From the Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing: The Cemetery Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024 is now open - taking On-Line Only Applications - through July 31, 2023

The  "Ohio Cemetery Grant Program for 2024"  is now open starting June 30, 2023 through July 31, 2023 to apply for Fiscal Year 2024.

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Quoted from the website.:

"CEMETERY GRANT"

"The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) is pleased to announce the availability of the FY2024 Cemetery Grant for qualifying not-for-profit and local government cemeteries. 

Allowable grant requests include those to defray costs of exceptional cemetery maintenance or training cemetery personnel in the maintenance and operation of cemeteries. Eligible applicants shall be cemetery operators properly registered with REPL, be a documented not-for-profit entity under the IRS tax code and be in compliance with any applicable endowment and/or preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust accounts. The REPL Superintendent is accepting only online applications.

Please gather all information prior to application entry. Once you start the application, the information entered cannot be saved and if you exit out of the application you will lose all information previously entered. 

The Cemetery Grant application instructions are being provided as a worksheet guidance document only. This will allow you to gather all of the necessary information prior to submitting the grant application online.

***You can find the grant instructions here.***

The application must be answered completely to be considered for grant funds and submitted no later than July 31, 2023."

Contact: 

CemeteryGrants@com.state.oh.us. 

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Main Page for Cemeteries.:

https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/real-estate-and-professional-licensing/cemeteries

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Link to the Guides and Resources for the cemetery grant program.:

https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/real-estate-and-professional-licensing/cemeteries/guides-and-resources/cemetery-grant

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****As in years past, the Cemetery Grant Program is only open to Active Cemeteries (those that have had interments in the past 25 years) that are Registered or those that Should be Registered AND are Not-For-Profit Cemeteries.

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****Please keep in mind as was true for previous years, 

the For Profit Cemeteries -- such as those owned and operated by StoneMor, for example -- are NOT eligible to receive any funds from the Cemetery Grant Program in Ohio. 

Nor are any family cemeteries or Inactive / Abandoned Cemeteries in Ohio.  

(D) Sections 4767.02 to 4767.04 of the Revised Code do not apply to or affect a family cemetery or a cemetery in which there have been no interments during the previous twenty-five calendar years. As used in this division, "family cemetery" means a cemetery containing the human remains of persons, at least three-fourths of whom have a common ancestor or who are the spouse or adopted child of that common ancestor.

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****If you have any questions or require additional assistance, please contact the Division at 614-466-5384 or CemeteryGrants@com.ohio.gov.****

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