Arizona Railway Museum

Analysis

Arizona Railway Museum is a registered charity in United States, based in Chandler, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1984, 42 years ago. 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, Arizona Railway Museum reported income of $99k and spending of $75k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $81k to $99k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Arizona Railway Museum sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little League Baseball Inc ($99k), Epic Art Space Inc ($99k) and American Media Council ($99k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.7m.