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← LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,174,758
Total expenses
$1,872,503
Contributions and grants received
$1,443,510
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$77,292
Investment income
$653,956
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,452,928
Total liabilities, end of year
$316,774
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,136,154
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,276,896
Management and general expenses
$206,406
Fundraising expenses
$389,201
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,276,896

Program services were 68.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $41,390

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $319,098

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,083,022

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,605

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Sales - products

    total $15,976 · related or exempt $15,976 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Registration fees

    total $61,316 · related or exempt $61,316 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $273,914 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $273,914

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,950,663 · other assets $0

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

    securities $1,570,621 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $380,042 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $380,042 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $380,042

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,820

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $41,390

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $11,820

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $209,286 · program services $32,209 · management and general $40,892 · fundraising $136,185

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $415,534 · program services $259,758 · management and general $64,270 · fundraising $91,506

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $105,432 · program services $49,268 · management and general $17,743 · fundraising $38,421

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,104 · program services $48,174 · management and general $17,361 · fundraising $37,569

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,000 · program services $0 · management and general $16,000 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,254 · fundraising $1,254

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $24,579 · program services $0 · management and general $24,579 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,377 · program services $1,377 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,248 · program services $9,750 · management and general $3,248 · fundraising $3,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $99,079 · program services $34,128 · management and general $3,124 · fundraising $61,827

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,943 · program services $0 · management and general $3,472 · fundraising $3,471

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $72,150 · program services $43,290 · management and general $14,430 · fundraising $14,430

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,654 · program services $993 · management and general $330 · fundraising $331

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,544 · program services $17,630 · management and general $957 · fundraising $957

  • 24a · Other expenses: Cemetery enhancements

    total $468,934 · program services $468,934 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Horticulture expenses

    total $220,463 · program services $220,463 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Education and community events

    total $90,922 · program services $90,922 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $644,813 · end of year $489,742

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $853,134 · end of year $463,652

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,901 · end of year $11,296

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,149 · end of year $8,973

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,337,055 · end of year $9,479,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $595,787 · end of year $278,537

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,750 · end of year $8,237

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,871,988 · end of year $4,285,965

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,374,527 · end of year $5,850,189

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Lake View Cemetery Foundation works to ensure that the beauty of Lake View Cemetery's historic buildings, monuments and gardens, will be preserved for future generations to enjoy; and to provide educational outreach programs to benefit and enrich the community

  • Education and Community Events: The Foundation conducts a multitude of educational and community programs and events, such as concerts, holiday celebrations, walking and trolley tours. Please refer to the Lake View Cemetery website (www.lakeviewcemetery.com) for more information.

    Expenses $354,340 · Revenue $43,859

  • Heritage Preservation & Cemetery Enhancements: Capital projects to preserve, improve and enhance the historically and architecturally significant buildings and grounds, including two buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the James A. Garfield Memorial and the Wade Memorial Chapel. Provides access to the general public to the history and beauty of Lake View Cemetery. A capital campaign to provide funding for a significant restoration the Garfield Memorial, as well as other cemetery projects, is concluding.

    Expenses $682,930

  • Horticulture: Lake View Cemetery was recently accredited as a Level II Certified Arboretum as an organizations that serves as a model for sustainable horticultural practices, public education, and urban greenspace. Our 285 acres contain a showcase of trees and shrubbery, cultivated for scientific, ornamental and educational purposes. Lake View is fortunate to steward seven "Moses Cleaveland" trees, which would have been standing when Moses Cleaveland founded the city. Of the original 150 trees identified in 1946, only 77 remain. Now at over 225 years old, these majestic wonders greatly contribute numerous environmental benefits to our community, and as historic landmarks, Lake View acknowledges the great responsibility of continuing to protect them. The Foundation supports the care and protection of older, established trees as well as continued planting of new trees and maintenance of the varied landscape design throughout the property. Support for the tree canopy is part of the overall capital campaign.

    Expenses $239,626

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katharine Goss

    Pres & CEO of LVC Assoc

    Total calculated
    $215,967
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $205,211
    Other
    $10,756
    Hours/week
    8 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $205,211 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,756 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $215,967 related
  • Danielle Paskowski

    Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $159,235
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,385
    Other
    $20,850
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $138,385 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,850 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $159,235 related
  • Leah Whidden

    Exec Director

    Total calculated
    $157,113
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $147,700
    Other
    $9,413
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $147,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,413 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $157,113 related
  • Kathleen H Barrie

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William G Batcheller

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ryan Cross

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Dimling

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Garcia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Garfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Grabowski

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Rehm PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Sikorovsky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Stewart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark E Swary

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sherrill Paul Witt

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202642579349300504

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