Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CYPRESS LAWN MEMORIAL PARK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1892 AS AN ANSWER TO A NEED FOR A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BURY THEIR LOVED ONES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS AND STATUARY WERE CREATED TO MEMORIALIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELPED SHAPE OUR GOLDEN STATE. UNIQUE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WERE CREATED TO ADORN THE CEMETERY'S PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CHAPELS AND MAUSOLEUMS. WITH THE ADDITION OF A FUNERAL HOME, CREMATION FACILITIES, AND FLOWER SHOP, CYPRESS LAWN OFFERS FAMILIES THE CONVENIENCE OF TOTAL REMEMBRANCE SERVICES, ALL AT ONE LOCATION.
- Income
- $69.8 million
- Spending
- $46.1 million
- Employees
- 138
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $1.1 million, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 September 30, 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 September 30, 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)
- CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION IS A NON-PROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING A CEMETERY IN COLMA, CALIFORNIA FOR MORE THAN 130 YEARS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 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 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 September 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 September 1980.
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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