$5,000	General Support	Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation
Oakwood Cemetery Association	$5,000	Cemetery Operations	The Ed Henry Stewart Charitable Foundation
Magnolia Cemetery Trust	$5,000	Community Support	Storey Foundation
Chowchilla City Police Officers Association	$5,000	Concerts in the Park	The Golden Memorial Foundation
Cave Hill Heritage Foundation	$5,000	Support	Sam Swope Family Foundation
Clarksville Cemetery Association	$5,000	Support of Oakland Cemetery	Arkansas Community Foundation
Clarksville Cemetery Association	$5,000	Maintenance of Oakland Cemetery	Arkansas Community Foundation
First Congregation of the Sons of Israel Cemetery Corporation	$5,000	Donation	Lawrence L and Barbara G Jaffe Family Foundation
City of Lebanon Cem Board Ec Il	$5,000	Maintenance	Thomas H and Bonnie L Reese Family Foundation
Lee-Wann Cemetery	$5,000	Cemetery Maintenance	Mitchael Family Foundation
Jewish Burial Association of Madison	$4,900	Provide Burial Services for the Jewish Community in Madison	Jewish Federation of Madison
Union-Williams Cemetery	$4,579	Unrestricted General	Clayton and Geneve Freund Trust
Fort Hill Cemetery Association	$4,500	Equipment Purchases	Columbian Foundation
Fort Plain Cemetery Association	$4,010	Maintenance & Upkeep of	Tuw Dunn for Dutch Ref CH and FT Plain
Indian Hill Cemetery Association	$4,010	Unrestricted General	Jones W C Uw Cty Middletown Etal

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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.