Association for California High Speed Trains

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861144758
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9162736567
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Public Transportation Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,000
Expenses
$26,014
Assets
$75,810

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

47 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID GOMEZ (President)
  • DONALD PHILLIPS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CARA STROM (PRESIDENT EMER)
  • ANTHONY HERNANDEZ (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MARK ASHLEY (Director)
  • KEITH DUNN (Secretary)
  • DAVID GOMEZ (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To fund, plan, engineer, construct, and operate a modern and cost efficienthigh-speed rail system for California.

What it reported doing in 2023

Educate and inform the public, business community, andgovernment officials about the benefits of high-speed rail for all Californians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.91; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -13.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 47 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.