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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.

Organizations
3
Roles reported
3
Reported compensation
$1.0M

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right 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 Cemetery Association Endowment Care Fund, uncompensated.
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Also listed as President & CEO of Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation, 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 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
Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation President & CEO · $313K revenue · Colma, CAFiled FY2024, FY2023 · 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