Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

Analysis

Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive is a registered charity in United States, based in Burien, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 2022, Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive reported income of $369k and spending of $57k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $168k to $369k (+120%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 344%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roots 101 African America Museum ($369k), International Muslim Outreach Inc ($369k) and Third Angle New Music Ensemble ($369k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 2.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $925k against liabilities of $104k, net assets of $821k.