- Revenue 2024
- $26,278,744
- Expenses 2024
- $19,334,693
As filed
- Subsection
- 13
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 580 MOUNT AUBURN ST
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
REFLECTING THE 1831 VISION OF ITS FOUNDERS, MOUNT AUBURN COMMEMORATES THE DEAD IN A LANDSCAPE OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY AND TRANQUILITY; PROVIDING COMFORT AND INSPIRATION TO THE BEREAVED AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE; PROTECTS AND IMPROVES ITS HISTORIC LANDSCAPE, MONUMENTS, ARCHITECTURE, HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND; PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CEMETERY SERVICES OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD TO PERSONS OF ALL FAITHS IN SO FAR AS SUCH SERVICES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MOUNT AUBURN.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY INSPIRES ALL WHO VISIT, COMFORTS THE BEREAVED, AND COMMEMORATES THE DEAD IN A LANDSCAPE OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY.
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COMMEMORATED THE DEAD IN SURROUNDINGS OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY AND TRANQUILITY THAT PROVIDE COMFORT AND INSPIRATION TO THE BEREAVED AND THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.
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PROTECTED AND IMPROVED MOUNT AUBURN AS AN HISTORIC GARDEN CEMETERY, PRESERVING ITS MONUMENTS AND ARCHITECTURE WHILE ENHANCING ITS HORTICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
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PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CEMETERY SERVICES OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD TO PERSONS OF ALL FAITHS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF MOUNT AUBURN.
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.
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MATTHEW STEPHENS
PRESIDENT & CEO
- Total calculated
- $406,381
- From this org
- $368,805
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,576
- Hours/week
- 35 + 15 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $368,430
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $375
- Deferred
- $13,800
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,776
- Filer's total
- $406,381
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DEAN HARA
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.14 + 0.04 related
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PHILIP LAIRD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.56
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SEAN MCDONNELL
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.7
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ELIZA ANDERSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.88 + 0.06 related
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TODD BASNIGHT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25
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LINDSAY LEARD COOLIDGE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.37 + 0.04 related
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JOHN CORCORAN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.56
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REBECCA GARDNER CAMPBELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
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JAMES HUNNEWELL
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.52
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PATRICIA JACOBY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.89 + 0.04 related
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PATRICIA JAO
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.46
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PAUL KUENSTNER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.94
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JAMES LEVITTT
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.63
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CHRISTINA MANN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.66
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SUSAN ELDREDGE MEAD
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.73
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TONY MORRIS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.76
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CAROLINE MORTIMER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.48 + 0.04 related
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NEILS PEETZ-LARSEN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.42
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RICHARD PEISER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.33
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FRANKLIN REECE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.74
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JOHN AUSTIN JR
VP OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $205,548
- From this org
- $189,728
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,820
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $189,728
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,625
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,195
- Filer's total
- $205,548
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HELEN TELFER
VP OF FINANCE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE
- Total calculated
- $19,440
- From this org
- $17,053
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,387
- Hours/week
- 50
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RONNIT BENDAVID-VAL
VP OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE
- Total calculated
- $183,999
- From this org
- $169,520
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,479
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $168,081
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,439
- Deferred
- $6,858
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,621
- Filer's total
- $183,999
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BETH BROWN
VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
- Total calculated
- $265,145
- From this org
- $234,235
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,910
- Hours/week
- 0 + 50 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $233,372
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $863
- Deferred
- $7,134
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,776
- Filer's total
- $265,145
The first 25 listed. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $26,278,744
- Expenses
- $19,334,693
- Contributions
- $69
- Grants paid
- $5,000
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2023
- Revenue
- $18,707,864
- Expenses
- $18,430,146
- Contributions
- $398,581
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $14,612,512
- Expenses
- $16,803,137
- Contributions
- $2,367,921
- Grants paid
- $4,086
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $17,833,298
- Expenses
- $12,879,920
- Assets (EOY)
- $307,764,438
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $53,908,609
- Expenses
- $12,252,440
- Assets (EOY)
- $293,266,135
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $14,784,128
- Expenses
- $12,173,881
- Assets (EOY)
- $221,691,873
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $15,600,265
- Expenses
- $11,408,129
- Assets (EOY)
- $237,061,531
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $21,064,737
- Expenses
- $11,566,545
- Assets (EOY)
- $229,741,130
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $10,922,301
- Expenses
- $10,244,495
- Assets (EOY)
- $205,540,023
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,782,353
- Expenses
- $9,783,116
- Assets (EOY)
- $191,313,541
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,902,297
- Expenses
- $9,286,991
- Assets (EOY)
- $196,389,268
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $11,523,840
- Expenses
- $8,886,234
- Assets (EOY)
- $190,428,265
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $8,601,783
- Assets (EOY)
- $174,629,615
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
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
$2,258,203
2022 MAJOR PROJECTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
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FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
$397,859
2023 MAJOR PROJECTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2024 return
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FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
501(C)(3) · CEMETERY FUNDRAISING AND FUNDRAISING · MA · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
On its 2024 return
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 13 October 2026, under deductibility EO.
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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.