Public Charity

FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY

FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY is a Public Charity headquartered in CAMBRIDGE, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.4M revenue, $1.2M expenses, $5.9M total assets. 42 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 223084639 CAMBRIDGE, MA Historical Societies & Historic Preservation NTEE: A82 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.4M
Total Expenses$1.2M
Total Assets$5.9M
Grant Records42
Funding Total$5.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY (FOMAC) IS TO ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY AND TO INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, FOMAC RAISES FUNDS FROM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOURCES.

Where $100 goes at Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery

How Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$7 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $88 for programs

$80
Held public programs; produced newsletters, maps, and other publications; produced and planned interpretive exhibits and materials promoting the resources of the cemetery
90% of program spending
$8
Each year the organization undertakes a wide variety of special projects and initiatives to help mount auburn cemetery thrive including improvements to animal habitat, horticultural and historic collections
10% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

VP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Beth Brown
TRUSTEE Caroline V Mortimer
TRUSTEE Dean Hara
CHAIR Eliza Anderson
VP OF FINANCE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE Helen Telfer
VP OF FINANCE John Austin Jr

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,427,117 36 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$250,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$61,560 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$2,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.4M $1.2M $5.9M
2024 $2.1M $1.2M $6.5M
2023 $3.6M $3.6M $4.9M
2022 $1.4M $1.1M $3.4M
2021 $1.6M $1.1M $3.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $3.4M (+116%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.9M.

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