Fernwood Cemetery Endowment Care & Memorial Care Trust
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
.Refer to Schedule OFernwood Cemetery - Endowment Care & Memorial Trust was organized for the purpose of holding funds in perpetuity whereby the interest and dividends net of any provision for investment losses is made available to the cemetery general fund for the current care and maintenance of grave spaces, crypts and niches. The cemetery sells graves, mausoleums, and niche space on a pre-need and at-need basis. A portion of each sale of graves, mausoleums, and niche space must be deposited in the endowment fund for current and future cemetery maintenance and is accounted for in fund equities. Fernwood Cemetery - Endowment Care & Memorial Care Trust began operations in 2004 when the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs - Cemetery and Funeral Bureau approved the purchase of the cemetery from Daphne Fernwood. The activities of the organization has been and will continue to be conducted by the trustees named in the attached trust documents.
- Income
- $393,295
- Spending
- $16,556
- Employees
- 0
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)
- $16,556 spent. Refer to Schedule O
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 July 2014.
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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