West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office has received funding from Volunteer West Virginia as part of the September 11, 2024 Day of Service and Remembrance Grant.
Donor Name: West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office
State: West Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This funding has been designated to recognize and assist the preservation or stabilization of local and family cemeteries which may contain interments of veterans and persons from underrepresented communities.
Funding Information
The program provides a minimum grant of $1,000 to the maximum amount of $10,000.
Eligible Activities
- National Register nominations
- Workshops on identifying historic cemeteries and stone stabilization (the training must be provided by a professional)
- Interpretive signage at the cemetery to recognize the history of the cemetery and the interred (describe the purpose of the signs and their location and the material to be used)
- “Clean up work days” at cemeteries. Clean up work days are defined as volunteers gathering to participate in activities including, but not limited to: cleaning headstones, clearing brush and trash from cemetery grounds, mowing the grounds, and removing fallen trees.
- Eligible expenses for “clean up work days” include:
- Supplies (such as trash bags, fender brushes, nylon detail brushes, D/2 Biological Solution, Hand-held pump sprayers, and plastic scrapers). In order to receive reimbursement you must submit the receipts for all supplies.
- Equipment rental (such as GIS system to mark boundaries, bush hogs, mowers, tractors, chain saws, weed eaters, and any other equipment that would be used for cleanup, enclose two (2) estimates from local rental companies with the lower bid used for the work).
- Owner’s written permission will be a requirement of the work days.
- Eligible expenses for “clean up work days” include:
- Rehabilitation work to cemetery property, including the following activities:
- Fencing repair or replacement (describe improvements and type of fencing materials that will be used);
- Interior and access roads repair or replacement (describe type of improvements and materials that will be used and enclose written permission of right-of-ways and easements from owner of property to carry out the work);
- Tombstone repairs and re-setting (explain the procedures to be followed and the supplies that will be used and a qualified person is to provide services, include the documentation of that professional);
- Owner’s written permission will be a requirement for rehabilitation work on cemetery property
Eligibility Criteria
- Cemeteries that receive perpetual care funds are not eligible for funding under this program.
- Owner’s written permission is required for physical repairs of grave markers, fences and other structural features. It is also required for landscape maintenance, stabilization or restoration efforts.
- Non-historic cemeteries are eligible for funding, but the cemetery must be at least 100 years old (first grave must date at least 1923).
- Non-profit organizations must include at time of application the 501(c)3 letter from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
For more information, visit WVSHPO.
