Ohio Department of Commerce awards $104K to assist nonprofit cemeteries in 32 counties
The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (REPL) has awarded $104,000 in grants to 45 Ohio cemeteries in 32 counties through the Fiscal Year 2025 Cemetery Grant Fund. The Division currently registers more than 4,100 cemeteries throughout the state.
“This is the sixth year the Division has awarded grant funds to assist registered nonprofit cemeteries in completing critical projects that may otherwise never be addressed due to lack of funding,” said REPL Superintendent Daphne Hawk. “We are honored to provide these important funds to help Ohio’s beautiful cemeteries improve recordkeeping, restore monuments, repair fencing, improve signage and enhance visitor safety, all of which helps preserve a piece of our state’s history.”
Below is a list of this fiscal year’s recipients.
Southwest Ohio
• West Union Cemetery (Adams County)
• Locust Grove Cemetery (Adams County)
• Jenkins Chapel Cemetery AKA Pleasant View Cemetery (Champaign County)
• Plainview Cemetery (Clermont County)
• Germantown Union Cemetery (Montgomery County).
Northwest Ohio
• Raker Cemetery (Fulton County)
• Pleasant View Union Cemetery (Fulton County)
• Krout Riverview Cemetery Association (Hancock County
• Clarksfield Hollow/Methodist Cemetery (Huron County)
• North Fairfield Cemetery (Huron County)
• Blanchard Township, Dunkirk Cemetery (Hardin County)
• Whitehouse Cemetery (Lucas County)
• Tomlinson Cemetery (Mercer County)
• Woodlawn Cemetery (Seneca County)
• Nettle Lake Cemetery (Williams County)
• Webster Township Cemetery (Wood County).
Northeast Ohio
• Polk Cemetery (Ashland County)
• Savannah Cemetery (Ashland County)
• Williamsfield Center Cemetery (Ashtabula County)
• Hartsgrove Township Cemetery (Ashtabula County)
• Lulu Falls Cemetery (Ashtabula County)
• Sand Hill Cemetery Association (Erie County)
• Castalia Cemetery (Erie County)
• Overlook Cemetery (Geauga County)
• Mentor Municipal Cemetery (Lake County)
• Evergreen Cemetery (Lorain County)
• Eckis Cemetery (Mahoning County)
• Jackson Township Cemetery (Mahoning County)
• Greentown Cemetery Association (Stark County)
• Sherbondy Hill Cemetery (Summit County)
• Hubbard Union Cemetery (Trumbull County)
• Girard Liberty Union Cemetery (Trumbull County)
Central Ohio
• East Liberty Cemetery (Delaware County)
• Marlborough Cemetery (Delaware County)
• St. Mary Catholic Cemetery (Delaware County)
• Fredericktown Forest Cemetery (Knox County)
• Homer Cemetery (Licking County)
• Greenwood Union (Logan County)
• New California Cemetery (Union County)
• Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (Union County).
Southeast Ohio
• Limerick Cemetery (Jackson County)
• Bracken Ridge Cemetery (Monroe County)
• Shafers Cemetery (Noble County)
• Centenary Cemetery (Washington County).
The annual grant is funded by $1 of every $2.50 from burial permit fees received by the Division. Cemeteries that applied and did not receive funding this year are encouraged to apply again next year.
In addition to registering cemeteries in Ohio, the Division administers the Ohio Cemetery Dispute Resolution Commission, which assists in resolving complaints filed against registered cemeteries through mediation and conciliation.
For more information on how the Division works with Ohio cemeteries, visit com.ohio.gov/Real.
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