PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY INC

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $28K · expenses $29K · assets $5K

EIN
95-6077591
Address
210 W BONITA AVE, SAN DIMAS, CA 91773-3047
NTEE code
A82Z
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
October 1981 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
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Mission

Railroad preservation, education, and documentaion.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 19 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

19 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Andrew Novak Vice President2014-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Barry Draper Director2017-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Richard Reyes Secretary2014-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Marti Ann Draper President2014-2024 5 $0 reported 1
John Tellez Director2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Ryuko Novak-Murano Director2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Scott Nielsen Director2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Robert Markowitz Treasurer2021-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Roya Foudadi Director2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mark Abbott (former) Director2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
David Coscia (former) Treasurer2020-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Virginia Grupp (former) Treasurer2014-2020 5 $0 reported 1
Al Novak (former) Director2020 1 $0 reported 1
Stephanie Novak (former) Director2015-2019 1 $0 reported 1
Albert Novak (former) Director2014-2017 1 $0 reported 1
David Housh (former) Director2014-2017 1 $0 reported 1
Ed Saalig (former) Director2014-2016 1 $0 reported 1
Steve Crise (former) Director2014-2016 1 $0 reported 1
William D Walters (former) Director2014-2015 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper President5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Ryuko Novak-Murano Director1 $0-- $01
Scott Nielsen Director1 $0-- $01
Robert Markowitz Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Roya Foudadi Director1 $0-- $01
2023 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper President5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Ryuko Novak-Murano Director1 $0-- $01
Scott Nielsen Director1 $0-- $01
Robert Markowitz Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Roya Foudadi Director1 $0-- $01
2022 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper President5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Ryuko Novak-Murano Director1 $0-- $01
Scott Nielsen Director1 $0-- $01
Robert Markowitz Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Roya Foudadi Director1 $0-- $01
2021 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper President5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Abbott Director1 $0-- $01
David Coscia Treasurer1 $0-- $01
Robert Markowitz Director5 $0-- $01
Roya Foudadi Director1 $0-- $01
2020 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper President5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Abbott Director1 $0-- $01
David Coscia Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Al Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2019 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Abbott Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Stephanie Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2018 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
John Tellez Director1 $0-- $01
Mark Abbott Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Stephanie Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2017 · 8 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
Barry Draper Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Albert Novak Director1 $0-- $01
David Housh Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Stephanie Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2016 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Albert Novak Director1 $0-- $01
Ed Saalig Director1 $0-- $01
David Housh Director5 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Steve Crise Director1 $0-- $01
Stephanie Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2015 · 10 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
William D Walters Director1 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Albert Novak Director1 $0-- $01
Ed Saalig Director1 $0-- $01
David Housh Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Vice President5 $0-- $01
Steve Crise Director1 $0-- $01
Stephanie Novak Director1 $0-- $01
2014 · 9 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Virginia Grupp President5 $0-- $01
William D Walters Vice President5 $0-- $01
Richard Reyes Secretary5 $0-- $01
Marti Ann Draper Treasurer5 $0-- $01
Albert Novak Director1 $0-- $01
Ed Saalig Director1 $0-- $01
David Housh Director1 $0-- $01
Andrew Novak Director1 $0-- $01
Steve Crise Director1 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$28,116$28,996 $4,965$4,965 $16,315$330 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$25,960$34,148 $6,266$6,266 $16,319- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$27,548$41,023 $14,784$14,784 $12,706- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$37,252$36,475 $30,419$30,419 $25,828$167 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,737$36,878 $31,929$31,929 $18,505- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$39,865$47,891 $19,267$19,261 $9,843$12,956 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$34,237$67,838 $30,709$30,703 $20,702$7,669 ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$24,655$77,557 $70,896$70,890 $11,980$10,070 ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$46,434$102,969 $125,913$125,913 $11,363$19,520 ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,300$77,615 $183,723$183,723 $40,768$9,321 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-03-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$60,643$80,561 $186,915$186,915 $38,394$14,883 ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $15,070 in all, tax years 2021 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
RAIL HERITAGE TRUST Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY INC” 2021 1$15,000 2021$15,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “PACIFIC RAILROAD SOCIETY INC” 2023 1$70 2023$70
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GEMINI MOON RANCH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION FOUNDATIONCAA82 $55,800$51,408 CEO$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
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SAVE THE GRAVES INCCAA82 $44,992$34,922 President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
WESTMINISTER HISTORICAL SOCIETYCAA82 $33,798$13,214 President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
SONOMA LEAGUE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONCAA82 $38,701$41,971 Treasurer$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
RED DEVIL CLASSIC INCCAA82 $56,009$50,591 Secretary$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
FRIENDS OF THE MISSION INNCAA82 $24,256$22,977 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
JOHN MARSH HISTORIC TRUST INCCAA82 $24,393$12,264 President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
ROUTE 66 IE CACAA82 $56,018$61,575 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIACAA82 $17,427$18,727 State President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
WEST SIDE PIONEER ASSOCIATION OF TRACYCAA82 $15,917$21,730 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, same state
NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC PROMONTORY CHAPTERUTA82 $49,440$9,322 President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, similar mission
COTTON BELT RAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCARA82 $47,952$56,269 Vice President$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x
FRIENDS OF DANADA INCILA82 $14,084$442,099 EXECUTIVE DI$112,040 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, similar mission
WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETYMOA82 $40,335$46,722 TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code A82, revenue within 2x, similar mission
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ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$118,6317 22013–2023 COTTON BELT RAIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC; NORMAN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM INC
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CORNOLIA COGSWELL ROSSI FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$61,00011 12010–2021 ZELIENOPLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
KERN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$49,8585 12017–2022 SHAFTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $28,996 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $17,100 59.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $7,122 24.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2,520 8.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,910 6.6%
Benefits paid to members $344 1.2%
Total$28,996100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $34,148 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,469 62.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $8,910 26.1%
Fees to independent contractors $2,148 6.3%
Printing, publications, postage $1,621 4.7%
Total$34,148100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $41,023 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,916 65.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,312 22.7%
Printing, publications, postage $2,699 6.6%
Fees to independent contractors $2,096 5.1%
Total$41,023100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $36,475 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,171 58.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $10,734 29.4%
Printing, publications, postage $2,722 7.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,848 5.1%
Total$36,475100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $36,878 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $19,651 53.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $12,859 34.9%
Printing, publications, postage $2,674 7.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,694 4.6%
Total$36,878100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $47,891 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $26,018 54.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $15,324 32.0%
Printing, publications, postage $5,524 11.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,025 2.1%
Total$47,891100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $67,838 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $32,609 48.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $31,572 46.5%
Printing, publications, postage $3,135 4.6%
Fees to independent contractors $522 0.8%
Total$67,838100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $77,557 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $42,077 54.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $30,730 39.6%
Printing, publications, postage $3,545 4.6%
Fees to independent contractors $1,205 1.6%
Total$77,557100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $102,969 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $73,550 71.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $24,465 23.8%
Printing, publications, postage $3,391 3.3%
Fees to independent contractors $1,563 1.5%
Total$102,969100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $77,615 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $35,364 45.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $32,277 41.6%
Printing, publications, postage $6,354 8.2%
Fees to independent contractors $3,620 4.7%
Total$77,615100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $80,561 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $50,194 62.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $20,499 25.4%
Fees to independent contractors $5,157 6.4%
Printing, publications, postage $4,711 5.8%
Total$80,561100%

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