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FLUSHING CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

FLUSHING, NY · EIN 110757660 · Form 990 · FY2024 · Medium ($1M-$10M) · flushingcemetery.com
revenue
$5.5M
expenses
$4.3M
net assets
$71.2M
employees
21
program ratio
53%
mission · from form 990

TO PROVIDE INTERMENT SERVICES FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DECEASED AND TO PERMANENTLY MAINTAIN THE CEMETERY GROUNDS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Flushing Cemetery Association operates a non-sectarian cemetery in Queens, New York, providing burial and cremation interment services. The organization offers traditional plots, mausoleum niches, and in-ground spaces for both caskets and cremains. It also manages perpetual care and grounds maintenance for all interments.

named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

Cremains Interment
Offers in-ground and niche placement for cremated remains in designated sections and the Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
Memorial Chapel Mausoleum
Indoor crypt and niche interment facility with marble, glass, and niche plate inscription options
Traditional Burial Interment
Provides casket burial services in single or two-grave plots with options for monuments or slant markers
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • Cemetery and Cremation Services 4 activities
    • Charges fees for interment and related services
      Imposes standardized fees for interment services, including $441.00 for interment of cremated remains, $1,250.00 for crypt interment, $1,087.00 for disinterment of cremated remains, and additional charges for Saturday and late-hour services.
    • Maintains cemetery grounds and facilities
      Performs ongoing maintenance of cemetery grounds, including care of burial plots and memorial gardens, and collects a mandatory $35.00 permanent maintenance fee per interment as required by New York State law.
    • Provides burial and interment services
      Offers burial and interment services for cremated remains in traditional plots, mausoleum crypts, chapel niches, and outdoor niches in the Memorial Garden. Services include new interments, disinterments, and urn vault placements.
    • Sells burial plots and cremation niches
      Offers burial plots and cremation niches for sale with pricing effective January 1, 2026, and provides beam foundation installation services for grave plots with pricing effective February 1, 2026.
  • Cemetery Operations and Public Access 1 activity
    • Operates public access to cemetery and mausoleum
      Opens cemetery grounds daily from 8:15am to 4:30pm for public visitation and operates a cemetery office Monday through Saturday. The mausoleum is open by appointment and closed on Sundays and major holidays.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$5.50M
Contributions & grants$00%
Program service revenue$3.02M55%
Investment income$2.46M45%
Other revenue$20K
expenses
Total expenses$4.26M
Program expenses53%
Admin / overhead47%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$2.55M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$71.19M
Cash$1.53M
Investments$69.66M
Liabilities$2K
Net assets$71.19M
Liquid reserves200.4 mo
3 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +5.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 9
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
JOHN HELLY GENERAL MANA 40 $185K
MARGARET KOWALSKI ASSISTANT TR 32 $120K
WILLIAM NIELSEN PRESIDENT 10 $60K
JOAN CORBISIERO SECRETARY 10 $59K
CHARLES HELLY TRUSTEE 5 $38K
JOSEPH FICALORA TREASURER 5 $38K
SYLVIE DISAVERIO TRUSTEE 5 $38K
THOMAS POWELL TRUSTEE 5 $38K
WALTER S DAYTON III VICE-PRESIDE 5 $38K
relationships · 1

Who they work with

  • New York State Department of State Government — Complies with state-mandated cemetery disclosure forms as required by New York State.
strategies · 1

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Permanent Maintenance Commitment
    methodology: permanent-maintenance-commitment
    By mandating permanent maintenance fees, the organization ensures long-term upkeep of burial sites, because dedicated funding is required to sustain cemetery grounds in perpetuity as mandated by state regulation.