Mount Olivet Cemetery
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1852 WITH THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CEMETERY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BURIAL, ENTOMBMENT AND INURNMENT OF HUMAN REMAINS. MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CHARTER, AFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY BY THE OFFERING OF SALE CEMETERY LOTS AND ALL BURIAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT ARE DEEMED NECESSARY TO THE TOTAL OPERATION OF A CEMETERY AND TO PROVIDE THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS.
- Income
- $1.5 million
- Spending
- $1.5 million
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 140
- Highest pay
- $86,614, supt/sec/treas
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)
- OPERATION OF A MUTUAL CEMETERY INCLUDING THE SALE OF BURIAL LOTS, CRYPTS, NICHES, VAULTS, MONUMENTS, BURIAL SERVICES AND RELATED CARE AND MAINTENANCE.
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 May 1945.
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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