National Railway Historical Society Inc

Analysis

National Railway Historical Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Moorestown, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1969, 57 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 December 2023, National Railway Historical Society Inc reported income of $509k and spending of $494k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $578k to $509k (-12%), an average of -3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, National Railway Historical Society Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cherokee Association of Parents and Teachers ($509k), Japanese Language School of Philadelphia ($509k) and Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs ($509k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $223k against liabilities of $135k, net assets of $87k.