Feather River Rail Society

Analysis

Feather River Rail Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Portola, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 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 2023, Feather River Rail Society reported income of $158k and spending of $256k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $177k to $158k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Feather River Rail Society 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 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Springfield Youth Performance Group Inc ($158k), Watershed ($158k) and International Association for Chemical Testing ($158k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 32% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $17k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $135k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 7 employees.