PROPRIETORS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY
EIN 04-1641320 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
What they do
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.
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MATTHEW STEPHENSPRESIDENT & CEO
BETH BROWNVP OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
ANN SWEENEYVP OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE
BREE HARVEYVP OF CEMETERY AND VISITOR SERVICES
JOHN AUSTIN JRVP OF FINANCE
CHARLES FRASERVP OF PRESERVATION AND FACILITIES
RONNIT BENDAVID-VALVP OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE
STEPHEN BROWNSENIOR DIR., CEMETERY INITATIVES AND STRATEGIC
ROY HAWESDIRECTOR OF CEMETERY OPERATIONS
MARGARET WINSLOWCURATOR OF HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
JESSICA BUSSMANDIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND VISITOR SERVICES
AMANDA BOSCIADIRECTOR OF CEMETERY SERVICES
HELEN TELFERVP OF FINANCE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE
TONY MORRISTRUSTEE
RICHARD PEISERTRUSTEE
SEAN MCDONNELLTREASURER
REBECCA GARDNER CAMPBELLTRUSTEE
SUSAN ELDREDGE MEADTRUSTEE
TODD BASNIGHTTRUSTEE
PHILIP LAIRDSECRETARY
PAUL KUENSTNERTRUSTEE
PATRICIA JAOTRUSTEE
PATRICIA JACOBYTRUSTEE
NEILS PEETZ-LARSENTRUSTEE
LINDSAY LEARD COOLIDGETRUSTEE
JOHN CORCORANTRUSTEE
JAMES LEVITTTTRUSTEE
JAMES HUNNEWELLTRUSTEE
FRANKLIN REECETRUSTEE
ELIZA ANDERSONTRUSTEE
DEAN HARACHAIR
CHRISTINA MANNTRUSTEE
CAROLINE MORTIMERTRUSTEE
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1944
- Location
- 580 MOUNT AUBURN ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138-5517
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- MATTHEW STEPHENS
- Primary officer
- MATTHEW STEPHENS, PRESIDENT & CEO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- April 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- CITRIN COOPERMAN ADVISORS LLC
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
- IRS tax category
- Arts, Culture & Humanities