Hollywood Cemetery is eligible to accept individual donations, as well as gifts from company-matching gift programs. When you donate to Friends of Hollywood Cemetery, your tax-deductible donation will go towards preservation and restoration projects in the cemetery, as well as several educational programs. Your generous support will ensure that countless visitors can continue to enjoy the stories, services and beauty of Hollywood Cemetery throughout the years to come.
There are three main areas in which your donation will be applied:
Preservation
Time has taken its toll on many of the historic monuments, decorative ironwork, and natural landscape at Hollywood Cemetery. Descendants of many families are no longer around to care for their family monuments. Preserving these works of art is paramount to the history of Richmond.
Genealogy
The stories of Hollywood are what make the cemetery such a special place. Through extensive genealogy research and preservation, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery are making strides to build out our digital database with the burial records of each resident of Hollywood Cemetery.
Technology
As a national treasure, Hollywood Cemetery believes it is important to make its rich history available to visitors both near and far. Through the use of virtual tours and digital storytelling platforms, Hollywood is undertaking a huge digitization endeavor so people all around the world can experience the stories of Hollywood Cemetery.
Fill out the form below to submit your donation to Hollywood Cemetery. If you have any questions or wish to give gifts of stock, please contact Kelly Wilbanks at kwilbanks@hollywoodcemetery.org or by phone at (804) 648-8501.
You may also donate via check. Please make your contributions to: Friends of Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Cherry Street, Richmond, VA 23220