Save Our Cemeteries INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 51-0138358)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$147K
FY2021	$123K
FY2022	$44K
FY2023	$95K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$132K
FY2021	$118K
FY2022	$107K
FY2023	$111K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$220K
FY2021	$225K
FY2022	$157K
FY2023	$151K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2023. IRS ruling in Jun 1975.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

65%

30%

Program services 65% · $86K Management & general 30% · $40K Fundraising 4% · $6K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Shanna-Hudson Stowe

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Courtney Payton

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Laura Carlisle

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Annie Irvin

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Beverly Guillory Andry

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sally Asher

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

M Grey Sweeney

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michelle Stanard Duhon

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Preserves and protects New Orleans historic cemeteries through restoration, education, and advocacy.

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2 programs · $86K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Education

Tours and Lectures open to the public are held throughout the year with topics rangng from Jazz Funerals to Voodoo to Yellow Fever epidemic. Our guided cemetery tour allows the visitor a glimpse into the historical past of New Orleans.

$81Kprogram expense

02

Restoration

Save Our Cemeteries conducts restoration work each year as part of its mission. Grants, donations, tours, and fundraisers support these endeavors. Projects include the restoring of abandoned tombs, landscaping, and making capital improvements.

$5Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

The Greater New Orleans FoundationFY2024$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$147K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$64K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K

Other incomeLn 4–11$27K

Money outPt IX

$132K

Ln 25

Programscol B$86K

Managementcol C$40K

Fundraisingcol D$6K

Owns and owesPt X

$220K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$65K

Total assetsLn 16$223K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

PeoplePt VI, VII

19

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a19

IndependentVI 1b19

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$64K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$9K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$35K

Investment incomeLn 3$21K

Other incomeLn 4–11$27K

Total revenueLn 12$147K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$54K

SavingsLn 2$10K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$65K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$153K

Total assetsLn 16$223K

LiabilitiesLn 26$3K

Net assetsLn 32$220K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 51

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$68K	$65K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$134K	$153K
Total assetsLn 16	$210K	$223K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$5K	$3K
Net assetsLn 32	$205K	$220K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$58K	$44K	$9K	$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$14K	$0	$14K	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$12K	$10K	$2K	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$6K	$6K	$0	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$7K	$0	$7K	$0
Information technologyLn 14	$6K	$6K	$0	$0
OccupancyLn 16	$11K	$11K	$0	$0
TravelLn 17	$370	$360	$10	$0
InsuranceLn 23	$4K	$0	$4K	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$4K	$2K	$3K	$0
All other expensesLn 24e	$8K	$7K	$1K	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$132K	$86K	$40K	$6K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2023 Latest	$95K	$111K	−$15K	$151K	990 PDF
FY2022	$44K	$107K	−$63K	$157K	990 PDF
FY2021	$123K	$118K	$5K	$225K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$147K	$132K	$15K	$220K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $147,111 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $26,229$64,500

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $218,864$34,935

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,786$20,873

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,271$26,803

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $280,150$147,111

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $154,881$58,115

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $174,955$73,788

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $329,836$131,903

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$49,686$15,208

Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19

VI-1b Independent voting members19

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $147,111 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$9,440

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$55,060

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$64,500

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$34,935

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $20,873$20,873

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,452−$3,452

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $30,255 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$30,255

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $65,190 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,421$147,111

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $131,903 across 11 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $43,586 · Management $8,717 · Fundraising $5,812$58,115

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $13,826 · Fundraising $0$13,826

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,110 · Management $2,147 · Fundraising $0$12,257

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,246 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,246

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $7,181 · Fundraising $0$7,181

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,667 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,667

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,237 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,237

IX-17 TravelPrograms $360 · Management $10 · Fundraising $0$370

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $4,292 · Fundraising $0$4,292

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,745 · Management $2,734 · Fundraising $0$4,479

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,969 · Management $1,264 · Fundraising $0$8,233

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $85,920 · Management $40,171 · Fundraising $5,812$131,903

Part X · Balance sheet $222,863 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $57,906$54,398

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,120$10,258

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,379$4,379

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $959$959

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $134,283$152,869

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $209,865$222,863

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,722$2,512

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,722$2,512

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $195,533$210,741

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,610$9,610

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $205,143$220,351

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $209,865$222,863

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $220,351 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$147,111

XI-2 Total expenses$131,903

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$15,208

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$205,143

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$220,351

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Save Our Cemeteries INC FY2020 filing

Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Save Our Cemeteries INC

Education

Restoration

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV