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Robert a Gordon JR

President & CEO · Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association

President & CEO at Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 3 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
3
Roles reported
3
Reported compensation
$1.0M

Who this is

Profile

The filed facts are verified from the IRS filings. The biography is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as President & CEO of Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association, based in Colma, CA.
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Received $1.0M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as President & CEO of Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation, uncompensated.
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Also listed as President & CEO of Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association Endowment Care Fund, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Robert Gordon Jr. is President and CEO of Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association in Colma, California, a position he has held since 2017.

A San Diego State University graduate (1988), he has been in the funeral service and cemetery industry since 1980 and was recently elected 2025-26 President of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
CEO since 2017 (industry since 1980)
Education
  • Business Administration and Marketing) · San Diego State University (19881988

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association President & CEO · $69.8M revenue · Colma, CACYPRESS LAWN MEMORIAL PARK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1892 AS AN ANSWER TO A NEED FOR A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BURY THEIR LOVED ONES WITH DIGNITY AND…pay $422K → $1.0MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.0Mreported comp
Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation President & CEO · $313K revenue · Colma, CAFiled FY2024, FY2023 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association Endowment Care Fund President & CEO · $12.7M revenue · Colma, CATHE CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ENDOWMENT CARE FUND, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CARE, MAINTENANCE,…Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

R
CFO · FY2024
$752K
K
Former President & CEO · FY2019
$545K
A
Superintendent · FY2024
$246K
A
Finance Controller · FY2024
$199K
T
It Manager · FY2024
$162K
T
Director of Devel. of Heritage Fdn · FY2020
$145K
O
Accounting Manager · FY2024
$144K
J
Foreman · FY2024
$139K
K
Account Services Manager · FY2024
$138K
F
Inventory Control Manager · FY2024
$135K
R
Chairman · FY2024
$74K
M
Director · FY2024
$74K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org