Evergreens Cemetery
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE EVERGREENS, LOCATED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK IS A NONSECTARIAN NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION AND IS A REGULATED CEMETERY CORPORATION UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE CEMETERY LAW. ITS MISSION IS TO SELL LOTS, GRAVES AND OTHER SPACE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF BURIAL OF THE HUMAN DEAD AND TO MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS OF THOSE BURIED. ALL SERVICES PROVIDED ARE CEMETERY RELATED WHICH INCLUDES INTERMENTS, GENERAL MAINTENANCE, SPECIAL ENDOWED CARE AND INSTALLATION OF FOUNDATIONS.
- Income
- $15.9 million
- Spending
- $7.0 million
- Employees
- 52
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $555,802, president & 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 (1)
- THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1849 AS A NON-SECTARIAN CEMETERY, UNDER THE RURAL CEMETERY ACT OF 1847. THE CEMETERY BORDERS BROOKLYN AND QUEENS AND COVERS 225 ACRES OF ROLLING HILLS AND GENTLY SLOPING MEADOWS. THE EVERGREENS IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MORE THAN 532,000 PEOPLE. IT OFFERS A SELECTION OF BURIAL OPTIONS INCLUDING FAMILY LOTS (TWO GRAVES AND UP), SINGLE GRAVES (ACCOMMODATES UP TO THREE INTERMENTS WHEN POSSIBLE), AN URN GARDEN, COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE FAMILY MAUSOLEUMS. IN ADDITION, THE CEMETERY OFFERS A CHAPEL MAUSOLEUM AND NICHES. THE EVERGREENS CEMETERY IS NAMED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS ACCREDITED AS AN ARBNET LEVEL II ARBORETUM.
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 August 1953.
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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