Buffalo Cattaraugus & Jamestown Scenic Railway Company Inc

Analysis

Buffalo Cattaraugus & Jamestown Scenic Railway Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Strasburg, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2013, 13 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Buffalo Cattaraugus & Jamestown Scenic Railway Company Inc reported income of $171k and spending of $109k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $179k to $171k (-4.5%), an average of -4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Buffalo Cattaraugus & Jamestown Scenic Railway Company Inc sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Deepart-Ai Foundation ($171k), School of Indian Percussion and Music ($171k) and Taconic Music Inc ($171k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% and program service revenue 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $254k against liabilities of $22k, net assets of $232k.