The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2024 Cemetery Grant for qualifying not-for-profit and local government cemeteries.
Donor Name: Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL)
State: Ohio
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/31/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $2,500
Details:
The Division’s cemetery grant program advances grants to properly registered cemeteries, except for-profit corporations, to defray the costs of exceptional maintenance or training of cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of the cemetery. A cemetery that has not had a burial in the last 25 years or is a family cemetery is exempt from registration and does not qualify for a grant.
Reasonable maintenance, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code section 4767.09, done in the day-to-day operations of a cemetery is not considered exceptional for purposes of awarding grants. Exceptional maintenance is construed broadly to cover non-routine, non-repetitive maintenance.
Funding Information
- The grant funding amount available for this cycle is $104,000
- An operator may apply every other year for one grant of up to $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- In accordance with the applicable rules regarding Cemetery grants (Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 1301:13-7], as applied to this program, the following procedures will be followed by REPL for the awards of the FY 2024 Cemetery Grants
- Eligible applicants for cemetery grants awarded under this rule shall meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Applicants shall be cemetery operators properly registered pursuant to section 4767.02 of the Revised Code except for registered cemetery operators that are for-profit companies. Grant applicants must provide to REPL documentation of not-for-profit eligibility in accordance with the grant guidelines and grant application form
- Any cemetery required to establish and maintain an endowment care trust pursuant to ORC section 1721.21 and/or a preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust pursuant to ORC section 1721.211 must be in compliance with those sections to be eligible for a grant.
For more information, visit REPL.
