Proprietors of the Cemetery of Mount Auburn
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
REFLECTING THE 1831 VISION OF ITS FOUNDERS, MOUNT AUBURN COMMEMORATES THE DEAD IN A LANDSCAPE OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY AND TRANQUILITY; PROVIDING COMFORT AND INSPIRATION TO THE BEREAVED AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE; PROTECTS AND IMPROVES ITS HISTORIC LANDSCAPE, MONUMENTS, ARCHITECTURE, HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND; PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CEMETERY SERVICES OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD TO PERSONS OF ALL FAITHS IN SO FAR AS SUCH SERVICES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MOUNT AUBURN.
- Income
- $26.3 million
- Spending
- $19.3 million
- Employees
- 173
- Volunteers
- 77
- Highest pay
- $406,381, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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 March 31, 2025, 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 March 31, 2025, 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)
- COMMEMORATED THE DEAD IN SURROUNDINGS OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY AND TRANQUILITY THAT PROVIDE COMFORT AND INSPIRATION TO THE BEREAVED AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.
- PROTECTED AND IMPROVED MOUNT AUBURN AS AN HISTORIC GARDEN CEMETERY, PRESERVING ITS MONUMENTS AND ARCHITECTURE WHILE ENHANCING ITS HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
- PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CEMETERY SERVICES OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD TO PERSONS OF ALL FAITHS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MOUNT AUBURN.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2025, 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 November 6, 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 March 2025.
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 August 1944.
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 November 4, 2026.
Ratings and checks are our reading of public records, using the published method. They are not a statement about anyone's honesty. If you work for this organization, you can send corrections or results, confirm you want gifts through Veridonate, or ask to be removed from giving.