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US nonprofit · EIN 520602717 · Chestertown, MDiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 520602717) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 March 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code EO), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of Chester Cemetery Inc

Revenue
$69k
year to 31 March 2025
Expenses
$53k
year to 31 March 2025
Total assets
$1m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
3.3y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 March 2025
Left since last filing
3
38% of the board
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 March 2020. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 August 2010 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
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Friends of Chester Cemetery Inc's network

8 people4 organisationsi8 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 8 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Donald StokesBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Edward BirkmireBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Elizabeth WilliamsBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Gertrude AndersonBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Julie SlagleBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Katie DisanoCompany secretary2024
2 yrs
Maurice KingBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Nina BurtBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Belle WarrenPresidentsince 2023
Donald StokesPresident and Wardensince 2021
Elizabeth WilliamsCompany secretarysince 2021
Maureen KarnsTreasurersince 2021

Pay and hours

year to 31 March 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Donald StokesBoard Member1.5$0
Elizabeth WilliamsBoard Member0.5$0
Nina BurtBoard Member1$0
Julie SlagleBoard Member0.5$0
Gertrude AndersonBoard Member0.5$0
Edward BirkmireBoard Member0.5$0
Katie DisanoSecretary0.75$0
Maurice KingBoard Member0.25$0
Maureen KarnsTreasurer1.5$0
Belle WarrenPresident2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Friends of Chester Cemetery Inc
EIN
520602717
Address
Po Box 164, Chestertown, MD, 21620-0164
State
Maryland
Mission
Disposal of bodies/remains by burial or cremation. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Y50 Mutual and membership benefit
IRS classification
501(c)13 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mutual & Membership Benefit
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1862
IRS ruling date
1 July 2020
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
EO

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsJulie Slagle
≥5years on the filingsNina Burt
≥3years on the filingsDonald Stokes
≥2years on the filingsEdward Birkmire

Latest return

year to 31 March 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 March 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$1m
Contributions and grants received
$9k
Program service revenue
$27k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$52k$54kDeficit $1k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.