Proposal service
For cemeteries and community stewards
Cemetery programs built around a defined section and documented scope.
Request a bounded cemetery survey, documentation pilot, stewardship proposal, storm triage, or preservation workshop with a confirmed scope and price.
Requests accepted nationwide with local availability confirmedPermission checked before field workWritten scope and price before approvalPrivate documentation after reviewed care
Begin with a local availability check
Start with a bounded problem, a responsible scope, and usable records.
A cemetery-wide promise is rarely the right first step. Graveshine begins with the organization’s authority, site goals, available records, section boundaries, access, safety concerns, desired data, and the decisions the finished work must support.
A pilot can establish the inventory fields, photography standard, visible-condition categories, preservation boundaries, reporting format, field workflow, and realistic path to a larger program—without presenting routine observation as a structural assessment.
Programs can be scoped for
- cemeteries and burial grounds seeking a defined-section inventory
- churches, nonprofits, and community stewards planning preservation work
- visible-condition documentation and prioritized care recommendations
- staff or volunteer education with explicit safety and stop-work boundaries
Pricing guidance from the current catalog
Know the starting point before you inquire.
Organization pricing is proposal-led. Marker count, section boundaries, record condition, terrain, access, travel, reporting requirements, specialist involvement, and program duration shape the complete scope.
Proposal service
Section Inventory & Condition Survey
$45–$75 per marker$3,500 minimum engagement.Scaled identity, location, photography, and visible-condition documentation for a cemetery section.Proposal service
Historic Cemetery Pilot
$7,500–$15,000A scoped preservation pilot combining documentation, prioritized care recommendations, and partner coordination.Proposal service
Annual Section Stewardship
$25,000–$75,000 / yearA renewable program for documented monitoring, approved routine care, work-order coordination, and reporting across a defined section.No field care begins from this page. Graveshine first confirms the memorial or program, authority, applicable cemetery requirements, scope, local availability, timing, exclusions, and complete written price.
A process with human checkpoints
Build a program that can be reviewed and repeated
- 01
Define the decision
Clarify whether the organization needs an inventory, condition screen, preservation pilot, storm triage, training, or stewardship plan.
- 02
Confirm authority and boundaries
Record the authorized representative, ownership or management authority, exact section, access, working hours, and cemetery policies.
- 03
Approve the pilot standard
Agree on fields, photography, condition categories, exclusions, deliverables, schedule, price, quality checks, and specialist routing.
- 04
Review before scaling
Use the completed pilot or defined section to assess data quality, field realities, priorities, and the case for a broader proposal.
What the selected starting point covers
A 50-marker survey pilot is designed to
- inventory a defined group of up to 50 memorials
- capture identity, location, photography, and visible-condition observations
- apply an agreed field and reporting standard
- separate routine-care candidates from safety or specialist flags
Limits stated before care
Program boundaries protect the site
- Visible-condition screening is not an engineering, architectural, archaeological, or structural certification
- No cleaning, repair, resetting, alteration, excavation, sealed-space entry, or remains handling is implied unless separately authorized and scoped
- Hazards and specialist concerns are documented and routed; they are not treated as routine field work
- No organization engagement, territory, grant outcome, funding result, or annual program is guaranteed
Questions worth answering first
Clear expectations before the request.
Memorials, cemeteries, weather, and family circumstances differ. These answers explain the decision points that commonly affect this service.
Who can request a cemetery program?
An authorized cemetery, property owner, church, nonprofit, public entity, or responsible community steward can begin an inquiry. Graveshine confirms decision-making authority and required permissions before field work.
What does a cemetery survey cost?
50-Marker Survey Pilot begins from $5,000. Section Inventory & Condition Survey is $45–$75 per marker, with $3,500 minimum engagement. The complete proposal follows scope review.
Does a condition survey include repairs?
No. Inventory and visible-condition documentation identify observations and priorities. Cleaning, resetting, repair, structural evaluation, and other specialist work require their own authority, assessment, and approved scope.