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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “cemetaries”
Where the money went
Veterans of Foreign WarsElk Grove, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $635,640 · through 2024Largest: $269,452 to VFW DEPARTMENT OF CA FOUNDATION — general support for cemetary upkeep and activities for veterans, families & community.
Appanoose County FoundationCenterville, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $61,951 · through 2024Largest: $19,216 to HISTORICAL LIVINGSTON CEMETARY — cemetary maintenance
Largest: $4,000 to SHRONTZ CEMETARY — support historic cemetary.
Largest: $47,100 to MT LEBANON METHODIST CHURCH — general fund, special offering, cemetary fund, maintenance fund, and memorial fund
Largest: $5,000 to FIRST MARKS CEMETARY ASSOC — support of charitable operations
Largest: $5,000 to LADONIA CEMETARY ASSOCIATION INC — to support the cemetary grounds in ladonia
Largest: $2,500 to WOODLAND CEMETARY ASSOCIATION — taking care of cemetary
Largest: $7,370 to DELEVAN CEMETARY — general charitable purposes
Largest: $5,000 to GIBSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — to provide funding for development of rural town in nc and provide funding for cemetary maintenance
Largest: $12,000 to Lighthouse Cemetary Associaton — cemetary maintenance and support
Largest: $106,000 to JEWISH BURIAL SOCIETY OF PINELLAS COUNTY — provide jewish burial services and preserve cemetary monuments, replace office
Boerne Cemetery Foundation Mgmt Tr F0735900San Antonio, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $73,897 · through 2025Largest: $24,251 to BOERNE CEMETARY FOUNDATION INC — maintenance and improvement of boerne cemetery.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →