The Valley Mills Cemetery Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
AT VALLEY MILLS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY NAME ETCHED IN STONE TELLS A STORY WORTH REMEMBERING. OUR MISSION IS TO HONOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US BY CARING FOR THE SACRED GROUNDS WHERE THEY REST - WITH RESPECT, LOVE, AND THE SAME PRIDE OUR COMMUNITY HAS CARRIED FOR GENERATIONS. WE ARE DEVOTED TO KEEPING THE CEMETERY A PLACE OF PEACE AND BEAUTY, WHERE FAMILIES CAN FIND COMFORT, REFLECTION, AND CONNECTION TO THE ROOTS THAT MAKE VALLEY MILLS HOME.
- Income
- $47,686
- Spending
- $24,718
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 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 December 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 December 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 (1)
- $18,056 spent. VALLEY MILLS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION TAKES CARE OF THE CEMETERY. THIS IS DONE BY MOWING, TRIMMING TREES OR REMOVING THEM, REPAIRING OR REPLACING FENCES, REPAIRING STREETS OR ADDING ASPHALT, PURCHASING NEW PROPERTY FOR NEW BURIAL SITES, OR CONSTRUCTING A COLUMBARIUM TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITION OF 500 CREMATION SITES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2010 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.
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 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Worth knowing.
Recognized by the IRS in March 2026. It is too new to have a track record.
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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