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← CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$60,965,875
Total expenses
$47,451,405
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$293,452
Program service revenue
$8,503,718
Investment income
$2,165,994
Other revenue
$50,296,163
Total assets, end of year
$388,310,317
Total liabilities, end of year
$290,603,470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$97,706,847
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRUSTEE FEES

    total $8,503,718 · related or exempt $8,503,718

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,099,155 · excluded $2,099,155

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $215,189 · unrelated business $215,189

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,242,076

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,833,721

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$591,645

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$591,645 · unrelated business -$591,645

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $66,839

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $66,839

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $66,839 · excluded $66,839

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $50,372,511

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,081,535

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $43,290,976 · related or exempt $43,290,976

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENT

    total $7,381,643 · related or exempt $7,381,643

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,381,643

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $293,452

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,987,604

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,148,135

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $807,334

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,812,856

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,325,240

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $138,405

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $341,244

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $856,590

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $755,544

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,238,610

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,165,279

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,341,435

  • 17 · Travel

    total $127,616

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $55,847

  • 20 · Interest

    total $783,302

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,800,676

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $306,491

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRENEED CONTRACT COSTS

    total $4,453,587

  • 24b · Other expenses: CEMETERY CARE EXPENSES

    total $3,712,295

  • 24c · Other expenses: MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

    total $468,027

  • 24d · Other expenses: AUTO EXPENSES

    total $386,068

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,145,768

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,928 · end of year $1,928

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,922,271 · end of year $19,209,123

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,222,941 · end of year $29,238,007

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,251,634 · end of year $2,314,103

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $692,720 · end of year $932,877

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $85,185,800

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $29,036,813

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $53,608,248 · end of year $56,148,987

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $268,989,979 · end of year $280,465,292

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,350,973 · end of year $5,445,031

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $213,502,953 · end of year $215,302,932

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $28,027,038 · end of year $21,543,666

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $31,764,724 · end of year $48,311,841

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,044,033 · end of year $97,706,847

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BURY THEIR LOVED ONES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

  • 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.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Crocker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Morris Noble Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Richard H Peterson Jr

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $70,000
    From this org
    $70,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Stephen Sutro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.25 related

  • Charles Casey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • Margi Power

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.25 related

  • Rodney Fong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.25 related

  • Karin Flood Eklund

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.25 related

  • Robert A Gordon Jr

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $954,707
    From this org
    $926,197
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,510
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $448,060
    Bonus
    $368,383
    Other
    $109,754
    Deferred
    $22,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,070
    Filer's total
    $954,707

  • Raymond Sala

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $562,016
    From this org
    $492,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,510
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,736
    Bonus
    $189,762
    Other
    $3,008
    Deferred
    $25,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,770
    Filer's total
    $562,016

  • Armando Mora

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $258,013
    From this org
    $209,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,635
    Bonus
    $39,163
    Other
    $1,085
    Deferred
    $15,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,721
    Filer's total
    $258,013

  • Anthony Au-Yeung

    FINANCE CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $212,867
    From this org
    $192,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,254
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,797
    Bonus
    $32,654
    Other
    $162
    Deferred
    $9,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,916
    Filer's total
    $212,867

  • Teresa Habeck

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $201,069
    From this org
    $153,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,330
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,531
    Bonus
    $23,020
    Other
    $1,188
    Deferred
    $9,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,370
    Filer's total
    $201,069

  • Olena Sigal

    ACCOUNTING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $185,205
    From this org
    $138,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,333
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,669
    Bonus
    $22,023
    Other
    $180
    Deferred
    $6,977
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,356
    Filer's total
    $185,205

  • Juan Gomez

    FOREMAN

    Total calculated
    $176,157
    From this org
    $133,569
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,588
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,233
    Bonus
    $22,208
    Other
    $1,128
    Deferred
    $7,805
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,783
    Filer's total
    $176,157

  • Kal Chun Wong

    ACCOUNT SERVICES MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $160,044
    From this org
    $134,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,936
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,715
    Bonus
    $19,979
    Other
    $414
    Deferred
    $9,949
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,987
    Filer's total
    $160,044

  • Felicisimo Soto

    OFFER MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $166,959
    From this org
    $130,684
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,275
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,055
    Bonus
    $20,215
    Other
    $414
    Deferred
    $7,456
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,819
    Filer's total
    $166,959

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED TO THE CFO AS PART OF HIS EMPLOYMENT. THE AMOUNT IS PART OF HIS TAXABLE COMPENSATION AND IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CFS INSURANCE SERVICES INC

    C · FUNERAL SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $14,593,987 · share of assets $2,977,067 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS FUNERAL SERVICES INC

  • CYPRESS CASKET COMPANY INC

    C · FUNERAL SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $560,120 · share of assets $620,488 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS FUNERAL SERVICES INC

  • CYPRESS CREMATION SERVICES INC

    C · FUNERAL SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $232,888 · share of assets $129,282 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS FUNERAL SERVICES INC

  • CYPRESS FUNERAL PRENEED TRUST

    T · MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $422,088 · share of assets $10,281,994 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

  • CYPRESS FUNERAL SERVICES INC

    C · FUNERAL SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $29,369,940 · share of assets $10,534,030 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

  • CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PRENEED TRUST FUND

    T · MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $2,534,482 · share of assets $141,144,006 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

  • CYPRESS-OLIVET ENDOWMENT CARE TRUST FUND

    T · MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income $572,539 · share of assets $17,254,913 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

  • CYPRESS-OLIVET SPECIAL CARE TRUST FUND

    T · MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES · CA · 100% owned · share of income -$722,082 · share of assets $16,684,465 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202542199349302164

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