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FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES
FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,472,572 to it, the largest being WILLIAM B DIETRICH FOUNDATION ($1,160,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $601k
What Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries does
Mission
The purposes of the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries, as outlined in its By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation is to support the activities and exempt purposes of Laurel Hill Cemetery Company and West Laurel Hill Cemetery Company (the "Cemeteries") by, among other things:1. Fostering and supporting the restoration and preservation of the buildings, monuments, statuary and grounds of the Cemeteries and the acquisition of additional property for the Cemeteries;2. Raising funds and seeking contributed services to accomplish these goals;3. Preparing educational and research materials emphasizing the historical, architectural and cultural importance of the Cemeteries; and 4. Providing tour guiding services for the grounds of the Cemeteries so that the restored areas will be available for educational use by the public.The purposes as a prominent public amenity are further strengthened by Laurel Hill Cemetery's designation as the nation's first cemetery to be designated
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cemetery general repairs and maintenance:Through its general fund raising activity and the Gravediggers' Ball, the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries also contribute to the restoration and preservation of the landscape and monuments of the Cemeteries. In the coming years the Friends will be raising major capital funds to restore the National Historic Landmark (Laurel Hill Cemetery) and its sister cemetery for general use by the public - building on the extensive public programming for special events and to encourage use of Laurel Hill Cemetery and West Laurel Hill Cemetery as a public parks.
$145,367 spentof which $145,367 as grants51% of program spendingCemetery tours and educational programs:The Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries prepare the necessary research and conduct the private and scheduled tours each year for approximately 6,000 of the 25,000 visitors each year. These tours are provided on a volunteer basis.
$140,002 spent$158,469 earned by the program49% of program spendingVeterans' Flag Holder Program and grave sites: Donors can memorialize veterans who served in our nation's military; those who fought in any of our nation's wars; and all of those who have bravely sacrificed their lives for our nation's freedom. With donated funds the FLH&WLHC will place an aluminum Veterans' Flag Holder upon the veteran's grave.
$1,800 spentof which $1,800 as grants1% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Veterans' Flag Holder Program and grave sites: Donors can memorialize veterans who served in our nation's military; those who fought in any of our nation's wars; and all of those who have bravely sacrificed their lives for our nation's freedom. With donated funds the FLH&WLHC will place an aluminum Veterans' Flag Holder upon the veteran's grave. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Proposed Laurel Hill Cemetery Visitor's Center:Through the receipt of in-kind design services, the FLH&WLHC is exploring the renovation of an existing structure to improve visitor and staff functions. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Members-Only Programming:Members-Only tours are exclusive to active members of the Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries. As a benefit of a membership donation, supporters are invited to get a view of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries that ordinary visitors cannot experience with special programs, lectures and tours. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Cemetery Capital Improvements:The Friends grants funds for capital improvements to the Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries.
$850 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $287,169.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $574k to $1.7M (+199%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 1% · 2020 4% · 2021 26% · 2022 5% · 2023 17% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jon C Sirlin Esquire
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $30k → $52k.
4 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $120k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest LAUREL HILL CEMETERY COMPANY DBA Laurel Hill East). These are real filings, and they are not money FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES raised.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 98% · 2019 82% · 2020 45% · 2021 70% · 2022 29% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of the Interior$500k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES?
- FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,472,572 to it, the largest being WILLIAM B DIETRICH FOUNDATION ($1,160,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,472,572 in grants to FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES?
- WILLIAM B DIETRICH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LAUREL HILL AND WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 21 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing