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THE KENSICO CEMETERY

THE KENSICO CEMETERY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being PAUL AND DINA W BLOCK FOUNDATION ($34,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$47M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$363M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The Kensico Cemetery does

Mission

The Kensico Cemetery is a non-sectarian not-for-profit membership corporation and as such is a regulated cemetery corporation under New York State law. It consists of 460 acres dedicated to cemetery use. It is a service organization operating on behalf of its lot owners under the rules and regulations of the New York State Cemetery Board.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Cemetery's services consist of the following: 1. The sale of burial rights. 2. Interments - the actual burial service of human remains. The cemetery performed 2,016 interments. 3. Lot care - regular mowing of lawn areas, fertilization, liming, weed and insect control of developed areas of the cemetery. 4. Endowed lot care - perpetual care maintenance provides for a higher standard of cemetery maintenance consisting of mowing, trimming, fertilization, cleaning and pointing of monuments. 5. Other services include planting, foundations, cleaning and pointing monuments and mausoleums, maintenance of buildings, roads and water system, and security of the cemetery.

  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($23M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 100 ($229M)2021 Revenue 161 ($38M) Expenses 112 ($15M) Net assets 124 ($284M)2022 Revenue 132 ($31M) Expenses 112 ($15M) Net assets 111 ($254M)2023 Revenue 167 ($39M) Expenses 114 ($15M) Net assets 134 ($308M)2024 Revenue 200 ($47M) Expenses 123 ($16M) Net assets 159 ($363M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (200)Expenses (123)Net assets (159)

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 $313M to $369M (+18%).

$236M
$290M
$260M
$313M
$369M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$10M
’20
$23M
’21
$16M
’22
$24M
’23
$31M
’24
12
months of
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.

Chief executive

Matthew G Parisi

President, CEO, Counsel & Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

20202021202220232024
Listed1818191818
Joined·+2+1+1+1
No longer listed·2021
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of THE KENSICO CEMETERY’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.

Where its funders are

THE KENSICO CEMETERY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.

OH

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE KENSICO CEMETERY

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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

9
board members
89%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • The Perpetual Care Trust Fund Administered by The Kensico Cemetery as TTEE · exempt
  • Friends of The Kensico Cemetery Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE KENSICO CEMETERY?
THE KENSICO CEMETERY (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being PAUL AND DINA W BLOCK FOUNDATION ($34,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE KENSICO CEMETERY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to THE KENSICO CEMETERY.
Who is the largest funder of THE KENSICO CEMETERY?
PAUL AND DINA W BLOCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE KENSICO CEMETERY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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