Railways to Yesterday Inc

Analysis

Railways to Yesterday Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Allentown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1965, 61 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending November 2023, Railways to Yesterday Inc reported income of $221k and spending of $133k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to November 2023, income grew from $207k to $221k (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Railways to Yesterday Inc sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kiva Parents and Teachers Organization ($221k), Fowler Christian Apartments II ($221k) and Jewish Federation of Greater Baton Rouge ($221k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending November 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $9,283, net assets of $2.0m.