Anthracite Railroads Historical Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232494925
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lansdale, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2152575275
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,467
- Expenses
- $76,650
- Assets
- $316,249
- Liabilities
- $27,881
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD CHAPIN (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN M GABRIEL JR (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- STEVE OLEAR (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RICHARD JAHN (BOARD DIRECTOR)
- RICHARD CHAPIN (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN M GABRIEL JR (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To preserve railroad history.
What it reported doing in 2024
Restoration - through a strong partnership with steamtown nhs in scranton, pa, our society owns and maintains two diesel-electric anthracite heritage locomotives for use on park excursions. Our members serve as volunteers to work alongside park staff in the restoration and maintenance of arhs and steamtown nhs-owned-historical railroad equipment. The society also maintains its property in walnutport, pa where the archives are held.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 69.1%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.13; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.5% of revenue deployed · 69.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.