Fairmount Cemetery Assoc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose is to acquire land, manage and operate same for use by the public as a cemetery, also to furnish perpetual care of the gravesites and adjoining areas and to supervise and control the use of the cemetery facilities
- Income
- $106,236
- Spending
- $105,004
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $3,200, trustee - secretary
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- Grave sites were maintained through mowing grass, trimming grass around the monument stones, leveling the surface of the grave sites as necessary, seeding the grave lots with grass, trimming or removing trees and shrubbery as needed, and removing fallen branches, leaves, litter and other debris.
- burials and internments: there were 59 internments done in the year 2024 including 18 full casket burials and 41 cremation remain internments
- A new lawn tractor, used for mowing grass, was purchased with a trade-in of an older lawn tractor.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(13) cemetery company.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 1949.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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