Friends of Mountain View Cemetery
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010579792
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5106582588
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Museum, Museum Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $106,369
- Expenses
- $80,923
- Assets
- $30,065
- Liabilities
- $9,614
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFFREY J LINDEMAN (TRUSTEE/CEO/SECRETARY)
- JOHN LOH (PRESIDENT)
- KENNETH W MEYERSIECK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPH E GRIFFIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEFFREY J LINDEMAN (TRUSTEE/CEO/SECRETARY)
- JOHN LOH (PRESIDENT)
- KENNETH W MEYERSIECK (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To raise funding and promote interest for historical aspects of mountain view cemetery and for various events held there.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.7%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.7% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.