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Nonprofit · EIN 46-4387765

FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC

Tax-exempt · MILWAUKEE, WI 53215

Financials

$2.1M$2.4M2023$2.5M$2.3M2024$2.3M$2.2M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$2,290,657$2,192,033$98,624$10,277,102$1,581,902$8,695,200
December 31, 2024990$2,506,067$2,319,421$186,646$9,783,582$1,389,297$8,394,285
December 31, 2023990$2,067,190$2,433,706-$366,516$9,728,999$1,636,705$8,092,294
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$12,000
Program service revenue
$843,195
Investment income
$298,762
Net gain from sales of assets
$80,822
Net income from sales of inventory
$1,014,931
Other revenue
$1,136,700

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$109,320
Other salaries and wages
$722,917
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,039,219
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$86,626
Occupancy
$199,232
Depreciation
$144,555
Program services (functional)
$1,882,340
Management and general (functional)
$305,360
Fundraising (functional)
$4,333

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$9,783,580
Total assets, end of year
$10,277,102
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,581,902
Net assets, end of year
$8,695,200
Land, buildings and equipment
$1,183,972
Publicly traded securities
$5,468,963
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,293,943
Net assets with donor restrictions
$5,401,257
Gross receipts
$2,899,215
Employees
21
Volunteers
22
Year formed
2013
State of legal domicile
WI

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JASON SEYMOURPRESIDENT
Officer
40$109,000
BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
JOSCELYN SLOCUMVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
MARGARET SCHUMACHERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
CHRISTINE KRUEGERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
KIM SCHARDINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JAN VAN RENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BRENNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BURCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVE SANDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETER OGDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
WALEED NAJEEBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOCASTA ZAMARRIPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 12 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JASON SEYMOURPRESIDENT
Officer
40$102,923
BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
JOCELYN SLOCUMVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
MARGARET SCHUMACHERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
JAN VAN RENSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BRENNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BURCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHREEN CLARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
STEVE SANDERSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETER OGDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR WALLED NAJEEBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOCASTA ZAMARRIPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 15 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
JASON SEYMOURPRESIDENT
Officer
40$83,019
JAN VAN RENSEX-PRESIDENT
Officer
40$64,227
LECIA JOHNSONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
MARGARET SCHUMACHERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
CHRISTINE KRUEGERSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BRENNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID BURCHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
CATHREEN CLARKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
LEE MATZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETER OGDENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DR WALLED NAJEEBDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOCELYN SLOCUMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
PETER SLOCUM MDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JOCASTA ZAMARRIPADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2405 W FOREST HOME AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53215-2526
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSON, 2405 W FOREST HOME AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53215
Signed the 990
BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSON, CHAIR
Phone
(414) 645-2632
Return prepared by
RITZ HOLMAN LLP

Mission

FOREST HOME CEMETERY IS A RARE "GARDEN CEMETERY" WITH SUN-GRACED GRASS, FOUNTAINS, LAKE, THOUSANDS OF TREES AND ROADS WINDING THROUGH SOOTHING ENGLISH GARDENS. IT IS A LASTING EXAMPLE OF CAREFULLY MAINTAINED RESPECT AND CARE. SINCE 1850, MILWAUKEE HAS GROWN IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD OF WARS, VICTORIES, TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS. BUT THROUGHOUT DECADES OF CHANGING TIMES, AREA CITIZENS AND DIGNITARIES HAVE ALWAYS SHARED A COMFORTING CONSTANT: THE UNPARALLELED DIGNITY OF ETERNAL REST AT FOREST HOME CEMETERY, INC. THE ORGANIZATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF BODIES BY BURIAL OR CREMATION AND ANY BUSINESS NECESSARILY INCIDENT TO SUCH PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY GROUNDS AND MAUSOLEUMS AND THE OFFERING OF INTERMENT, DISINTERMENT AND CREMATION SERVICES.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FOREST HOME CEMETERY PROVIDED BURIAL AND CREMATION SERVICES AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY GROUNDS AND MAUSOLEUMS AND THE OFFERING OF INTERMENT, DISINTERMENT AND CREMATION SERVICES.
    Expenses $1,882,340 · revenue $1,979,895

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
46-4387765
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(13): Cemetery company
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Organization other than a public charity or private foundation
Exempt since
2015
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$10,277,102
Income (IRS master file)
$2,899,215

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025$2,290,657$2,192,033$10,277,102XML
990December 2024$2,506,067$2,319,421$9,783,582XML
990December 2023$2,067,190$2,433,706$9,728,999XML
990December 2022$2,367,407$2,455,465$9,140,546IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-4387765).

Questions about FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC

What is the EIN of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC is 46-4387765.
Is FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(13) since 2015.
Are donations to FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Organization other than a public charity or private foundation).
Which annual return does FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names BARBIE BRENNAN-NELSON.
Who are the officers and directors of FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $109,000 (JASON SEYMOUR, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does FOREST HOME CEMETERY INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,290,657, expenses of $2,192,033 and total assets of $10,277,102 at year end.

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