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FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES

EIN 23-2082037 PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Revenue 2024
$2,653,482
Expenses 2024
$1,962,896

Program services were 78.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
3822 RIDGE AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The purposes of the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries, as outlined in its By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation is to support the activities and exempt purposes of Laurel Hill Cemetery Company and West Laurel Hill Cemetery Company (the "Cemeteries") by, among other things:1. Fostering and supporting the restoration and preservation of the buildings, monuments, statuary and grounds of the Cemeteries and the acquisition of additional property for the Cemeteries;2. Raising funds and seeking contributed services to accomplish these goals;3. Preparing educational and research materials emphasizing the historical, architectural and cultural importance of the Cemeteries; and 4. Providing tour guiding services for the grounds of the Cemeteries so that the restored areas will be available for educational use by the public.The purposes as a prominent public amenity are further strengthened by Laurel Hill Cemetery's designation as the nation's first cemetery to be designated

Activities or mission (Part I)

To foster and support the restoration and preservation of the buildings, monuments, statuary and grounds of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries and the acquisition of additional property for the Cemeteries.

  • Cemetery Capital Improvements:The Friends grants funds for capital improvements to the Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries.

    Expenses $1,415,545 · Grants $1,415,545

  • Cemetery tours and educational programs:The Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries prepare the necessary research and conduct the private and scheduled tours each year for approximately 6,000 of the 25,000 visitors each year. These tours are provided on a volunteer basis.

    Expenses $84,454 · Revenue $128,075

  • Cemetery general repairs and maintenance:Through its general fund raising activity, the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries also contribute to the restoration and preservation of the landscape and monuments of the Cemeteries. In the coming years the Friends will be raising major capital funds to restore the National Historic Landmark (Laurel Hill Cemetery) and its sister cemetery for general use by the public - building on the extensive public programming for special events and to encourage use of Laurel Hill Cemetery and West Laurel Hill Cemetery as a public parks.

    Expenses $41,761 · Grants $41,761

  • Veterans' Flag Holder Program and grave sites: Donors can memorialize veterans who served in our nation's military; those who fought in any of our nation's wars; and all of those who have bravely sacrificed their lives for our nation's freedom. With donated funds the FLH&WLHC will place an aluminum Veterans' Flag Holder upon the veteran's grave.

    Expenses $1,592 · Grants $1,592

  • Preservation and conservation of cemetery archives:The archives conservation project has enabled Laurel Hill Cemetery Company,the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries, and historians and researchers to have much better access to vital historical records of the Cemetery's families and of its development since 1836. These records are now cataloged and preserved for future generations.

  • Members-Only Programming:Members-Only tours are exclusive to active members of the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries. As a benefit of a membership donation, supporters are invited to get a view of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries that ordinary visitors cannot experience with special programs, lectures and tours.

    Revenue $110

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nancy Goldenberg

    Ex Officio Dir.

    Total calculated
    $50,570
    From this org
    $45,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,532
    Hours/week
    5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $41,250
    Bonus
    $3,788
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,282
    Filer's total
    $50,570

  • Charles Davidson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristie Bergey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon C Sirlin Esquire

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol R Yaster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wilson L Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Henry Disston Jr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan R Fenstermaker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lori Salganicoff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Picciano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Spencer Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Waskie PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elizabeth H Gemmill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Pope

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wadell Ridley

    Director

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,653,482
    Expenses
    $1,962,896
    Contributions
    $1,754,439
    Grants paid
    $1,458,898
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $572,312
    Expenses
    $768,609
    Contributions
    $416,406
    Grants paid
    $147,167
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $424,438
    Expenses
    $558,721
    Contributions
    $352,013
    Grants paid
    $28,947

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $620,253
    Expenses
    $620,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $493,842

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $820,814
    Expenses
    $754,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $320,562

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $998,371
    Expenses
    $567,302
    Assets (EOY)
    $602,950

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $539,191
    Expenses
    $574,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $223,444

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,728
    Expenses
    $429,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,071

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $468,356
    Expenses
    $615,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $219,082

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $335,864
    Expenses
    $441,909
    Assets (EOY)
    $309,653

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $666,028
    Expenses
    $471,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $367,216

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $361,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,603

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $528,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,019

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.