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River Bend Cemetery Company

River Bend Cemetery Company

Company Details

Name:	River Bend Cemetery Company
Jurisdiction:	Rhode Island
Entity type:	Domestic Non-Profit Corporation
Status:	Activ
Date of Organization in Rhode Island:	01 Oct 1849 (176 years ago)
Identification Number:	000031337
ZIP code:	02891
County:	Washington County
Purpose:	ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING THE OCTOBER SESSION OF 1849. SALE OF CEMETERY LOTS AND LEGAL BURIAL OF REMAINS. JANUARY SESSION 1853
Historical names:	Westerly Cemetery Company
Principal Address:	117 BEACH STREET, WESTERLY, RI, 02891, USA

Industry & Business Activity

NAICS

812220 Cemeteries and Crematories

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating sites or structures reserved for the interment of human or animal remains and/or cremating the dead. Learn more at the U.S. Census Bureau

Agent

Name	Role	Address
PHILIP FRIEND	Agent	117 BEACH STREET, WESTERLY, RI, 02891, USA

PRESIDENT

Name	Role	Address
PHILIP FRIEND	PRESIDENT	17 COSMO ST WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Name	Role	Address
ARTHUR H LATHROP	SECRETARY/TREASURER	3 ORLEANS CT WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA

ASSISTANT TREASURER

Name	Role	Address
GARY D MANSFIELD	ASSISTANT TREASURER	115 HIGH ST WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA

DIRECTOR

Name	Role	Address
PHILIP FRIEND	DIRECTOR	17 COSMO ST WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA
ARTHUR H LATHROP	DIRECTOR	3 ORLEANS CT WESTERLY , RI 02891 USA
GARRY D MANSFIELD	DIRECTOR	115 HIGH ST WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA
STEVEN D DABKOWSKI	DIRECTOR	12 WEST BEACH ST WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA
MARK B KOSWASKI	DIRECTOR	170 TOMAQUAG RD WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA
SHARON L ARRUDA	DIRECTOR	9 RIVERDALE RD WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA
JOSEPH A WNUK	DIRECTOR	22 WICKLOW RD WESTERLY, RI 02891 USA

Events

Type	Date	Old Value	New Value
Name Change	1853-01-01	Westerly Cemetery Company	River Bend Cemetery Company

Permits

Type	Decision Date	Project	Acceptance Date
Maintenance (Residential/Commercial)	2018-03-12	Remove 2 trees that fell into the Pawcatuck River. No earth work is authorized by this assent.	2018-03-12
Maintenance (Residential/Commercial)	2016-02-16	repair/reconstruct the existing stone wall. Trim/clear vegetation within 10' to allow access as per	2016-02-15
Associated Residential Structures	No data	Add an additional 38' to the previously assented area as per plan submitted.	2011-11-08
Landscaping	No data	Cremation Garden Expansion and columbarium on cement foundation	2010-05-07
Roadways, Bridges, Pk Lots, Rr Line (Pri	No data	replace concrete gutter with 12"plastic culvert pipe	2006-03-17

Filings

Number	Name	File Date
202447494570	Annual Report	2024-02-28
202326406760	Annual Report	2023-01-23
202208525790	Annual Report	2022-01-24
202197081840	Annual Report	2021-05-19
202046489210	Annual Report	2020-07-27

Tax Exempt

Employer Identification Number (EIN) :

05-0210140

In Care Of Name:

% ARTHUR H LATHROP

Classification:

Government Instrumentality, Title-Holding Corporation, Charitable Organization, Agricultural Organization, Board of Trade, Pleasure, Recreational, or Social Club, Fraternal Beneficiary Society, Order or Association, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Non-Govt. Emps.), Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations, Teachers Retirement Fund Assoc., Benevolent Life Insurance Assoc., Burial Association, Credit Union, Mutual Insurance Company or Assoc. Other Than Life or Marine, Corp. Financing Crop Operations, Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Trust or Plan, Employee Funded Pension Trust (Created Before 6/25/59), Post or Organization of War Veterans, Legal Service Organization, Black Lung Trust, Multiemployer Pension Plan, Veterans Assoc. Formed Prior to 1880, Trust Described in Sect. 4049 of ERISA, Title Holding Co. for Pensions, etc., State-Sponsored High Risk Health Insurance Organizations, State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance, ACA 1322 Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers, Apostolic and Religious Org. (501(d)), Cooperative Hospital Service Organization (501(e)), Cooperative Service Organization of Operating Educational Organization (501(f)), Child Care Organization (501(k)), Charitable Risk Pool, Qualified State-Sponsored Tuition Program, 4947(a)(1) - Private Foundation (Form 990PF Filer)

Ruling Date:

2016-06

National Taxonomy Of Exempt Entities:

Mutual/Membership Benefit: Cemeteries

Deductibility:

Type of organization and use of contribution: An organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code other than a public charity or private foundation. Deductibility Limitation: Depends on various factors

Determination Letters

Link:

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Date of last update: 17 May 2025

Sources: Rhode Island Department of State