Los Angles Railroad Heritage Foundation

Tax-deductible

Pasadena, CA501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 95-4731336Revenue $25K in FY2024

On file with the IRSlarhf.orgPo Box 60007, 91116-6007 · Pasadena, CATax-exempt since Oct 1999Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Foundation's mission is to diligently preserve and dynamically present the History of Railroading in Los Angeles thorugh its three Core Programs: Public Outreach, Archival Preservation, and Multiple-Media Publishing. Each of these programs is interdependent.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 18 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $40K a year · 44% of revenue · last 3 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $46
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$25K
-21% vs prior year
Net assets
$188K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$25K
FY2024▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$78K
FY2021$120K
FY2022$77K
FY2023$32K
FY2024$25K
Expenses
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FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$107K
FY2021$146K
FY2022$143K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$188K
FY2024▼ -11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$691K
FY2021$676K
FY2022$539K
FY2023$210K
FY2024$188K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1999.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
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Jared Nigro’s $57K as COO is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Jared Nigro$57,496$53,094

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Preserves and presents Los Angeles railroad history through outreach, archives, and publishing.

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3 programs · $112K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Public Outreach through Railroad Information Field Trips and Programs/Presentations

$112Kprogram expense
02

Archival Preservation through its railroad display/Museum

Pt IX · col B
03

Multiple-Media Publishing

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$46

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$25K
Other income$25K
Owns and owes
$188K
net assets
People
10
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$25K
Total revenue$25K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$188K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers18
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $25K$188K 990 PDF
FY2023 $32K$210K 990 PDF
FY2022 $77K$143K−$66K$539K 990 PDF
FY2021 $120K$146K−$27K$676K 990 PDF
FY2020 $78K$107K−$29K$691K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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