Angels Flight Railway Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954519076
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2134400242
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$250
Expenses
$28,866
Assets
$115,647
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HAL BASTIAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALISA HALL (DIRECTOR)
  • HAL BASTIAN (PRESIDENT)
  • NYAL W LESLIE (VP/CFO/SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A working museum to be used as a working railway for educational and artistic purposes

What it reported doing in 2025

The angels flight railway, with its restored 1906 and 1908 buildings, is a working museum that reopened in 1996. Historic artifacts not re-used in the railway restoration will be displayed in a gallery facility. Also to be displayed will be artwork and other education materials related to the history of the railway and early los angeles. After significant restoration work performed in 2007-2009, and with the assistance of grants from the foundation, the railway recommenced daily public service in march, 2010. Following a period of restoration and non-operation commencing in september, 2013, the railway again began public service operations on august 31, 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11,446.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.01; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -20.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.