Are there “non profit” chapels and do they charge less for funerals?
In the New York area there is currently one chapel that is Incorporated as a Not-For-Profit. Uptown Manhattan’s, “Plaza Community Chapel” was opened some years ago by a few private contributors and others who were able to lend funds for the purchase of the existing Plaza Chapel building. Along with these funds, very large sums of U.J.A. and other charity monies were expended on this enterprise. The Board of Directors of the chapel corporation claimed, from the onset, that their non-profit status offers the public the opportunity to pay lower prices compared to the “For-Profit” chapels. Unfortunately, this is a bit misleading. Yes, they have structured their prices to be lower than their close Manhattan neighbor, Riverside Memorial Chapel. Nonetheless, they are considerably more expensive than some of the family owned chapels that of course seek to make a profit. Furthermore, it is ironic that Non-Profit corporations do not pay either N.Y.C. property taxes or corporate taxes while famil
