California · Public charity
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association
Cypress 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 respect. Beautiful monuments and statuary were created to memorialize the men and women who helped shape our golden state. Unique stained glass windows were created to adorn the cemetery's…
- $317k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $283k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $196,533
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $400M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $283k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $217k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $231k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $238k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $277k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $346k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation | $1,443,820 | 8 | 97% |
| San Mateo County Historical Association | $185,500 | 8 | 2% |
| National Association of Cemeteries Dba Iccfa | $143,145 | 5 | 1% |
| Cemetery & Mortuary Association of California | $58,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Italian Heritage Celebration Inc | $41,500 | 2 | 28% |
| Leadership Council San Mateo County | $40,959 | 4 | 4% |
| Moonstar Charitable Organization | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Volunteers in Medicine - San Francisco | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Colma | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Medical Center Howard B Grobstein Liquidating Trustee | $10,250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation | $1,443,820 | 8 | 97% |
| San Mateo County Historical Association | $185,500 | 8 | 2% |
| National Association of Cemeteries Dba Iccfa | $143,145 | 5 | 1% |
| Cemetery & Mortuary Association of California | $58,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Italian Heritage Celebration Inc | $41,500 | 2 | 28% |
| Leadership Council San Mateo County | $40,959 | 4 | 4% |
| Moonstar Charitable Organization | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Volunteers in Medicine - San Francisco | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Colma | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Medical Center Howard B Grobstein Liquidating Trustee | $10,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids First Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Law Enforcement Columbia Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc No Ca Chap | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Mateo County Health Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association
- How much does Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association give?
- Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association reported 7 itemized grants totaling $283,019, out of $317,482 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Arts & Culture (13%), Membership Benefit (9%).
- Who are Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation ($1.4M), San Mateo County Historical Association ($186k), National Association of Cemeteries Dba Iccfa ($143k).
- Does Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association based?
- Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association is based in CA.
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