Market Street Railway Company

Analysis

Market Street Railway Company is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1978, 48 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, Market Street Railway Company reported income of $380k and spending of $313k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $250k to $380k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Market Street Railway Company sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit Medina and Stark Counties Inc ($380k), Milford Fine Arts Council Inc ($380k) and Good Street Baptist Church Child ($380k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $660k against liabilities of $3,388, net assets of $657k. It reported 6 employees.