An American funeral is no inexpensive affair — it would cost one about $10,000 (around '62,000) to embalm the body, rest it in a lined casket, place it in a room for people to visit and grieve over at
An American funeral is no inexpensive affair — it would cost one about $10,000 (around '62,000) to embalm the body, rest it in a lined casket, place it in a room for people to visit and grieve over at a modest ceremony at a funeral home, then drive it to the cemetery in a hearse and eventually bury it. Funeral directors get an average of $6,500 ('40,000) of that, and the rest goes to the cemetery. So the less-fortunate people are now looking to the Internet to raise funds for the sky-high funeral expenses. Crowdfunding websites such as Giveforward, Donationto, or Graceful Goodbye help do just that. Giveforward has 325 active fundraising campaigns for funerals currently. The site was originally designed to pay for people’s medical bills. Graceful Goodbye website has even made it into a business model, taking four percent of every dollar raised on their website.
