Mission
Operation of cemetery
Public Charity
Chester Rural Cemetery
Based in Chester, PA, Chester Rural Cemetery operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $526K in revenue, $600K in expenses, $2.8M in total assets for fiscal year 2025.
EIN: 230469595
Chester, PA
Mutual & Membership Benefit
NTEE: Y
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$526K
Total Expenses$600K
Total Assets$2.8M
Grant Records0
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Chester Rural Cemetery
How Chester Rural Cemetery divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.
$100
Programs
the work itself
<$1
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $100 for programs
$100
Sales of burial lots, services provided for burials and maintenance and upkeep of cemetery
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
Secretary
Alan Ferguson
VP/Grounds chair
Frank B Cross
Director
John Bullock
Director/Solic
John R Twombly
Pres
Norman C Shorpshire
Director
Peter Seltzer
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $526K | $600K | $2.8M |
| 2024 | $562K | $733K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $554K | $589K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $511K | $560K | $2.3M |
| 2021 | $569K | $644K | $2.7M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $569K to $526K (-8%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.8M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.