2014-10-30T08:46:24-07:00 2014-06-30 Gregory A Francis CPA 5410 Palm Drive La Canada CA 91011 990 2013-07-01 953763867 Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society Inc SOUT 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Upland CA 91786 Gerald F Feeney Treasurer 2014-10-27 true P00451881 8189522716 X 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z 401074 false false X www.sphts.org X CA To preserve and distribute information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. 9 9 1 40 0 21196 23751 78955 80611 150 2427 71015 90475 171316 197264 0 0 33460 34880 0 0 153674 167065 187134 201945 -15818 -4681 358462 332497 118862 97578 239600 234919 X To preserve and distribute information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. false false 120877 197173 Publishing. The organization's publication activities included the release of three new, premium books that add to the historical and technical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries. These books are rich in photographic content and their underlying research provides worthy examples of industrial archaeology. 59236 80685 Trainline Periodical.During the year the organization published four quarterly issues of Trainline, a perioodical devoted to the historical and technical record of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Each issue contains articles by regular and guest contributors as well as a readers' forum. Trainline is distributed free of charge to each of approximately 2,000 members and additional copies are printed for sale on-line and through various retail outlets.The organization also distributed a quarterly newsletter to its members. 8005 4401 Archival Activities.Consistent with its mission of preserving information related to the Southern Pacific Railroad, the organization continued to acquire and maintain books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, blueprints, diagrams and artifacts of historical and technical value. 7882 58143 196000 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 18 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false true true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X Sharon Kilcoin 9099850998 1523 Howard Access Road Unit A Upland CA 91786 X Otis McGee Secretary+Direc 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Logan Bertolette President+Direc 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tony Thompson Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Fred Hill Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rod Crossley Director 9.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Newkirk Director 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Coscia Director 7.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Inman VP & Director 12.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Cauthen Director 8.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gerald F Feeney Treasurer 12.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 23751 23751 Membership Dues & Assessments 80611 80611 80611 1 1 0 0 0 2426 2426 2426 2426 36920 37215 -295 0 255316 166595 88721 88721 Advertising 2049 2049 2049 197264 85086 88722 0 0 0 0 0 0 32161 32161 0 0 2719 2719 0 0 820 820 0 0 0 0 10525 10525 8391 8391 208 80 128 9284 9284 14424 12982 1442 197 197 0 4468 4468 0 0 7598 7301 297 2242 643 1599 Quarterly Trainline Magazine 52278 52278 Postage and Shipping 23739 23739 Bank Service Charges 10087 10087 Archive Expense 7184 7184 15620 14158 1462 201945 196000 5945 0 60970 39845 0 0 1064 2216 0 0 0 251378 232674 35954 54864 32856 29958 9096 2898 0 0 0 0 0 358462 332497 35686 25330 78545 70879 4631 1369 118862 97578 X 239600 234919 239600 234919 358462 332497 -4681 X false false false X 89112 89324 98314 100151 104361 481262 107207 148143 97848 71015 92903 517116 0 0 0 196319 237467 196162 171166 197264 998378 0 0 998378 56 902 48 150 1 1157 0 56 902 48 150 1 1157 0 0 196375 238369 196210 171316 197265 999535 0.99880 0.99850 0.00120 0.00150 X 3436 3117 319 29420 26841 2579 2898 Payroll Taxes Payable 651 Sales Tax Payable 718 1369 false Annual Meet 36920 36920 31327 36920 36920 31327 31327 5593 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Activities.The organization continued to develop authentic scale model replicas of freight cars used by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder The organization has approximately 2,000 individual members. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body Day to day operations are conducted by the officers and the office manager. Policy matters are decided by a nine member board of directors that meets three or more times each year. Each year the overall membership of the organization elects three of the nine directors. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders Under the bylaws certain actions of the board of directors are subject to approval or disapproval by vote of the overall membership. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process There is no formal process for reviewing the organization's form 990. However it is prepared by a CPA acting independently and the officer signing the return exercises his own judgment as to reviewing the return before making the attestation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available No other documents made available for public inspection.